Disney's Next Step?

January 23, 2006 7:18 AM

Disney in talks to buy Steve Jobs for $7 Billion.
posted by empath (10 comments total)

That article is empty for me
posted by slater at 7:22 AM on January 23, 2006

Dubba-dubba-dubba.
posted by Gator at 7:27 AM on January 23, 2006

ah, cool. If you block the iht cookie, you don't get the article. How stupid.
posted by slater at 7:27 AM on January 23, 2006

Woops, sorry, that one is better than mine.

Delete this.
posted by empath at 7:28 AM on January 23, 2006

While I can easily imagine someone at Disney or Pixar thinking this is a good idea, it's really a pretty bad idea for everyone concered. Except Jobs. It's great for Jobs. Gives him what he craves: Attention.
posted by lodurr at 7:32 AM on January 23, 2006

... and $3.5 billion dollars. And a seat on the board, with arguably the ability to step in and run the entire company if he felt inclined to do so. The shareholders would almost certainly approve.
posted by insomnia_lj at 7:46 AM on January 23, 2006

W
posted by Chunder at 7:59 AM on January 23, 2006

I'd say he's worth it, he can turn a silly little hard drive and pretty UI into a major windfall for Apple.

I heard that when he poops, they're golden iPod Nanos with the best selling songs on iTunes preloaded!
posted by fenriq at 8:06 AM on January 23, 2006

my dupe comment -- poorly edited as it is.

Disney needs a new Animation team. Pixar is the best Animation team out there. It fits.

Jobs does not make 3.5billion. Jobs is converting his existing 3.5b Pixar into 3.5b Disney. I think this has been misrepresented. He would take his 50.1% of Pixar end up with 7% or so of Disney.
posted by cavalier at 8:14 AM on January 23, 2006

JOHN LASSETER HAS A POSSE.
posted by cavalier at 8:15 AM on January 23, 2006