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The Business of Taylor Swift, 'Eras' and Social Media, The Two Big Obstacles Preventing an Apple and Disney Merger

Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson

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The Challenges of Buying Disney

A couple days after he sent that email, I saw a headline from the Hollywood reporter, which reads a Disney sale to Apple. The parks are the part that actually make money just to be clear. So that would be sort of value destructive. There's a bit where sort of universal is like the android of theme parks. And even who's been Disney recently knows it's going to cost you a massive amount of money. But most people are sort of happy to pay it. It's very unique and hard to replicate.

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