That's why bunny me (Reply #14) - Democratic Underground

In the discussion thread: Rupert Murdoch calls off proposed Fox-News Corp merger [View all]

Tue Jan 24, 2023, 08:45 PM

14. That's why bunny me

was doing the pancake on my head trick.

I had no idea that this was even in the cards after all the hoops they jumped through to separate things out!

Trying to do a back-of-envelope timeline -

2005 - Murdoch buys the rest of Fox from shareholders

2013 - News Corp. splits into two (Entertainment and Publishing)

2017 - 2019 - News Corp. sells off some stuff

For Disney, this means a trove of new assets, 20th Century Fox film and TV studios, an additional 30% stake in Hulu, cable channels FX and National Geographic, and Indian media conglomerate Star India. For Fox, it means a new company, Fox Corporation, which includes Fox News channel and Fox’s broadcast network.

and

he is giving up the Fox film and TV studios responsible for the box-office blockbusters Titanic and Avatar as well as hits such as The Simpsons, cable channels including FX and National Geographic, a 39% Sky stake and India’s Star network.

2022 (October) - Float of merging entities

The merger would combine Murdoch’s Fox News and TMZ assets with News Corp’s newspaper and online news operations, including the Times and the Sun in the UK, the Wall Street Journal and New York Post in the US, and the Australian.

So this latest business idea was put out there AFTER the Dominion/Smartmatic suits but would have been "in the news" right in the heart of the 2022 election here, conveniently drowned out by the RW noise machine's "Democrats in Disarray®", "Red Tsunami®", "Libs to be shellacked" narratives.

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17 replies	Author	Time	Post
Rupert Murdoch calls off proposed Fox-News Corp merger [View all]	BumRushDaShow	Jan 24	OP
Leave one with the debts from lawsuits	moniss	Jan 24	#1
This	GB_RN	Jan 24	#3
I would think the lawyers at Dominon would stop any attempt to split off the assets....	TheRealNorth	Jan 24	#5
Well...	GB_RN	Jan 24	#8
That makes sense	TheRealNorth	Jan 24	#10
Thank you and moniss for THAT reminder	BumRushDaShow	Jan 24	#6
Murdoch is still rolling in all that fat Disney cash	exboyfil	Jan 24	#2
Ahh...	BumRushDaShow	Jan 24	#4
Fox Corp may soon be deader than a doornail.	Joinfortmill	Jan 24	#7
Maybe the deposition shall we say didn't quite go well.....	turbinetree	Jan 24	#9
They probably wanted to merge them so they could lay people off	FakeNoose	Jan 24	#11
I think despite what the "public" commentary from him is saying	BumRushDaShow	Jan 24	#13
Was the re-merger proposed before the huge lawsuits looked so viable?	ratchiweenie	Jan 24	#12
That's why bunny me	BumRushDaShow	Jan 24	#14
Thanks for the timeline. This is truly confounding. Wish they had already merged and some major	ratchiweenie	Jan 25	#15
You're welcome and I wouldn't rule out Disney/ABC	BumRushDaShow	Jan 25	#16
like it	republianmushroom	Jan 25	#17

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