"Shareholders of Walt Disney Co. and 21st Century Fox approved the $71 billion deal between the two companies on Friday, clearing another hurdle for a deal that will rattle the media and entertainment landscape and could inspire a wave of similar tie-ups."
wsj.com/articles/shareholders-approve-disneys-acquisition-of-fox-entertainment-assets-1532701190
NOTE: Paywalled.
Also at c|net:
Fox shareholders on Friday approved the sale of its entertainment assets to Disney for $71.3 billion, reported Bloomberg. Both companies' investors reportedly approved in separate votes at the New York Hilton Midtown in Manhattan.
Fox agreed to Disney's bid earlier in June and rejected Comcast's $65 million cash offer. 21st Century Fox is home to popular franchises such as X-Men, Deadpool, The Simpsons, Ice Age and Planet of the Apes. Disney could benefit from Fox's entertainment portfolio.
Comcast dropped out of the bidding war for Fox last week and moved on to UK broadcaster Sky.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 29 2018, @07:37AM (6 children)
I'm wondering if today's Disney corp is what Walt had in mind. It boggles the mind to realize just how huge this company is today. They've come a long way from selling moralizing stories with cute cartoon characters to children, these days their mission seems to be more along the lines of global dominion over the entertainment industry.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 29 2018, @10:36AM (1 child)
The more franchise movies they'll do, the sooner their demise.
This whole world can't be that stupid to be fed with crap for that long. Or... can it?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 29 2018, @11:07AM
Nom nom nom (hint, that's not popcorn we're eating).
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 29 2018, @01:36PM
So, the Jews did what they always do: Infiltrated and took over his organization.
Having done that, they said to themselves "No what?"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 29 2018, @07:24PM
Maybe Disney is out to kill public domain for good and everything else is just a byproduct.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 29 2018, @10:15PM
South Park, The Ring episode.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 30 2018, @12:48PM
So, the Jews did what they always do: Infiltrated and took over his organization.
Having done that, they said to themselves "Now what?"