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Disney's acquisition of Marvel, Pixar, Star Wars, and the better parts of 21st Century Fox will go down as the stuff of legend. I don't even understand how oth
by ijidak 7y ago
Disney's acquisition of Marvel, Pixar, Star Wars, and the better parts of 21st Century Fox will go down as the stuff of legend.
I don't even understand how other media giants allowed this to happen.
Disney controls essentially all the most profitable global entertainment franchises into the foreseeable future.
They are the Thanos of entertainment. Gathering the entertainment world's infinity stones.
It will be interesting to see if this translates into streaming platform success...
- nvrspyx 7y agoLet's not forget that they have control of Hulu now too, although they're still waiting for CNBCUniversal to relinquish their 33% to them before they completely own it. If the previous are the Infinity Stones, Hulu and Disney+ (and ESPN+) are their Infinity Gauntlet.
- scarface74 7y agoIt’s not that other media conglomerates allowed it to happen. In the case of Pixar and LucasFilms, Jobs/Lucas trusted Disney not to ruin what they thought made it special. Disney has a track record of doing acquisitions and leaving the acquired companies alone.