# The Disney Fox Sale is bad...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disney-fox-sale-is-bad/804534>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 14, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disney-fox-sale-is-bad/804534 "2017-12-14T20:56:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disney-fox-sale-is-bad/804534/61 "2017-12-20T03:53:52Z")

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Rupert Murdoch is something like 86 years old. This was more about estate planning and deciding how to divide his empire than it was about whether the company was doing well. In my humble opinion of course.

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**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disney-fox-sale-is-bad/804534/62 "2017-12-20T16:41:35Z")

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> [@RikWriter](#):
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> And you’re sure of this how, exactly?

Here’s one [Cite](https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/12/14/16764472/disney-fox-deal-merger).

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**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disney-fox-sale-is-bad/804534/63 "2017-12-20T19:39:49Z")

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> [@Quimby](#):
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> Here’s one [Cite](https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/12/14/16764472/disney-fox-deal-merger).

I’m not sure an opinion piece on Vox is actually a cite.

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