Walt Disney came back hard to defend its proposed acquisition of Fox entertainment assets. It raised its original offer of $52.4bn in stock to around $71bn, of which half will now be in cash. That's a

21st Century Fox has already agreed to sell to Walt Disney. Comcast's $65bn cash offer is significantly more attractive to most public shareholders (though not necessarily to the Murdoch family) than

Disney already has a deal on the table; Comcast is preparing to issue a counter-offer of its own. The UK Government also said it has no objections to Comcast's bid for Sky. As a result, Fox can potentially

president of Disney/ABC Television, and her ultimate boss, Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger. There was also widespread public condemnation from other members of the entertainment community, including

Comcast is lining up finance to renew its bid to gazump Disney in a deal for the rest of 21st Century Fox's entertainment assets. Fox declined an earlier approach by Comcast, citing concerns over regulatory

video producer Maker Studios until its acquisition by Disney. He joined Mattel's board in an non-executive role last year, before becoming executive chairman in 2018 and now CEO. As forewarned last

If Walt Disney succeeds in acquiring the assets of 21st Century Fox, as previously agreed, it must make an offer for all of Sky, not just Fox's 39% controlling stake. So ruled the UK's takeover regulators

In the news this past week: Media Disney/Marvel's Black Panther was finally toppled last week as the #1 movie in the US (by Pacific Rim: Uprising) after an extraordinary five week run, but it has nonetheless

Walt Disney Company appears to have identified two new potential successors to CEO Robert Iger. The group realigned its operating divisions, combining what are currently two separate divisions of consumer

literally) beside the all-conquering force of Disney/Marvel's Black Panther, already the 9th highest-grossing movie of all time in North America just three weeks after release. With a US gross which has