Comment Re:Price (Score 1) 409
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I think that this may be more about gaining leverage in pushing content to iTunes. Steve Jobs is now the single largest Disney shareholder. That gives him a LOT of swing in the company. Disney also owns ABC, if I'm not mistaken. Now, if Jobs says to the board that he wants all of Disney's movies and all of ABC's shows on iTunes, he's got a lot of pull. While he might have been able to convince them before when he didn't own a huge chunk of Disney, now that he does own a hefty chunk of the company any such move is almost certain to succeed.
Interesting idea and commentary, grasshopper. However, one would be wise to think bigger than this.
15 years ago, had this occured, and people had been talking about increased Mac usage in the Disney back office, it would be more important to think of Jobs' bigger goal: control of Disney.
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I think that this may be more about gaining leverage in pushing content to iTunes. Steve Jobs is now the single largest Disney shareholder. That gives him a LOT of swing in the company. Disney also owns ABC, if I'm not mistaken. Now, if Jobs says to the board that he wants all of Disney's movies and all of ABC's shows on iTunes, he's got a lot of pull. While he might have been able to convince them before when he didn't own a huge chunk of Disney, now that he does own a hefty chunk of the company any such move is almost certain to succeed.
Interesting idea and commentary, grasshopper. However, one would be wise to think bigger than this.
15 years ago, had this occured, and people had been talking about increased Mac usage in the Disney back office, it would be more important to think of Jobs' bigger goal: control of Disney.
Go hither and find knowledge.
