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IDW report: Diamond bankruptcy leaves "substantial doubt" for future (bleedingcool.com)

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it appears that Penguin Random House intends to pass on any unpaid debt they have from Diamond to IDW and, possibly, the other publishers as well. Penguin Random House is the biggest creditor for Diamond, to the tune of nine million dollars. And it seems that they may want IDW and the other publishers to make up these losses out of future earnings. Which may explain Marvel's interest. In the audit section of the report, prepared by an independent auditor, it is noted that there is "Substantial Doubt About the Entity's Ability to Continue as a Going Concern," the entity being IDW, and stating;

"the accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 19 to the financial statements, the collectability of certain receivables sold by the Company's distributor are in question and the dollar amount of the receivable in question cannot be estimated at this time and has stated that substantial doubt exists about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern."

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Great, just what we need is Marvel to suck up IDW and turn it into a husk.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

They don't really need to even buy them, they can just wait for the holders of the big licences (Star Trek, TMNT, Sonic, etc) to need a new home and they can likely make a "competitive" pitch for them. Marvel have had two previous runs on Star Trek and DC (including Wildstorm) have had three, so the Big Two may both be interested.

So, more a fire sale than a takeover.