Stripe and Advent International made a joint $53 billion offer to acquire PayPal.
Stripe and Advent International submitted a joint bid to acquire PayPal for $60.50 per share, valuing the company at over $53 billion. The offer represents a 28% premium to PayPal's closing share price and is backed by approximately $50 billion in committed financing. PayPal has not yet responded to the proposal.
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Divergence score
6 outlets covered it, splitting into 6 framing camps across 3 bias groups.
6 camps
3 bias groups
Market signalBETA
The spectrum · how 6 outlets placed this story
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Globe and Mail
Semafor
Financial Times
Wall Street Journal
NY Post
Reuters
Supportive of action
Neutral
Dismissive
Critical
Alarmist
International angle
Widest split · the two outlets furthest apart, and who published first
Furthest apart on this story
Globe and Mail
Paypal receives more than $53-billion joint offer from Stripe and Advent, sources say
deal pending, no response · neutral
NY Post
PayPal shares soar 17% after Stripe, private-equity firm Advent make blockbuster $53B offer
blockbuster offer · positive
First to report
- Reutersfirst
- Financial Times+4.6 h
- Wall Street Journal+9.3 h
- Globe and Mail+9.6 h
- Semafor+14.0 h
- NY Post+14.8 h
By each outlet's earliest publish time in this story. Feeds that index slowly can appear later than they printed.
The split, in one line
Semafor reports PayPal isn't interested and has shrugged off initial overtures, while other outlets frame the bid as pending with no response yet.
How each outlet covered it
Only the right is covering this
One side of the spectrum has stayed silent. That absence is itself a signal.
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LEFT OUTLETS
0 of 6 outlets covering this story sit on that side of the spectrum.
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THE RIGHT
“Stripe and Advent make $53bn bid for PayPal - Financial Times”FT Financial Times RIGHT-CENTER
DOWN THE MIDDLE
“Stripe, Advent offer to buy PayPal for more than $53 billion, sources say” · Globe and Mail, Semafor, Reuters
+Hide the full sourcingSee how all 6 outlets put it
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SEMSemafor Stripe and Advent bid $53B for PayPal - Semafor 58d ago RReuters Stripe, Advent offer to buy PayPal for more than $53 billion, sources say 59d ago 7 tracked claims across 6 outlets
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PayPal's response to the offer.
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