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Why is everyone so afraid of the Disney-Fox Merger?
It was announced back in December of 2017 that Disney had begun negotiations to acquire 20th Century Fox. This was exciting news for me, mainly because I’m a Marvel fan and this meant that the X-men would be coming home to Marvel and we would finally (hopefully) get to see Magneto tee-off against Iron-Man (because honestly, who wouldn’t love to see that). Unfortunately, I was surprised to see that so many of my fanboy colleagues were not quite as excited as I was.
My colleagues feared that Disney acquiring the “darker” half of Marvel would mean that we would no longer get R-rated versions of Marvel properties like Logan or Deadpool. I tried to assure them that Fox would remain it’s own entity and it was good news because this meant that Fox would be sure to stay in business. Disney owning Fox was good news because it meant that in the face of mass media conglomeration and technological forces like Netflix and Amazon, Disney was beefing itself up in order to compete. I actually wrote a lengthy article about it here.
Yet, in turning to the blogosphere, I sensed much the same trepidation from journalists, bloggers, commentators, talking heads, and so-called “professionals” as I did from my leigh friends. My initial reaction was to assume that most people must just not know how business works. Or possibly they don’t understand the…
