With Two Suitors for Fox, the Murdochs Consider Next Steps

2018-6-20 23:17| 发布者: admin| 查看: 259| 评论: 0|来自: NYT

摘要: • 如今21世纪福克斯(21st Century Fox)有了两个财力雄厚的追求者——迪士尼(Disney)和康卡斯特(Comcast)——默多克家族正在权衡。这里是将会出现的情况。

Rupert Murdoch, with his wife, Jerry Hall, has agreed to sell much of 21st Century Fox’s assets to the Walt Disney Company. But Comcast has made an offer that complicates the situation.CreditDennis Van Tine/Star Max, via Associated Press

By Edmund Lee

June 18, 2018

The Walt Disney Company has agreed to buy most of 21st Century Fox’s assets in a deal worth $52.4 billion, but things got complicated last week when Comcast made a rival offer that valued the business at $65 billion.

At stake are cable channels including FX and National Geographic, the “Avatar” and “X-Men” film franchises, and a pair of international television networks. It may stoke visions of blistering negotiations between high-powered media executives with big egos barking into phones or ruminating in closed-door meetings, but there are rules of engagement around mergers that are designed to civilize the process.

Fox and its chairman, Rupert Murdoch, will have a lot of say over how the process is managed.

How will Mr. Murdoch and his board of directors proceed? Here’s a breakdown of what to expect.

A meeting on Wednesday

Fox has already accepted Disney’s offer, which means that the two companies are continuing to move forward with that deal. For now, Fox shareholders are scheduled to vote on that agreement on July 10.

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