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• Shareholders want regime change at Take-Two Interactive
  Friday 9 March 2007 – 10:05
  Investors at Take-Two Interactive are taking control of their own destiny by staging a coup. The investors who own a combined total of 46% of the company want to boot out Chief Executive Paul Eibeler and possibly Chief Financial Officer Karl Winters. The group also wants to put the former chief executive of BMG Entertainment as a non-executive chairman.
• Take-Two exec pleads guilty to stock fraud
  Thursday 15 February 2007 – 09:04
  Ryan Brant, chairman and CEO of the company most famous for Grand Theft Auto, is now finding himself in the middle of a real-world legal drama. Brant has pled guilty to falsifying financial records and faces a potential sentence of prison time and more than $7 million in fines.
• Jack Thompson loses bid to block Bully game release
  Monday 16 October 2006 – 10:05
  A US judge has rejected Jack Thompson's bid to ban the "Bully" video game made by Take-Two. Judge Ronald Friedman has ruled that the game is not a public nuisance and will allow it to be sold in Florida.
• Take Two chairman responds to Manhunt 2 debate
  Thursday 28 June 2007 – 12:41
  Take Two chairman Strauss Zelnick has fired back at the US and UK ratings boards for restrictions put on the gory action game sequel, saying R-rated movies are much more offensive
• Take-Two delays shareholder meeting
  Monday 19 March 2007 – 07:04
  Take-Two Interactive, the maker of the famous (maybe infamous) Grand Theft Auto games, has delayed its shareholder meeting. The company also announced that it is considering a takeover offer from a minority group of shareholders.