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Fox/Disney deal is back on, could be announced next week
Posted on 12/5/17 at 8:45 am
Posted on 12/5/17 at 8:45 am
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Bob Iger (L), CEO of Walt Disney Co. and Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO of News Corp. Getty Images Walt Disney Co. and 21st Century Fox are closing in on a deal and it could come as soon as next week, according to sources familiar with the matter. CNBC has been reporting that Disney has held talks with the Ruport Murdoch-controlled media company to acquire its studio and television production assets, leaving Fox with its news and sports assets. The enterprise value for the Fox assets in the Disney deal is seen as above $60 billion, according to sources.
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Posted on 12/5/17 at 8:46 am to 1999
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Posted on 12/5/17 at 8:50 am to 1999
Marvel Stacked....DC fricked!
Posted on 12/5/17 at 8:50 am to 1999
xmen with avengers coming soon
Posted on 12/5/17 at 8:51 am to 1999
OH MY GOD OPIATE FOR THE MASSES
Posted on 12/5/17 at 8:58 am to 1999
I’m excited for it. The Fantastic Four and especially Doctor Doom NEED to be in the MCU. Fox hasn’t gotten them right yet so leave it to Marvel. He’s one of the greatest comic villains and could be the next big bad after Thanos.
That I’d expect. What’s curious is what will happen with X-Men and Deadpool. Total reboot? Soft reboot? Using infinity quantlet to merge the worlds somehow? It’ll be interesting to see what they do.
That I’d expect. What’s curious is what will happen with X-Men and Deadpool. Total reboot? Soft reboot? Using infinity quantlet to merge the worlds somehow? It’ll be interesting to see what they do.
Posted on 12/5/17 at 9:04 am to 1999
They are just building up their catalog of shows to offer when they launch their streaming service. It's really going to hurt Netflix.
Posted on 12/5/17 at 9:26 am to 1999
As excited as I'd be for Marvel to have the X-Men, Fantastic 4 and such back, I would really be bummed about Deadpool being made PG-13 and neutered for kids.
Posted on 12/5/17 at 9:34 am to 1999
Terrible news
Posted on 12/5/17 at 9:56 am to 1999
There are conflicting reports, so I'd be curious to see what Disney actually gets. Some reports say "selected FOX channels" while other reports say "everything but news and sports".
Disney owning the FOX broadcast channel would suck immensely.
Disney owning the FOX broadcast channel would suck immensely.
Posted on 12/5/17 at 4:06 pm to 1999
Posted on 12/5/17 at 6:00 pm to 1999
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Posted on 12/6/17 at 11:30 am to 1999
Forbes: A Disney-Fox Deal Means Far More Than Just 'X-Men' Joining Marvel
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Walt Disney is currently running up 18% of the total domestic box office as Fox now makes up 12% of the 2017 North American theatrical market. While Disney is now behind Warner Bros./Time Warner Inc. in domestic market share, it’s close enough that The Last Jedi should put it over the top. Very rough math, but just $650 million domestic for Star Wars alone plus left-over money for Coco and Thor: Ragnarok should push Disney over $2.5 billion for the year as WB hopes to get to $2.1b.
Last year, Walt Disney had a jaw-dropping 26% of said business while Fox had 13%. With Fox and Disney combined into one entity, it’s not remotely implausible to see Walt Disney’s theatrical output controlling close to 40% of the theatrical business. With that kind of hold, the Mouse House could essentially rewrite the rules for how their movies are seen in theaters (higher ticket prices, higher percentages back to the studios, exclusive auditorium control, etc.) in a way that wouldn’t remotely help the likes of Universal or Warner Bros.
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but what do you think the owners of Fox News are going to do with lots more money on hand and an explicit devotion to news and media? It’s not Disney’s responsibility to make sure that its money doesn’t go toward evil, but the powers behind Fox News having more money and more free time to devote to media and politics is not going to be good for media and politics. But at least Captain America can punch Dr. Doom.
Posted on 12/7/17 at 1:07 pm to 1999
Some sites are saying that the deal has gone through. But they're just quoting the article in the OP link from CNBC that says "possibly next week".
If I had Fox stock, I'd be anxious too.
If I had Fox stock, I'd be anxious too.
Posted on 12/12/17 at 8:39 am to 1999
Posted on 12/12/17 at 8:43 am to 1999
I for one would watch a lot more news if it were delivered by cartoon characters.
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