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Anytime there's an article sourced from, "people familiar with the matter" it's a rumor. It's gossip. It's scuttlebutt.

More importantly, it's a sales pitch for a narrative the author (and their handlers) want you to absorb and repeat and talk about.

I read the Bloomberg article titled, "GameStop weighing withdrawal of eBay bid." Using their own content, I just moved paragraphs around, maintaining the same level of rumor and speculation. This time the article focuses on the possible GameStop and eBay partnership, according to "people familiar with the matter."

What we have is the same story with a different spin.

Everything is bullshit. Financial media is propaganda.

GameStop and eBay May Team Up on Trading Cards and Collectibles

GameStop is weighing a partnership with eBay that would connect its roughly 1,600 US stores to eBay's marketplace, according to people familiar with the matter, a move that could hand both companies a bigger slice of the fast-growing collectibles and trading card business.

Under the plan Ryan Cohen is considering, the two would form a joint venture rather than a full merger. Pairing eBay's online reach with GameStop's physical footprint could let both push deeper into high-margin categories like trading cards, where demand keeps climbing. GameStop is already one of eBay's largest shareholders, holding 9.75% as of July 15, making it the No. 2 owner behind Vanguard, and it would seek a seat on eBay's board as part of any deal.

That structure is a shift from GameStop's original $56 billion offer in May, which valued eBay at $125 a share in a 50-50 mix of cash and stock. Cohen now appears open to collaboration over acquisition, an approach that keeps GameStop's $8.4 billion cash pile intact while still building the relationship. The company hasn't made a final call, and other options remain open.

For context, since the May offer GameStop shares are down 28% and eBay's are up 7.6%. eBay closed Friday at $111.98, roughly a $49.8 billion market value, or close to $54 billion including debt.

Michael Burry, an early GameStop bull, exited his position after the bid over the debt a full takeover might require, which is one reason a lighter partnership could sit better with the market.

eBay is still a large platform to plug into: shoppers spend around $80 billion a year there, and about 136 million people bought something on it in the year ending March 31.