Salnax said:
So from what I can tell, this is some of what Disney is going to acquire:
- 20th Century Fox - The fourth biggest movie studio in terms of revenue, with some of the all-time biggest hits like Titanic, Avatar, Independence Day, etc.
- Fox News - One of the three big cable news networks in the USA. During the 2016 election, they had upwards of 24 million people watching simultaneously at a couple of points.
- Fox Music - Has sold tens of millions of albums since the 90's.
- Fox Sports Networks - A network of channels that air local sports across the USA. Notably one of the few big names in the market besides Disney's own ESPN. There are also a few other college sports channels that are not part of this network, but would be included, along with one sports channel that provides Spanish coverage.
- FX - A TV channel and various spinoffs of it, such as FXX. Original shows include American Horror Story, Archer, Fargo, Sons of Anarchy, and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
- Hulu - Though a joint venture between four different companies, Disney's portion combined with Fox's would give them a 60% share.
- National Geographic Channel - Fox owns most of it, with National Geographic owning a smaller portion.
- Etc - 20+ TV stations, half of a Dutch TV production company, international TV channels
Disney could get a whole lot bigger. I'm having trouble caring about the next Marvel crossover.
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Both Fox News and Sports are off the table.
Though Disney owning Fox could be interesting. After all Disney has a bit of a reputation as being a liberal company, and I could see Disney getting in Fox's face and telling them to at least fact check, or tell the actual news.
