Just when everyone thought The Walt Disney Company had a firm grasp on the purchase of 21st Century Fox, Comcast has jumped into the fray once again. Despite having their $60 billion offer recently turned down, Comcast has upped it again and is still fighting to take control.
In December, Disney had come to an agreement to purchase virtually all of the movie and TV studios of 21st Century Fox for a total of $52.4 billion in stockholder shares. This would include the movie studio, DX, regional sports networks, National Geographic along with Fox’s ownership of Hulu and Sky in Europe.
Comcast isn’t going away quietly, though, and on Wednesday, they decided to pony up an offer of $65 billion in full-out cash.
“We have long admired what the Murdoch family has built at Twenty-First Century Fox,” Comcast CEO Brian Roberts reportedly wrote in a letter to the Fox’s Murdoch family. “After our meetings last year, we came away convinced that the 21CF businesses to be sold are highly complementary to ours, and that our company would be the right strategic home for them.”
This past week, Disney sent out packets of information to shareholders to inform and educate them on the proposal to purchase 21st Century Fox. This was before Comcast shot out this new $65 billion cash offer.
My Aunt bought me Disney stock when I was like 5 and I get about $2 a year from it.
Since I’m still technically a stockholder they just mailed me a 500 page proposal about the 21st Century Fox merger 😂 pic.twitter.com/UeUMg0Annj— Alec (@Alec_________) June 10, 2018
Looking through social media, most believe that Disney still has the upper-hand despite the lower financial offer since they’re in better shape than Comcast. Still, this is a battle which is far from over and it could go either way before everything is said and done.
Comcast was looking to outbid Disney before the shareholder votes set for July 10, 2018, and they’ve done that. Now, the ball is in Disney’s court.
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