Disney-Fox Deal Approved in Brazil, Mexico Likely to Follow.

It’s been a long road for Disney acquiring 21st Century Fox properties with a Disney-Fox Deal.  However, the long road could be coming to an end after a 5-to-1 vote with Brazil’s antitrust regulatory agency Cade giving the Disney-Fox Deal the go-ahead with a few stipulations. Brazil has concerns, as

Keep Reading...

Comcast Bids Against Disney for Fox with $65 Billion Offer

After weeks of speculation, Comcast bids against Disney for Fox. With the hopes of stopping Disney’s pending, stock-based $52.4 billion deal with Fox, Comcast has made a higher, all-cash offer of approximately $65 billion. It is that that this will most likely start what could be an intense battle between Comcast and

Keep Reading...

Is Comcast Challenging Disney for Acquisition of Fox?

Could we see Comcast challenging Disney?! It was confirmed on Wednesday by Comcast Corp. that it was considering and making preparations to submit a “superior” all-cash bid for significant parts of 21st Century Fox.  This would be a direct challenge to the Walt Disney Co.’s $52.4 billion deal for the same businesses.

Keep Reading...

A Contract Extension Keep Bob Iger at the Company Helm Until 2021

Along with the news of the Disney-Fox deal that come out last week, Disney has also announced that they have extended the contract of Bob Iger,Chairman and Chief Executive, through 2021. The extension was not a total surprise. It was expected as a way to give the company stability though the integration

Keep Reading...

Writers Guild of America West Publicly Opposes the Disney Fox Deal

The Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) has issued a statement expressing their opposition of the Disney-Fox merger announced on Thursday. The statement reads: “In the relentless drive to eliminate competition, big business has an insatiable appetite for consolidation. Disney and Fox have spent decades profiting from the oligopolistic control

Keep Reading...