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http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2010-12-07-ign-and-gamestop-strike-online-content-deal
IGN and GameStop strike online content deal
Games media site IGN is to partner with US retailer GameStop's online presence, sharing content and offering a combined readership of 36.1 million to advertisers.
As part of the arrangement, reports the Wall Street Journal, IGN will provide editorial to GameStop.com, while a slew of purchase links to the retailer's site will appear on IGN.
In addition, IGN will act as GameStop's online sales representative, and will arrange branded ads on both sites.
IGN's audience of 28.9 million monthly uniques and GameStop's 7.2 million will be sold as a package to advertisers.
The move comes as part of an increasing push to online by GameStop, which also purchased game portal Kongregate as part of its plans to reduce dependence on retail.
