{"id":4614,"date":"2019-03-20T16:05:46","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T20:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/?p=4614"},"modified":"2019-03-20T16:05:46","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T20:05:46","slug":"disneys-71-3b-acquisition-of-21st-century-fox-is-complete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/2019\/03\/disneys-71-3b-acquisition-of-21st-century-fox-is-complete\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney&#8217;s $71.3B acquisition of 21st Century Fox is  complete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4615\" src=\"http:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Disney-Fox-300x206.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Disney-Fox-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Disney-Fox-150x103.png 150w, https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Disney-Fox.png 531w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>After 15 months of planning, the\u00a0Walt Disney Company\u00a0has formally sealed the deal on its $71.3 billion acquisition of 21st Century Fox.<\/p>\n<p>With 21st Century Fox\u2019s iconic collection of businesses and franchises, Disney will be able to provide more appealing high-quality content and entertainment options to meet growing consumer demand; increase its international footprint; and expand its direct-to-consumer offerings, which include ESPN+ for sports fans, the highly-anticipated Disney+ streaming video-on-demand service launching in late 2019; and Disney and 21st Century Fox\u2019s combined ownership stake in Hulu.<\/p>\n<p>The acquisition includes 21st Century Fox\u2019s renowned film production businesses, including Twentieth Century Fox, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox 2000 Pictures, Fox Family and Fox Animation; Fox\u2019s television creative units, Twentieth Century Fox Television, FX Productions and Fox21; FX Networks; National Geographic Partners; Fox Networks Group International; Star India; and Fox\u2019s interests in Hulu, Tata Sky and Endemol Shine Group. Disney and 21st Century Fox entered into a consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice last year under which Disney will divest 21st Century Fox\u2019s Regional Sports Networks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 15 months of planning, the\u00a0Walt Disney Company\u00a0has formally sealed the deal on its $71.3 billion acquisition of 21st Century Fox. With 21st Century Fox\u2019s iconic collection of businesses and franchises, Disney will be able to provide more appealing high-quality content and entertainment options to meet growing consumer demand; increase its international footprint; and expand [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4615,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-articles","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4614"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4616,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4614\/revisions\/4616"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}