The trial balloons have been floated, the Street didn’t reject the notion of a Disney acquisition of Pixar, and, as far as we know, the dealmaking continues. Just a few pesky details to deal with … like price and whether the deal will actually happen. We’ll keep you posted, as always.
– Deal Could Offer New Disney Role for Apple Chief: Disney’s board is planning to meet this weekend to discuss the deal. So far, the two sides have yet to agree on a price.
– Disney’s Iger Plans Company’s Largest Purchase in a Decade: “A purchase of Pixar, maker of “Finding Nemo” and “Toy Story,” would cost about $7 billion and be Burbank, California- based Disney’s largest purchase since buying Capital Cities/ABC Inc. for $19 billion in 1996.”
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Will Steve Jobs Be Disney’s Big Cheese?: Ronald Grover knocks the chairman idea down a peg, reporting that reports that some Disney board members don’t think Jobs should be chairman of two large companies, especially two doing business with each other. “More likely, as a board member, Jobs would be forceful in his vision for the company’s future. Yet that could be tough enough for a board that traditionally has tried to express itself through consensus. Remember, this is the same guy who returned to Apple ostensibly as a consultant, with no interest in running the show — but who quickly did just that, showing former Apple boss Gil Amelio the door.”
– Pixar, Disney deal rumored: Put entertainment analyst Dennis McAlpine in the skeptic column: “Bob Iger has been the understudy to Michael Eisner for 10 years. Does he really want to turn around and become Steve Jobs’ understudy?”
– Bernoff: “Very Unlikely Jobs Would Ever Head Disney”: Video.
– Will Pixar Move In With the Mouse?: Tim Bajarin, president of technology research firm Creative Strategies Inc., has qualms about the effect it could have on Apple if Jobs joined the Disney board given that Apple’s strong position in digital content is linked to its perceived neutrality. Bajarin: “If Jobs is only a shareholder in Disney, I think the perspective of neutrality could be managed, but if he became a member of the board, that is where I think it gets dicey.”
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