Comcast May Officially Withdraw Disney Bid
from the how-embarrassing dept
Back in February, when Comcast first announced their hostile bid to buy Disney it was big news. Then everyone looked at and realized that the deal made no sense, and everyone stopped talking about it. Realizing that it's clearly not going anywhere, and it's pretty much meaningless altogether, Comcast is considering withdrawing the bid altogether, which may be seen as an apologetic form of saying "um, okay, we admit, it wasn't the smartest idea in the first place..."Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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