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Disney to Buy 21st Century Fox Assets for $52.4 Billion in Historic Hollywood Merger

Disney to Buy 21st Century Fox Assets for $52.4 Billion in Historic Hollywood Merger

The Walt Disney Co. has set a $52.4 billion, all-stock deal to acquire 20th Century Fox and other entertainment and sports assets from Rupert Murdoch's empire. The deal between Disney and 21st …

By Cynthia Littleton and Brian Steinberg
Fantastic Four, X-Men Can Team With Avengers Thanks to Fox, Disney Deal

Fantastic Four, X-Men Can Team With Avengers Thanks to Fox, Disney Deal

Disney's $52.4 billion agreement to buy 21st Century Fox's entertainment assets is good news for fanboys and fangirls. The company was quick to tout that the pact "provides Disney with the oppo …
Disney-Fox Deal: Bob Iger on Management Plans, Direct-to-Consumer Focus and Staying Through 2021

Disney-Fox Deal: Bob Iger on Management Plans, Direct-to-Consumer Focus and Staying Through 2021

Disney's interest in 21st Century Fox's film and TV assets is all about building up its direct-to-consumer streaming capabilities. Disney chairman-CEO Bob Iger was blunt in laying out the ratio …
Hulu's Future: What Disney-Fox Deal Means for TV-Streaming Venture

Hulu's Future: What Disney-Fox Deal Means for TV-Streaming Venture

Nothing will change immediately at Hulu in the wake of Disney's $52 billion deal with 21st Century Fox. But now that Disney has snapped up Fox's 30% stake in Hulu -- giving Disney maj …

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