That very well could be, and it fits the timeline as far as I can tell.
I have been told the subscription to DealReporter is 10K a month. Whoever uploaded the report to shorttext.com intentionally left off the bidder list. That is for certain. Clearly, the list of potential bidders (if Real) would be consider a huge positive.
The "truncated" report came out at around 1:30 P.M. EST on Friday. The stock went from around $70 to under $68 within a few minutes of that report circulating. But the timestamp of this longer version of the report says 13:17. Something doesn't quite add up.
IMHO, the fact that some entity is taking these measures to try and spread uncertainty is a very bullish sign.