Disney’s Near-Misses: Bond, Twitter, and a Merger That Didn’t Happen
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Bob Iger revealed in a Financial Times interview that Disney pursued the James Bond franchise but never sealed the deal, came close to buying Twitter hours before its sale closed (Elon Musk would later take it as X), and held internal talks with Apple about a merger that never materialized.
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