Will Apple Get Aggressive With ESPN? (Mike McCarthy @ Front Office Sports)

[huskymedic]

Will Apple Make A Play For ESPN?

But prying ESPN from The Walt Disney Co. would cost tens of billions, and Apple boss Tim Cook has to decide if he wants to take a slow-and-steady approach to live sports rights — or make the kind of aggressive play Fox’s Rupert Murdoch made back in 1993 when he stole the NFL’s NFC game package...

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[UConn Dan]

Will Apple Make A Play For ESPN?

But prying ESPN from The Walt Disney Co. would cost tens of billions, and Apple boss Tim Cook has to decide if he wants to take a slow-and-steady approach to live sports rights — or make the kind of aggressive play Fox’s Rupert Murdoch made back in 1993 when he stole the NFL’s NFC game package...

frontofficesports.com

I love they don’t even mention the ACC as an ESPN property lol

 

[king conn]

What's been ignored is Apple has shot down twice the idea of buying ESPN on investor calls.

ESPN is zeroing in on selling to the professional sports leagues, possibly even as partners. If partnership were to happen, cash flow to continue the upward payouts for TV rights.

 

[Vowelguy]

What's been ignored is Apple has shot down twice the idea of buying ESPN on investor calls.

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Uhh, if they said they were interested the price would soar.

 

[king conn]

Uhh, if they said they were interested the price would soar.

You don't lie to investors as a general rule

 

[CL82]

You don't lie to investors as a general rule

There's a whole world of middle ground between fully disclose in your strategy and lying.

 

[king conn]

There's a whole world of middle ground between fully disclose in your strategy and lying.

And commenting specifically about a company and a possible huge transaction lessens that middle ground a whole lot

 

[huskyinfl]

And commenting specifically about a company and a possible huge transaction lessens that middle ground a whole lot

One must factor in a system rife with corruption in this logic.

 

[HuskyHawk]

And commenting specifically about a company and a possible huge transaction lessens that middle ground a whole lot

It would be a dumb move and Apple is pretty good at not making dumb moves. ESPN is declining in value. Nobody watches sports center, they have no big names anymore and they mostly overpaid for their content portfolio. Culturally, it would probably be better off away from Disney, but then there is the issue of ABC providing another outlet for content.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

It would be a dumb move and Apple is pretty good at not making dumb moves. ESPN is declining in value. Nobody watches sports center, they have no big names anymore and they mostly overpaid for their content portfolio. Culturally, it would probably be better off away from Disney, but then there is the issue of ABC providing another outlet for content.

I agree completely. Apple does not make dumb purchases, and buying a sinking ship like ESPN for more than its scrap value would be a dumb purchase. I could see Apply buying someone smaller and more appropriately priced, and building up from there.

 

[djct1999]

Uhh, if they said they were interested the price would soar.

The Disney side keeps pushing this narrative with hopes of putting in a bottom for its stock price. Apple rarely spends on acquisitions and the idea they would drop 50 billion for espn is highly unlikely.

 

[huskymedic]

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[UConnJim]

Looks like Amazon is interested in ESPN.

Amazon Joins Growing List Of Suitors In Talks With Disney about ESPN

 

[djct1999]

This won’t happen for many reasons. The people who are caught long Dis are pushing this narrative. Apple never makes acquisitions this big. Second, they don’t want Disney. Third, our friend Lina Kahn would block it.