Comcast to buy Disney?

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-02-12 12:28pm

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-02-12 12:33pm

Thought I posted this yesterday, must've been another board.

But yes, odd stuff indeed. The Disney empire seems small now.

Darksider · Post by **Darksider** » 2004-02-12 01:01pm

I guess Pixar beheaded the disney empire when it up and split.

Xenophobe3691 · Post by **Xenophobe3691** » 2004-02-12 01:31pm

Darksider wrote:I guess Pixar beheaded the disney empire when it up and split.

Pixar eviscerated the Disney Empire when they did that...

The Kernel · Post by **The Kernel** » 2004-02-12 05:47pm

This isn't really all that surprising. Comcast distributes entertainment and Disney makes said entertainment. This is a match made in heaven and the stockholders aren't likely to turn down such a generous bid.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2004-02-12 07:02pm

This is huge news around here. Comcast HQ is in Philadelphia.

Hope it stays here. The last thing the city needs is its biggest employer walking out.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-02-12 07:04pm

I doubt it'll move. They seem to want to just integrate Disney into their own empire and let them carry on as normal, or most anticipate at least.

I certainly doubt they'd rename Disneyland to Comcastland.

Still, one can never fully predict business.

Worlds Spanner · Post by **Worlds Spanner** » 2004-02-13 02:37am

RedImperator wrote:This is huge news around here. Comcast HQ is in Philadelphia.

Hope it stays here. The last thing the city needs is its biggest employer walking out.

Unless I'm mistaking, Penn is still a bigger employer. That being said, the city has a lot of major corps. with HQ leases expiring in the next 4 years....Street needs to find a way to keep them.

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2004-02-13 02:49am

Well, now you now where all the damn fee hikes have gone.
Of course, Comcast buying Disney will only ensure more fee hikes.
Comcast cable is fucking expensive.

Lord MJ · Post by **Lord MJ** » 2004-02-13 03:34am

What will Cox Communications do to keep up if this goes through.

Actually Cox Communications is a subsidiary of a private company called Cox Enterprises which also owns local TV stations, Radio Stations, Newspapers, Auto Auctions and Autotrader.com.

Will we see Cox Enterprises trying to buy a major entertainment company and merge it with Cox Communications?

Patrick Degan · Post by **Patrick Degan** » 2004-02-13 08:43am

I tend to doubt that Comcast really have the juice to actually pull off a hostile takeover of Disney. But the very fact that they felt the stones to make a bid is another black mark against Michael Eisner and his cabal and will likely strengthen the forces within Mouse Inc. to bring about his ouster.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2004-02-13 08:46am

Worlds Spanner wrote:
RedImperator wrote:This is huge news around here. Comcast HQ is in Philadelphia.

Hope it stays here. The last thing the city needs is its biggest employer walking out.

Unless I'm mistaking, Penn is still a bigger employer. That being said, the city has a lot of major corps. with HQ leases expiring in the next 4 years....Street needs to find a way to keep them.

This is John Street we're talking about here. How much hope do you have?

The Kernel · Post by **The Kernel** » 2004-02-13 10:11am

RedImperator wrote:
Worlds Spanner wrote:
RedImperator wrote:This is huge news around here. Comcast HQ is in Philadelphia.

Hope it stays here. The last thing the city needs is its biggest employer walking out.

Unless I'm mistaking, Penn is still a bigger employer. That being said, the city has a lot of major corps. with HQ leases expiring in the next 4 years....Street needs to find a way to keep them.
This is John Street we're talking about here. How much hope do you have?

Dude, I really wouldn't be concerned about it. There is almost zero overlap in the Disney/Comcast merger proposal, so any merger that took place would involve almost no reductions in business and both sides would continue operating like any other day (much like the AOL/Time Warner merger).

Comcast wants Disney because they feel vulnerable without content because of their delivery system being obsoleted, so they figure they can make themselves more indispensible by becoming a content manufacturer as well as a distributor. Hell it might work, but it still means that Disney and Comcast are going to remain intact.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2004-02-13 10:21am

The Kernel wrote:
RedImperator wrote:
Worlds Spanner wrote:
Unless I'm mistaking, Penn is still a bigger employer. That being said, the city has a lot of major corps. with HQ leases expiring in the next 4 years....Street needs to find a way to keep them.
This is John Street we're talking about here. How much hope do you have?
Dude, I really wouldn't be concerned about it. There is almost zero overlap in the Disney/Comcast merger proposal, so any merger that took place would involve almost no reductions in business and both sides would continue operating like any other day (much like the AOL/Time Warner merger).

Comcast wants Disney because they feel vulnerable without content because of their delivery system being obsoleted, so they figure they can make themselves more indispensible by becoming a content manufacturer as well as a distributor. Hell it might work, but it still means that Disney and Comcast are going to remain intact.

I was referring to the leases expiring. Even if nothing happens to Comcast, there's going to be a real problem in a few years with about half the office space in the city being vacant unless the worthless, incompetent, and corrupt city government works out a plan for keeping the companies in question in the city. You could consider it an attempted threadjack, if you like.

Worlds Spanner · Post by **Worlds Spanner** » 2004-02-13 12:55pm

RedImperator wrote:
Worlds Spanner wrote:
RedImperator wrote:This is huge news around here. Comcast HQ is in Philadelphia.

Hope it stays here. The last thing the city needs is its biggest employer walking out.

Unless I'm mistaking, Penn is still a bigger employer. That being said, the city has a lot of major corps. with HQ leases expiring in the next 4 years....Street needs to find a way to keep them.
This is John Street we're talking about here. How much hope do you have?

None whatsoever.