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by mythz 1943 days ago
> The sale to Disney happened as a direct result of Murdoch seeing the threat (i.e people moving away from news).

Then why did Murdoch effectively choose to only keep their news channels (inc. Fox News), but sell the rest of 21st Century Fox (Film & TV) to Disney?
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shanecp 1937 days ago
The answer (in depth) is in the book written by Disney CEO. Too complicated to answer here.
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mythz 1933 days ago
Lol, Should be pretty easy to explain the obvious contradiction:

If a weakening News market outlook was the cause of the sale, why did he choose to sell everything but Fox's News businesses?

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pests 1942 days ago
Sell the money makers. Keep the propaganda.
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