The most interesting notion that Gox may be being purchased by outsiders makes a TON of sense!!
Imagine you're Mark-- totally sick of running your company, dudes are getting in your way while you're carrying your scrumptious coffee-beverage to work (idiots), and no one really understands your pure awesomeness... you have maybe 10,000 BTC (idk!?!?) and someone offers you millions!! to walk away from gox == yummy coffee-beverages without idiots.
What would you do?
Win-Win-Win
It actually adds up nicely.
The biggest problem is it makes a ton of sense -- since when does Bitcoin operate under such parameters?

Well, THAT's true. You got me there.
Honestly, I suspect Mark's ability to ignore the mounting nastiness of this situation is waning, no matter how intelligent he may be-- no man is an island, and the amount of pressure, no matter his intention, in this environment must be quite high. There's even crazy German dudes threatening him, publicly. At some point, everyone breaks (loses) and takes an 'out'.