Could Apple Buy Disney?

>>59877949
no.
it's just another episode of investment bankers spreading bullshit in the hope of getting work.

>>59877949
sounds like bullshit
but if true, i guess I'd be an Apple employee and I wouldn't have to pay their ridiculous markup to replace my aging laptop

>>59877949
Wouldn't Apple need to get their money taxed first to buy them? This would further inflate the cost. Besides diversification or not, it seems silly to buy such a huge company that's at its peak.

Beats made sense because it was a growing brand and forced Applel into streaming and premium headphones sectors that are close enough to their main business. Now Tesla, that'd make sense for the future and as a start of a scary empire.

I'd expect the exact opposite if anything.

>>59877949
Complete and utter bullshit
>Disney could consider spinning off assets like ESPN and theme parks to make the deal more palatable.
Disney wouldn't sell off its fucking parks just to be bought out when its one of their biggest and most well known assets

>>59879171
You really have no idea, have you?

Reminds me of the rumor that InBev was going to buy Coca-Cola in order to trigger bonuses for the executives if they get the market cap of the company over a certain threshold.

>>59877949
Just like that rumor that Apple was going to buy Intel

>>59877949
>fruity toddler toy company
>buys kiddy toddler brand

Sounds legit.

>>59878441
Perhaps Disney would be jointly owned by the various Apple subsidiaries around the world. Liberty Media bought the Atlanta Braves strictly for tax accounting purposes. The Burger King-Tim Hortons merger was for similar reasons. If there is a loophole for being able to use overseas money without it being taxed, Apple's accountants and lawyers will find it.

>>59879537
>most well known assets
or best known, as we white people say.

>>59879797
Fair enuff. Although it'd be still a very weird move for them. They been doing not too bad with the hardware/services business, adding content creators doesn't offer much room for growth, and making Disney shit exclusive for Apple stuff would be economical suicide. Apple could've bough every music label long ago but why bother if they can get their share of profits through iTunes without any of the risks and responsibilities.

A fashion brand or a car maker would make much more sense if they want to diversify.

>>59877949
Please no, corporate America is already dystopian as it, a takeover like this is just going to make things worse.

It would be stupid because we're almost at peak disney. All the marvel movies are heading towards an end since all the character franchises are wrapping up. Star wars will be finished in 5 years and cable revenue is going down.

If apple buys them then their asset will go down in a few years. They should buy netflix and viemo.

>>59879884
They have so much money and want to do something productive with it but probably don't want to become the next GE so they're going to look for companies to acquire that are huge and have business that compliments what Apple already does. The choices aren't all that large.