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Steve Jobs to Sell Pixar and Join Disney Board?

Posted by Zonk on from the wherefor-will-apple-go? dept.

mikeisme77 writes "According to the Washington Post, Pixar Studios is in discussions with Disney for a possible merger/buy out. Disney would own Pixar in exchange for $6.7 billion worth of stock in the Walt Disney Corp. Speculation has also arisen that such a deal may lead to Steve Jobs earning a position on Disney's board of directors. He would likely become Disney's largest individual share holder. Further speculation sees Jobs using his new found power to leverage Disney into releasing more content to the iTunes media service." Details also available from the Time Magazine site. We touched on this issue near the end of last year as well.

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  1. That would be great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I bet Disney will be 4 times faster with Steve inside(tm).

    SCNR! :D

  2. Welcome by shamowfski · · Score: 3, Funny

    I welcome our new media overlord! Hail Jobs!

  3. The Mouse by Nom+du+Keyboard · · Score: 4, Funny

    Steve Jobs at the next MacWorld wearing mouse ears. Now there's a sight I can't wait to see.

    --
    "It's the height of ridiculousness to say for those 9 lines you get hundreds of millions."
  4. Awesome! by ChePibe · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now Disney movies will be sleek, easy to interface with, and pleasing to the eye! Disney toys will contain no small parts that could be snapped off! Disney rides will be stable, boring, and free of malfunction!

    Sadly, Disney's video games will now suck - they'll all be stupid puzzles. And all Disney characters will be required to ditch the fancy costumes and go with oversized jeans and black turtlenecks.

    That's the business world for you. It's all about compromise...

  5. The mouse! by everphilski · · Score: 4, Funny

    http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/19/news/companies/dis ney_steve/

  6. ohhhh! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    The "imouse"

    *sorry, had too*

  7. Re:Ask a question if you don't mind by 99BottlesOfBeerInMyF · · Score: 4, Funny

    What makes all these stories about Steve Jobs worthy of being on the front page of a webpage for geeks/nerds?

    Yeah articles about a guy who runs one of the biggest and most innovative computer companies and one of the most well regarded computer graphics production houses has nothing to do with nerds. Computers and what happens with computer graphics and their affect upon the computer industry is more of a jock thing. I'm sure they're covering it on ESPN right now.

  8. Re:This Is Why Mac Hardware Doesn't Matter Anymore by Overly+Critical+Guy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wow, nobody's heard that prediction before. Apple--proudly going out of business for 30 years.

    --
    "Sufferin' succotash."