Apple Could Buy Disney

>Apple could potentially find the cash to pull off a $200 billion-plus takeover of Disney — creating a company worth $1 trillion with “almost limitless opportunities in content and technology.”

>“Recently, investors have increased their expectations that Apple could seriously consider acquiring Disney,” RBC analysts Steven Cahall and Leo Kulp wrote in the note.

>“Content is a major focus for Apple, target size is not an issue, and Disney offers an avenue to diversify away from hardware without diluting the strong Apple brand,” RBC’s Cahall and Kulp wrote.

>The M&A rumor mill got new grist last fall, when Apple chief Tim Cook told analysts that the tech giant was “open to acquisitions of any size.” In addition, Apple execs met with Time Warner honchos in late 2015 in a discussion that raised the possibility of a merger — before AT&T moved on its $85 billion bid for Time Warner.

>But would Apple shareholders support such a bet-the-company move? Assuming a 40% premium for Disney, the deal would carry a hefty $237 billion price tag. If Apple investors balk, Disney could consider spinning off assets like ESPN and theme parks to make the deal more palatable.

variety.com/2017/digital/news/apple-disney-acquisition-rumor-1202029827/

Looks like the tech companies are now eyeing all the media companies to produce content for them like the AT&T/Warners deal.

Fun fact the whole reason Pixar is a thing is because George Lucas had to sell the computer division of Lucasfilm to Steve Jobs because of the failure of Howard the Duck.

>the two greatest companies in the world will soon become one
awesome!

>the mouse gets out bought
If it does happen, do we call marvel shills mac shills as well?

Witness the birth of your dystopian future.

Someone needs to make a spongebob edit.
>Patrick, I don't think these companies can get any worse...
>NONSENSE!
>"MERGE"

Hi I'm a Marvel and I'm a DC takes on a whole new meaning

>t. hipster millennial

Should this be cause for worry? Or will Apple be a less evil overlord then Disney?

the mouse itself getting bought, i thought i would never see that day

Jobs was a hilariously horrible person, sure he's gone, but the culture he left behind is still sizable.

>iundersdtoodthatreference.jpg

The birth of a new evil.

>$237 billion price tag

With that kind of money I wouldn't buy fucking disney, I'd buy my own fucking country.
King user, the golden rule ruler.

Depends on what happens. Warners was attractive because they basically cut out all non-media creation services to become a fully media oriented company. Nobody really wants to buy Disney right now because they're tied up with so much shit a tech company wouldn't want to deal with. If Apple is offering enough, Disney could concieveably offload things like ESPN and the Disneyland parks to be a purely media creation like Warners.

Imagine all the Apple shilling in the MCU.

inb4 iCopt Center

I don't think there's much need to worry. It's just baseless speculation, there's no real talk from Apple about it.

The article is basically just "it would be technically possible for Apple to buy Disney!". There's no real reason for a purchase that massive any more than ideas like McDonald's buying Nike or Microsoft buying Verizon.

NO I'M THE ONE IN CHARGE HERE!!!

Pottery.

>Disney could consider
There's all this talk of who could do what and Apple's side of things, but I don't see a peep from Disney themselves.
They have no reason to really consider this deal, they could always be wealthier sure, everyone can, but they're doing fine and letting Apple on board would not really change that.

It's not like there's some chunk of Apple consumers who have refused to buy Disney unless this happens.

>GenZ slaves support that shit
Not even once.

There's no talk from Apple about it either. The article is all speculation.

>McDonald's buying Nike
That'd be hilarious.

The Company of the future

200 billion usd is my countrys net worth
why cant apple just buy a country instead?

>offload the Disneyland parks

Yeah there is NO way in hell they'll ever do that.
Their cruise line, their parks, are huge, and I really do mean fucking HUGE revenues they have. To "off-load" those would be a completely waste of money

a country isn't for sale, and the "worth" is virtual, it's not a price tag, nor the money people have in their pocket.

>apple a great company

lololololol

Jesus fuck

I'm a conservative but the government really needs to step in on these media conglomerates, we're gonna be hitting Shadowrun-esque megacorps within the century

Apple as a company is 1000 times worse than Disney

>President? Do you know how much power I'd have to give up to become President?

Cyberpunk Technocractic Corporation Countries when

Or you could buy Disney, assimilate other big corporations and eventually rule the world. Gotta look at the big picture.

Next year. Hope you're all prepared.

>Apple be a less evil
lol.
remember, you pay your iphone with a 60% pure benefits margin.
Thanks asian slavery!

...

It'd be counterproductive. Third World shitholes are unsalvageable.

>I'm a conservative but the government really needs to step in on these media conglomerates
Did you forget who's the US President, m8?

THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING, I'M IN CHARGE HERE

He's not a fan of the media.

...didn't that happen in Winter Soldier? They go to that Apple Store if I"m not mistaken...

So...like, would MCU films budgets balloon?

No, in fact, they get FoX-Men budget but the ticket and BD prices double.

yeah they'll be even better than they are now with great special effects that won't look dated years later

Why would they?

Pretty soon we'll all be owned by someone...

When one company buys out another (especially when we're talking billion dollar conglomerates) the buyer doesn't pour money into the new asset it's purchased. That's retarded and how you waste money. They might restructure some of the many arms from of the Disney purchase but it won't be to bolster another part of the sum.

Doesn't this violate every anti-trust law known to man? Not that I care because I'm not a socialist cocksucker but I'm pretty sure there's laws that prevent mergers this big from taking place

I don't want anything Apple anymore. Apple doesn't play nice with others on the app playground. Their software tends to make things much more complicated than they are.

I think I'm going Linux/Ubuntu.

Disney is not going to let itself be oy veyed by Apple.

if AT&T can buy that pile of shit WB then this is more than fine

Hee hee

You dont want Shadowrun to be real? God, your taste is shit.

...then whats' the point? After a while, it becomes redundant how much money you have.

>government mandated child sweatshops
Now hold on a second, user.

Why would Disney EVER go for this? They don't need anything Apple can offer.

Did that actually go through?

>After a while, it becomes redundant how much money you have.

>After a while, it becomes redundant how much money you have.
fucking kek

Jews love money

>and the Disneyland parks

Many Disney arms right now are currently bleeding money, like ESPN, and there's also the fact that media is becoming more expensive to produce as time goes on and the influx of cash from Apple would be a very welcome asset.

>ESPN
Who would have thought that having 20 hours of talking heads all saying the same thing would be expensive!

Distribution via digital and Apple's hardware would also be really welcome with less people going to movie theaters, reading publications, etc. Same reason why AT&T wanted Warners really.

Getting exclusive contracts with sports leagues is very expensive. An NFL media contract alone is in the billions

All I could see happening if this does turn out to be happening is more Disney/Marvel deals/promotions on iTunes, and product placement.

The Disney company has never been shy about selling their own shit off if it doesn't work. It would be no surprise if they sold the entire kit and caboodle while working some deal with Apple to keep certain higher ups in place.

pictured: either a late 20th century cyberpunker or early 21st century hipster

On the surface, sure, but a merger between Apple and Disney puts a massive umbrella of their corporate holdings together under one banner. Apple would immediately gain a massive foothold in the television industry due to Disney holdings. Marvel, Lucas Films, ESPN, ect.

>After a while, it becomes redundant how much money you have.
this guy

>Apple products in the next Kingdom Hearts game

>Steve Jobs was a major shareholder of Pixar
>Apple absorbs Disney

What goes around comes around.

>Sora meets force ghost Steve Jobs

>The mouse will die in your lifetime
>Killed by a bunch of bearded hipsters

Jaysus Christ almighty

Not to mention that iTunes would probably have exclusive access to all Disney media content. Their media arm would explode.

>The mouse will die in your lifetime

>will die
m8, fueled by the Apple crowd's spending habits it would achieve cyber transcendence.

>Killed by a bunch of bearded hipsters
Every arm of the Disney company is infested with social justice loving liberal hipsters.
If anything you're just stacking them on top of each other.

About the only good thing Jobs ever did was leave Pixar alone to do their thing after he bought them.

And he's dead now.

If Apple owned Disney it would be a terrible thing for anyone who loves animation.

>animation
You mean 3d renderings.

>But would Apple shareholders support such a bet-the-company move
Maybe not, but they haven't done anything interesting since Jobs died, so it's only a matter of time until they waste away.

Please. Our descendants will be workers in the Mouse Slave Camps.

"Work is life! Submit or die, ha ha!"

Remember when everyone though Comcast was gonna buy Disney out?

>And so Satan asked "how can we make ESPN Star Wars and Marvel even blander, corporate shit?"

If that happens, then an anti-trust lawsuit will occur.

t. Jew assbitch

user lemme remind you that most of the sods in Shadowrun are just literal wage slaves who live a 100% miserable existence. Don't kid yourself into thinking the shadows would accept you.

However, if you can promise me sweet elf poontang I may change my disposition.

So would we get Superior Ironman in the MCU if this happens?

Republicans have the judicial majority, so the lawsuit would be ruled in favor of the purchase.

Why are Republicans such cucks?

They do it for money.

It was because of George's divorce actually

It would pretty much just like all the Sony shilling in the Spider-Man films.

>Next animated disney movie will be a transgender saving his black boyfriend from the claws of an evil white male nazi wizard.
Can't wait.

Disney died with Walt, user. It's been run for nothing but shareholder profits ever since.

>Star Wars and Marvel are owned by Disney which is owned by Apple

This is actually horrifying
Imagine hearing this shit as a kid

Are you joking? Democrats are massive cucks

If it didn't happen when AT&T bought Warner then it wouldn't happen here. And besides, if they did, they'd just splinter the company off so they can claim it's not a massive merger. Liberals can be such whiny cucks

I hate to ruin your fantasy but Disney cared about the bottom line and profits just as much as the jews who run it now do.