Apple Could Look to Acquire Disney Amid Stock Drop
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Apple Could Look to Acquire Disney Amid Stock Drop
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Re: Apple Could Look to Acquire Disney Amid Stock Drop
#2This is just the word of one analyst without any inside knowledge of neither Apple nor Disney. They're just mentioning them because those two brands draw eyeballs.
If this was actually Apple's content strategy, you would imagine they would have bought Netflix or HBO ages ago when they first decided they wanted to get into streaming.
Re: Apple Could Look to Acquire Disney Amid Stock Drop
#3This is just the word of one analyst without any inside knowledge of neither Apple nor Disney. They're just mentioning them because those two brands draw eyeballs. If this was actually Apple's content strategy, you would imagine they would have bought Netflix or HBO ages ago when they first decided they wanted to get into streaming.
Buying Disney would be a huge mistake for Apple by creating a massive distraction from the platform services that must be top notch. Adding Disney's executives and staff to the roster would dumb down Apple to a degree which is unacceptable.
Re: Apple Could Look to Acquire Disney Amid Stock Drop
#4This is just the word of one analyst without any inside knowledge of neither Apple nor Disney. They're just mentioning them because those two brands draw eyeballs. If this was actually Apple's content strategy, you would imagine they would have bought Netflix or HBO ages ago when they first decided they wanted to get into streaming.
Buying Disney would be a huge mistake for Apple by creating a massive distraction from the platform services that must be top notch. Adding Disney's executives and staff to the roster would dumb down Apple to a degree which is unacceptable.
Theoretically, and JUST for the sake of argument. Apple could buy Disney, give themselves a perpetual license to all content, and then immediately spin off the parts of Disney they don't want (including any executives, theme parks, etc).
Re: Apple Could Look to Acquire Disney Amid Stock Drop
#5This is just the word of one analyst without any inside knowledge of neither Apple nor Disney. They're just mentioning them because those two brands draw eyeballs. If this was actually Apple's content strategy, you would imagine they would have bought Netflix or HBO ages ago when they first decided they wanted to get into streaming.
Buying Disney would be a huge mistake for Apple by creating a massive distraction from the platform services that must be top notch. Adding Disney's executives and staff to the roster would dumb down Apple to a degree which is unacceptable.
I'm inclined to agree. I suspect this was also the thinking the prevented them from pursuing a merger with Netflix. They seem to target their big acquisitions towards things where their own "Apple-ish" culture and philosophy guides the core technologies. They're not going to want to muddy that by having execs from Netflix or Blackberry or Bose in on it. Like, they bought Beats, but mostly because Beats was basically just a brand that they could do whatever they wanted to under the hood.
Re: Apple Could Look to Acquire Disney Amid Stock Drop
#6This is just the word of one analyst without any inside knowledge of neither Apple nor Disney. They're just mentioning them because those two brands draw eyeballs. If this was actually Apple's content strategy, you would imagine they would have bought Netflix or HBO ages ago when they first decided they wanted to get into streaming.
Since Disney’s ceo recently stepped down, anyone thinks an Apple exec will fill the role?
Re: Apple Could Look to Acquire Disney Amid Stock Drop
#7This is just the word of one analyst without any inside knowledge of neither Apple nor Disney. They're just mentioning them because those two brands draw eyeballs. If this was actually Apple's content strategy, you would imagine they would have bought Netflix or HBO ages ago when they first decided they wanted to get into streaming.
Buying Disney would be a huge mistake for Apple by creating a massive distraction from the platform services that must be top notch. Adding Disney's executives and staff to the roster would dumb down Apple to a degree which is unacceptable.
Sorry but the idea that Disney's execs would dumb down Apple is just ridiculous. I'd thoroughly recommend you look up what analysts think of Disney's performance as a company. They kick butt. Just because they run theme parks and make movies instead of producing little blocks of aluminium and glass doesn't make them stupid.
Re: Apple Could Look to Acquire Disney Amid Stock Drop
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Buying Disney would be a huge mistake for Apple by creating a massive distraction from the platform services that must be top notch. Adding Disney's executives and staff to the roster would dumb down Apple to a degree which is unacceptable.
Sorry but the idea that Disney's execs would dumb down Apple is just ridiculous. I'd thoroughly recommend you look up what analysts think of Disney's performance as a company. They kick butt. Just because they run theme parks and make movies instead of producing little blocks of aluminium and glass doesn't make them stupid.
Agreed, some very smart and ruthless people sell packaged tap water
Re: Apple Could Look to Acquire Disney Amid Stock Drop
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Buying Disney would be a huge mistake for Apple by creating a massive distraction from the platform services that must be top notch. Adding Disney's executives and staff to the roster would dumb down Apple to a degree which is unacceptable.
Sorry but the idea that Disney's execs would dumb down Apple is just ridiculous. I'd thoroughly recommend you look up what analysts think of Disney's performance as a company. They kick butt. Just because they run theme parks and make movies instead of producing little blocks of aluminium and glass doesn't make them stupid.
They may not be dumb, but culturally, the companies are miles apart. Disney is incredibly bureaucratic and is does a very poor job of developing and deploy technology. Most of the impressive displays of tech you associate with Disney were licensed or acquired, with a Disney label slapped on them. There is a permanent cold war between VP-level execs who seek to undercut each other.
Source: former mid-level technology manager in IT at Disney Parks and Resorts who had a weekly audience with VPs and SVPs.
Re: Apple Could Look to Acquire Disney Amid Stock Drop
#10This is just the word of one analyst without any inside knowledge of neither Apple nor Disney. They're just mentioning them because those two brands draw eyeballs. If this was actually Apple's content strategy, you would imagine they would have bought Netflix or HBO ages ago when they first decided they wanted to get into streaming.
Since Disney’s ceo recently stepped down, anyone thinks an Apple exec will fill the role?
They already found another Bob to take Bob Iger's place.
https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/bob-chapek-named-chief-exec...