3 Fools, 1 Deep Dive Into the Disney/Fox Deal

In this Market Foolery podcast, host Mac Greer, Total Income's Ron Gross, and Million Dollar Portfolio's Jason Moser dig into the details of 21st Century Fox's (NASDAQ: FOXA) (NASDAQ: FOX) massive asset sale to Disney (NYSE: DIS). The House of Mouse is picking up a ton of solid properties that it can leverage, from the X-Men to The Simpsons -- particularly in the streaming services it's developing.

Then there are the movie studios, domestic and local cable networks, a smorgasbord of titles, and a controlling stake in Hulu. There's a lot in this package, and the guys, all of them Disney shareholders, sound optimistic. They consider Disney's pivot toward a more direct-to-consumer model, its long-term plans, and what they consider some of the best news of all -- how long CEO Bob Iger will stay around to steer his expanded company forward.

A full transcript follows the video.

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