{"video_id":"jIfHvSfQfQQ","title":"GameStop wants to buy eBay for $$$","channel":"TechLinked","show":"TechLinked","published_at":"2026-05-05T17:42:43+00:00","duration_s":64,"segments":[{"start_s":0.16,"end_s":6.72,"text":"GameStop has just put forward a $56","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":3.679,"end_s":9.2,"text":"billion offer to buy eBay. The","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":6.72,"end_s":11.678999999999998,"text":"e-commerce giant was evidently caught","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":9.2,"end_s":14.079999999999998,"text":"off guard by the bid and responded with","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":11.679,"end_s":15.679,"text":"the energy of every girl I asked out in","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":14.08,"end_s":18.0,"text":"middle school. Yet received no","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":15.679,"end_s":20.16,"text":"communication from GameStop prior to the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":18.0,"end_s":22.88,"text":"entirely unsolicited offer. To give you","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":20.16,"end_s":25.84,"text":"a sense of scale, eBay has a market cap","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":22.88,"end_s":28.88,"text":"over four times the size of GameStop","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":25.84,"end_s":31.039,"text":"itself, making this a wild swing for the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":28.88,"end_s":34.0,"text":"retailer. The funds for the proposal are","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":31.039,"end_s":35.92,"text":"evidently split 50/50 between cash and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":34.0,"end_s":37.44,"text":"GameStop stock, though it's unclear from","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":35.92,"end_s":40.64,"text":"the wording if they're referring to","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":37.44,"end_s":43.12,"text":"shares or $28 billion worth of scratched","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":40.64,"end_s":45.2,"text":"up trade-in crash bandicoot CD. Part of","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":43.12,"end_s":48.07899999999999,"text":"a larger strategy to pivot into","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":45.2,"end_s":50.239000000000004,"text":"ecommerce, leveraging GameStop's retail","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":48.079,"end_s":52.32,"text":"locations as a fulfillment network.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":50.239,"end_s":54.32,"text":"However, Cohen likely has a more","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":52.32,"end_s":57.36,"text":"personal motive as his incentive","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":54.32,"end_s":59.76,"text":"structure guarantees him $35 billion in","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":57.36,"end_s":62.0,"text":"stock if he can boost GameStop's market","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":59.76,"end_s":64.8,"text":"value to a h 100red billion. That's a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":62.0,"end_s":64.8,"text":"lot of Funko Pops.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"GameStop has just put forward a $56 billion offer to buy eBay. The e-commerce giant was evidently caught off guard by the bid and responded with the energy of every girl I asked out in middle school. Yet received no communication from GameStop prior to the entirely unsolicited offer. To give you a sense of scale, eBay has a market cap over four times the size of GameStop itself, making this a wild swing for the retailer. The funds for the proposal are evidently split 50/50 between cash and GameStop stock, though it's unclear from the wording if they're referring to shares or $28 billion worth of scratched up trade-in crash bandicoot CD. Part of a larger strategy to pivot into ecommerce, leveraging GameStop's retail locations as a fulfillment network. However, Cohen likely has a more personal motive as his incentive structure guarantees him $35 billion in stock if he can boost GameStop's market value to a h 100red billion. That's a lot of Funko Pops."}