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JC-Ice t1_iy50qtb wrote

Reply to comment by boundbylife in Bob Iger Tells Disney Town Hall Hiring Freeze Still In Effect, No New Acquisitions Planned & Not Merging With Apple by HumanOrAlien

Iger once said that he believed if Steve Jobs were still alive, Disney and Apple would have found a way to combine.

And Apple does have the money for it, along with a demonstrable interest in expanding into entertainment.

It may not happen, but the idea of it is far from nonsense.

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iamse7en t1_iy6l06w wrote

Exactly. Mergers or Acquisitions aren’t for firms in financial trouble only. It works great for two massive, profitable companies where there are synergies, where both shareholders benefit (combined value is greater than value of both firms before a merger). There are some synergies here, but not a lot, which is why it's neither a slam dunk nor nonsense. Those synergies will increase with Apple's movement into entertainment and Reality experiences. There's a reason why there's chatter of it from both inside and outside the company. Far from nonsense.

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