Disney Acquires 21st Century FOX

[TheNewGiJoeWithKungFuGrip]

Fox News wasn't included in the deal, btw.

[jwyblejr]

If I was them,I'd turn one of Fox's cable channels into something that played their old TV shows.

[MRP]

Reports are it's going to take 12-18 months or regulatory red tape before the deal is finalized and approved by the Fed, so don't expect to see anything happen content wise with the MCU or Star Wars releases involving Fox properties for at least 2 years.

-M

[TrekStar]

I've owned Disney stock for three years, most of the time it's less than what i paid.

I thought about it like 20-25 years ago, wondering if I had done it, if anything would be different today?

[palitoy]

Maybe it's time to buy some stock in Disney, 1 or 2 shares if you can afford it?

I've owned Disney stock for three years, most of the time it's less than what i paid.

[TrekStar]

Maybe it's time to buy some stock in Disney, 1 or 2 shares if you can afford it?

[drquest]

Fox news and Fox Sports were not part of the acquisition. Fox is retaining both of those. It's just the entertainment divisions of Fox i.e. the studios for television and movies and the properties those studios had. .

-M

The regional Fox Sports Networks were included in the sale just not the national ones.

[jwyblejr]

The stuff that's less "squeaky clean" shouldn't be a problem. I mean look at some of the shows they run on ABC.

[MRP]

Wonder how Disney will handle the less squeaky clean aspects of Fox , Family Guy, Simpsons, biased Fox News and not sure how the FCC will feel about ownership of ABC and Fox networks.

Fox news and Fox Sports were not part of the acquisition. Fox is retaining both of those. It's just the entertainment divisions of Fox i.e. the studios for television and movies and the properties those studios had. .

-M

[huedell]

Was just thinking, now Disney will be able to tack on the old Fox intro to all the new Star Wars movies

Ding! Ding! Ding!

Post #21 shoulda been the first here... my excuse is brain damage... what's the rest of yours'?

[Mikey]

Was just thinking, now Disney will be able to tack on the old Fox intro to all the new Star Wars movies

[huedell]

Biased Fox News... that's rich. Like they're the only biased news source out there

[thunderbolt]

Wonder how Disney will handle the less squeaky clean aspects of Fox , Family Guy, Simpsons, biased Fox News and not sure how the FCC will feel about ownership of ABC and Fox networks.

[emeraldknight47]

Yeah, that's one of the major downers to the acquisition is all the people working for FOX who will likely be without a job in a few months to a year once all the fine print is dry. Disney is nothing if not efficient (from what I gather) in their business dealings, so duplication of positions is something I can see them eliminating pretty quickly. It would be nice, with an operation the sheet size of Disney, if they could find positions for at least 50% of the people caught in the crossfire of the purchase. Heck, there may be people doing the same job for Fox that less efficient people are doing for Disney, but will they have a chance to "audition" for the House of Mouse? Meanwhile, all the 20th Century Fox bigwigs will still be sitting pretty...

[palitoy]

Not to mention concern for those of us who work at Fox, soon to be Disney.

Oh wow, yeah that didn't even totally dawn on me.