Found this article on the Computer Shopper website (it's a UK magazine).
Link: http://www.computershopper.co.uk/?news/news_story.php?id=53605
Apple CEO Steve Jobs could go head-to-head with Microsoft's Bill Gates in the battle for Disney, according to reports and rumours circling the Web.
Jobs' other company, animation studio Pixar, is one of two companies considering a rival bid for Disney, following cable company Comcast's hostile takeover bid launched last week. Time Warner is the other business looking at its options.
Meanwhile Microsoft founder and the world's richest man Bill Gates may be about to bankroll Comcast's offer to Disney shareholders. Microsoft already has a 7.4 per cent share of Comcast, worth some $3bn, but also has more than $50bn in cash to play with. Co-incidentally, the software giant recently signalled its intent in the home entertainment sector by agreeing a deal to provide digital rights management technology to Disney.
To add further spice to the mix, dissident Disney shareholders who have called for chairman and CEO Michael Eisner to resign have put Steve Jobs name forward as a possible replacement.
Link: http://www.computershopper.co.uk/?news/news_story.php?id=53605
Apple CEO Steve Jobs could go head-to-head with Microsoft's Bill Gates in the battle for Disney, according to reports and rumours circling the Web.
Jobs' other company, animation studio Pixar, is one of two companies considering a rival bid for Disney, following cable company Comcast's hostile takeover bid launched last week. Time Warner is the other business looking at its options.
Meanwhile Microsoft founder and the world's richest man Bill Gates may be about to bankroll Comcast's offer to Disney shareholders. Microsoft already has a 7.4 per cent share of Comcast, worth some $3bn, but also has more than $50bn in cash to play with. Co-incidentally, the software giant recently signalled its intent in the home entertainment sector by agreeing a deal to provide digital rights management technology to Disney.
To add further spice to the mix, dissident Disney shareholders who have called for chairman and CEO Michael Eisner to resign have put Steve Jobs name forward as a possible replacement.
