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Disney To Buy Marvel For $4 Billion
« Thread Started on Aug 31, 2009, 8:46am »		[Quote]
LOS ANGELES — The Walt Disney Co. says it is acquiring Marvel Entertainment Inc. for $4 billion in cash and stock, bringing characters like Iron Man and Spider-Man into the Disney family.

Under the deal, Disney will acquire ownership of 5,000 Marvel characters.

Disney said Monday that Marvel shareholders will receive $30 per share in cash plus 0.745 Disney shares for every Marvel share they own.

It said the boards of Disney and Marvel have both approved the transaction, but it requires an antitrust review and the approval of Marvel shareholders.


(This is impressive. I wonder what the future holds now. And if you were a Marvel shareholder, you just made a tidy profit. At one time, you could buy Marvel shares for $1 each. If you had 1,000 shares, you just made $30,000 AND got 745 shares of Disney stock to boot. Wow.)
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« Reply #1 on Aug 31, 2009, 11:52am »		[Quote]
I wonder what this means for the Marvel rides at Universal Studios Islands of Adventure. :o

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Re: Disney To Buy Marvel For $4 Billion
« Reply #2 on Aug 31, 2009, 3:26pm »		[Quote]
I'm assuming Marvel did this to finance all of their upcoming films.

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« Reply #3 on Aug 31, 2009, 10:21pm »		[Quote]
Stan Lee talks to CNN with his reaction to the news:

http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2009/08/31/n_disney_marvel_stan_lee.cnnmoney/

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Re: Disney To Buy Marvel For $4 Billion
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Aug 31, 2009, 10:21pm, vikingspawn wrote:
Stan Lee talks to CNN with his reaction to the news:

http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2009/08/31/n_disney_marvel_stan_lee.cnnmoney/



Thanks for the link.

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Re: Disney To Buy Marvel For $4 Billion
« Reply #5 on Nov 7, 2009, 4:08pm »		[Quote]
I'll confess, I never expected this crap...

http://fx.worth1000.com/contests/23840/marvel-disney-hybrids-ps-adv/1#entries

I don't think it's cute or funny. I think it's pathetic.

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« Reply #6 on Nov 8, 2009, 10:52am »		[Quote]

Nov 7, 2009, 4:08pm, Defiant1 wrote:
I'll confess, I never expected this crap...

http://fx.worth1000.com/contests/23840/marvel-disney-hybrids-ps-adv/1#entries

I don't think it's cute or funny. I think it's pathetic.

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Ugh! It's like the original nightmare vision I had in my head when I heard these two companies had merged. I'm sure we'll be seeing Marvel Characters as Disney Characters soon if not already.

Financially this may be great for business. But comic wise, I only see dilution of characters. I think I prefer unmerged.
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Re: Disney To Buy Marvel For $4 Billion
« Reply #7 on Nov 8, 2009, 10:59am »		[Quote]

Nov 8, 2009, 10:52am, gowaltrip wrote:

Nov 7, 2009, 4:08pm, Defiant1 wrote:
I'll confess, I never expected this crap...

http://fx.worth1000.com/contests/23840/marvel-disney-hybrids-ps-adv/1#entries

I don't think it's cute or funny. I think it's pathetic.

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Ugh! It's like the original nightmare vision I had in my head when I heard these two companies had merged. I'm sure we'll be seeing Marvel Characters as Disney Characters soon if not already.

Financially this may be great for business. But comic wise, I only see dilution of characters. I think I prefer unmerged.


I wonder what Universal Studios is going to do since they've licensed the Marvel Characters for their theme parks.

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