“ Glaenzer: “[There was] an approach about once a month for the last 12 months [before the deal]. All of them were US companies; it reflects the fact that Europe is two and a half years behind the US. … CBS just wanted to carry on doing what they were doing, and they came up with a great price. I’m not saying News Corporation approached us but, if they did, they would want to make us a part of MySpace – CBS didn’t have a big digital business.” And, yes, Viacom was one of the companies; he called those talks “half-baked.
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"Boards don't hit back"
June 15, 2007
