Exhibit 99.1 ------------ _____________________________________________________ ___________________________ For Immediate Release News Corporation to Acquire IGN Entertainment, Inc. Acquisition Includes IGN's Popular GameWeb Properties, as well as...Acquisition Agreement • September 8th, 2005 • News Corp • Newspapers: publishing or publishing & printing
New York, NY, September 8, 2005 - News Corporation announced today that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire IGN Entertainment, Inc, a leading community-based Internet media and services company for video games and other forms of digital entertainment, for approximately $650 million in cash. IGN and its network of sites will become part of News Corporation's Fox Interactive Media unit.
