1.0The Escapisthttps://www.escapistmagazine.comMichael Epstein Legacy Authorhttps://www.escapistmagazine.com/author/michaelepstein/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="3p6kJ8i1K8"><a href="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/second-shareholder-sues-activision-blizzard-over-spin-off-deal/">Second Shareholder Sues Activision Blizzard Over Spin Off Deal</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/second-shareholder-sues-activision-blizzard-over-spin-off-deal/embed/#?secret=3p6kJ8i1K8" width="600" height="338" title="“Second Shareholder Sues Activision Blizzard Over Spin Off Deal” — The Escapist" data-secret="3p6kJ8i1K8" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> Image Source: Wikia A new lawsuit against Activision Blizzard suggests CEO Bobby Kotick and board chairman Brian Kelly aren’t doing right by shareholders. A new lawsuit from an Activision Blizzard shareholder is looking to block part of the deal allowing the publisher to spin off from parent company Vivendi, asserting that the company is acting against shareholders’ interests, without their consent. Revealed by a recent SEC filing, Shareholder Douglas M. Hayes is the second investor to take legal action against the publisher since the plan was announced this July. If the $8.2 billion deal goes through, Activision Blizzard will buy […]http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/library/deriv/595/595517.jpg