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Fox On the Run
Mickey Mouse, Rupert Murdoch, former House Speaker Paul Ryan and former DNC chair Donna Brazile walk into a bar…
Crazy Like a Fox
It’s official: Disney will go where Rupert Murdoch fears to tread, taking on the Netflix, Amazon, and soon, Apple, triumvirate of instantly available content with its own Disney+ streaming service coming later this year.
And that is only the beginning.
Marvel Characters, Unite!
In a Marvel family reunion for the ages, Disney and 21st Century Fox combined forces today, finalizing a $71.3 billion dollar deal that will bring characters like Deadpool and the X-Men into the Marvel fold with the rest of the wise-cracking superhero crew.
The gang’s all here: Good news for Disney stockholders, as the Mouse bolsters its offerings in an effort to compete with a seemingly endless supply of quality entertainment content from streaming service titans Netflix and Amazon.
The news is perhaps not as good for Disney employees, who may see layoffs as the merger takes effect and areas across the new empire are consolidated.
The Fox Stands Alone
The new stand-alone Fox Corporation will still own its broadcast network and affiliates, and will still retain Fox News…