Ix-nay on the ideasway!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: wlro...@aol.com Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:30:03 -0400 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Disney to buy Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion OK I think this is a bad idea. I wonder will Marvel characters be water down. I also wonder in the future will the X-Men or Spider Man have to rescue Snow White?? --Lavender -------------------------------------------------- From: "ravenadal" <ravena...@yahoo.com> Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 9:56 AM To: <scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com> Subject: [scifinoir2] Disney to buy Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion > This is Christmas early for the stock holders at Marvel Entertainment. It > is the death knell for a lot of great characters. > > ~(no)rave! > > August 31, 2009, 9:27 am > Disney to Buy Marvel Entertainment for $4 Billion > > The Walt Disney Company said on Monday that it has agreed to buy Marvel > Entertainment, bringing together the house of Mickey Mouse with the > publisher of Spider-Man, for $4 billion in cash and stock. > > Under the terms of the deal, Disney will pay $30 a share in cash and .745 > Disney shares for every Marvel share, with no less than 40 percent of the > deal being made in stock. Disney valued the deal at $50 a share as of the > companies' share prices on Friday. > > Isaac Perlmutter, Marvel's chief executive, will continue to oversee his > company's properties, including more than 5,000 characters that also > include Iron Man and the X-Men. > > Marvel has had a string of successful movies based on its characters, > which analysts have praised in part for the company's taking an active > role in their production. > > "This transaction combines Marvel's strong global brand and world-renowned > library of characters including Iron Man, Spider-Man, X-Men, Captain > America, Fantastic Four and Thor with Disney's creative skills, > unparalleled global portfolio of entertainment properties, and a business > structure that maximizes the value of creative properties across multiple > platforms and territories," Robert A. Iger, Disney's chief executive, said > in a statement. > > "Disney is the perfect home for Marvel's fantastic library of characters > given its proven ability to expand content creation and licensing > businesses," Mr. Perlmutter said. > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Post your SciFiNoir Profile at > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! > > Groups Links > > > > People may lie, but the evidence rarely does. _________________________________________________________________ Get back to school stuff for them and cashback for you. http://www.bing.com/cashback?form=MSHYCB&publ=WLHMTAG&crea=TEXT_MSHYCB_BackToSchool_Cashback_BTSCashback_1x1
