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Dirtybynature said:

We have to remember that it was Fox that was looking to sell . People seem to be under the impression that Disney twisted their arm in a hostile takeover type maneuver. The other major candidate that was interested in purchasing was Comcast(Universal), which would have been the exact same scenario. 

This the combined market share of Disney/Fox/Fox Searchlight and Comcast/Fox/Fox Searchlight from the last 5 years -

  Disney/Fox/Fox SL Comcast/Fox/Fox SL
2017 31.4% 27.7%
2016 39.7% 25.8%
2015 32.1% 33.6%
2014 32.8% 26.8%
2013 25.1% 22.6%

Doesn't seem like quite the monopoly that people are making it out to be. There's still a lot of competition to go around before they get to that stage. 

it is never the desire for a compony to give up and let themselfs being taken over, there is a lot of pressure from investors and banks who force them to do so, you wont get this conversation from official statements