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If Disney Bought 21st Century Fox

It would be an enormous movie-and-television company. And an enormous antitrust headache.
Source: Reed Saxon / AP

Disney was recently in talks to buy 21st Century Fox, with the exception of its news and live-sports divisions, according to . The negotiations are (they may resume), but the simple fact that two of the country’s largest entertainment conglomerates are discussing a partial merger is a significant development for the TV and film industry,

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