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Monday, October 19, 2026

Activision Blizzard’s toxic workplace blindsided female employees who thought they’d landed dream jobs - Fortune

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Good morning, Broadsheet readers! Eileen Gu wins her first gold, Justice Elena Kagan dissents on the Supreme Court's Alabama voting rights decision, and a new Fortune story details the allegedly toxic culture at Activision Blizzard. Have a fantastic Wednesday.

- Blindsided at Blizzard. Fortune this morning published a new story about the allegedly toxic culture at Activision Blizzard that paints a fuller picture of what it's like to work at the $68 billion video game giant that Microsoft is in the process of acquiring. The story builds on accusations made public in a gender discrimination suit brought by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, which accused Activision of marginalizing women and subjecting them to "constant sexual harassment," and by Wall Street Journal reporting that detailed CEO Bobby Kotick's role in keeping misconduct quiet. (Kotick said he was transparent with the board and a company spokeswoman said Kotick wouldn't have been informed about every report of misconduct, "nor would he reasonably be expected to have been updated on all personnel issues.”) Kotick, you may recall, will remain CEO of Activision after the Microsoft acquisition and is set to receive a $375 million bonus if the deal goes through.

Fortune contributor Courtney Rubin spoke with 29 former and current...



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