{
  "id": 2111076,
  "title": "EA's Saudi takeover wouldn't have happened if the company's culture \"had any semblance of a moral backbone\", say staff fearing layoffs and ownership meddling",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/eas-saudi-takeover-wouldnt-have-happened-if-the-companys-culture-had",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-20T09:58:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Rock Paper Shotgun",
    "slug": "rock-paper-shotgun",
    "url": "https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/eas-saudi-takeover-wouldnt-have-happened-if-the-companys-culture-had-any-semblance-of-a-moral-backbone-say-staff-fearing-layoffs-and-ownership-meddling"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Now the ink's starting to dry on the Saudi Arabian government and Jared Kushner-backed takeover of EA , which has seen the company go private, staff are getting to grips with what the ownership change might mean for them going forwards . Fears of layoffs and teams or game series being sold off following the leveraged buyout hang in the air alongside unease about the effect the Saudi state's…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}