Why Apple buying Disney is pure fantasy

Professors Danielle Logue and Charlene Zietsm consider if Disney’s recent acquisition of Fox could ever be enough to attract Apple in this crossposting from The Conversation.

Acquiring Disney may make Apple’s products more valuable due to exclusive content and streaming rights, but it also goes against what Apple is good at – what does it know about running theme parks?

With US President Donald Trump’s tax reform to be implemented this month, Apple will be able to repatriate the estimated US$260 billion it has sitting offshore and many are speculating that it will be looking to bolster its struggling TV and movie offerings.

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