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Disney is a struggling company. I don’t see an end in sight.
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Tha Realest
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Disstevefan1
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Disstevefan1
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Agreed. Every movie they don't make is a movie they wont lose 100 million on.
And they definitely should not take away a perceived value that their most loyal Volunteers that bring them a business venture get...
John park hopper
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80.04 what are the odds it will close below 80 today
Where it has already dipped down there earlier. I say 50/50.
Minnesota disney fan
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I just read that it is now 79.90 !!!
Disney isn’t day trading. If you invested in Disney April 1st 2014 at 85.74 you would be losing money 9 years later.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Especially Considering that $85.75 then was worth more than the $80.50 is today after 30 trillion or so in QE
Charter’s CEO isn’t flinching in the $2.2 billion rumble with Disney and ESPN: ‘We had to say enough is enough, or else we’re gonna have to move on to a different model’
Charter’s CEO isn’t flinching in the $2.2 billion rumble with Disney and ESPN: ‘We had to say enough is enough, or else we’re gonna have to move on to a different model’
Chris Winfrey says he’s ready to call it quits on live sports entirely, charging that Disney let its own house “burn to the ground.”
ESPN has been the big dog in cable TV for over a generation, commanding an average carrier fee of $9.42 per month, according to Sportico, from every cable subscriber, whether they actually watch the 24-7 sports channel or not.
TheDisneyParksfanC8
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A lot of people are not happy with Josh's leadership style with the parks espically with "What if "D23 expos and lenghty timelines for park project builds. If an Apple buyout did happen could Josh be forced out of his role as head of the parks and could Apple put their finger on the scale and speed up the construction times in the parks?
Disney Irish
Premium Member
Any acquisition of Disney by another company, including Apple, could lead to new leadership for any number of positions at Disney including the Head of Disney Parks.
I would however suggest that if such an acquisition happened it wouldn't lead to immediate changes, nor an increase in construction spending and speed up of construction projects. Any company coming in would surely take their time to assess everything including any new capital intensive construction projects before making any changes. Changes mind you that may include a complete shutdown of any new Disney Parks projects or even selling off the Disney Parks division completely.
This is why all these folks hoping Apple or any other company buys Disney should slow down on that talk. As the saying goes careful what you wish for, you may just get it. And it may not be better....
Are you saying that before Josh, park projects were built in a timely manner?
Raidermatt
Active Member
Sure, the devil you know can definitely be better than the devil you don't. But are we so sure selling the parks off would be a bad thing? I'm not. If they go to a company with a more long term view, and one who doesn't need to use the parks as an ATM for other struggling divisions, it could actually be a huge win.
At one time I would have considered such an idea sacrilege. But that was when Disney was still at least sort of Disney. Today's Disney is exactly the kind of company we would not want to purchase the parks. Short-sighted, poorly managed and willing to bleed the parks to prop up other divisions.
Stitch's Grandfather
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I think there's a good chance the parks will be spun off into their own entity, because the buyers of Disney probably want nothing to do with their real estate + theme park businesses. I'd love to see what the vision for DVC and the parks could be with different leadership (tho obviously it could be much much worse also)
Disney Irish
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It depends on who would be a buyer in this scenario. For example would Six Flags be better for Disney Parks? We can't say, but not really confident it would be better....
So again careful what you wish for....