Disney’s Fox acquisition: Everything you need to know
Walt Disney Co.’s planned purchase of the entertainment assets of 21st Century Fox for $71 billion is one of the biggest media consolidations in Hollywood history. The long-anticipated acquisition, first announced in late 2017, will put X-Men, Homer Simpson, the Avengers, Buzz Lightyear and Kylo Ren under the same roof, giving the Burbank company an unprecedented share of film and television franchises. Find out everything you need to know with The Times’ handy guide.
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Two days after completing its landmark acquisition of the legendary Fox studio, Walt Disney Co. began laying off senior-level executives in an effort to wring savings from the $71.3-billion deal.
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Moments after putting the finishing touches on its landmark $71.3-billion takeover of 21st Century Fox entertainment assets, Walt Disney Co. on Wednesday began the arduous process of combining two massive organizations.
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Walt Disney Co. finalized its acquisition of much of 21st Century Fox late Tuesday in a landmark deal that made Mickey Mouse and Bart Simpson corporate cousins.
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Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Bob Iger has scaled the mountain.
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In the end, the legendary Los Angeles birthplace of what became the vast Fox film empire was just too dear to part with.
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Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox spun off various television assets — including the Fox News Channel and Fox broadcast network — to form a new company Tuesday known simply as Fox Corp.
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Thirty-four years ago, Rupert Murdoch showed up in Hollywood with $250 million, buying a stake in the 20th Century Fox film studio — even though he had little interest in making movies.
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Walt Disney Co.’s entertainment kingdom is about to get a whole lot bigger thanks to its pending purchase of 21st Century Fox assets, and the rest of Hollywood has only just begun to grapple with the consequences of the company’s increasing power.
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Goldie Vance is a mixed-race teenage detective unafraid of breaking a few rules when pursuing leads on a case.
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For years, starting with 2000’s “X-Men” and ramping up with Marvel Studios’ 2012 juggernaut “The Avengers,” comic book do-gooder team-ups have been all the rage on the big screen.
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Fox Corp. will not bid on 22 regional sports networks that Disney is set to auction off.
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Walt Disney Co. said it has received unconditional approval from Chinese regulators for its blockbuster deal to buy much of Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox Inc., clearing another key hurdle for the completion of the $71.3-billion purchase.
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Rupert Murdoch’s handoff to his older son is nearly complete.
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Walt Disney Co. will preserve much of the management team at the Fox film studio as the Burbank entertainment company prepares to absorb 21st Century Fox’s entertainment assets into its business.
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For three decades, Peter Rice has climbed his way up the corporate ladder of Rupert Murdoch’s entertainment empire, establishing himself as part of the clan in every way but his name.
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21st Century Fox on Tuesday announced promotions for a handful of executives who will manage operations after the company sells the bulk of its entertainment assets to Walt Disney Co.
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Walt Disney Co. and 21st Century Fox Inc. shareholders on Friday overwhelmingly approved Disney’s proposed $71.3-billion takeover of much of Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox — a milestone in a merger that is expected to dramatically reshape the entertainment industry.
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Walt Disney Co., in a major coup, secured U.S.
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Stewie Griffin, meet Mickey Mouse.
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Disney CEO Bob Iger’s audacious bid to buy much of the media empire Rupert Murdoch built represents a big bet that the Burbank company can beat Silicon Valley in the war for the future of entertainment.
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Walt Disney Co. has finalized a $52.4-billion deal to buy much of Rupert Murdoch’s entertainment empire, a blockbuster union that would radically transform Hollywood into a land of fewer giants.
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