ABC can beat Trump FCC's license threat if owner Disney is willing to fight

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ABC can beat Trump FCC's license threat if owner Disney is willing to fight

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tempest

lemmy.ca

Disney doesn't care about winning. Disney cares about stock price. If line goes up Disney will clam up no questions asked.

disorderly reply

lemmy.world

Very true, but investors are sensitive to changes in the wind. Trump is looking very weak these days, and any company who allows themselves to be cowed by his parlor tricks will lose investor confidence.

krashmo reply

lemmy.world

any company who allows themselves to be cowed by his parlor tricks will lose investor confidence.

That sounds like a pretty significant change in behavior to me. Do you have any reason to believe this is true and not just wishful thinking?

disorderly reply

lemmy.world

I mean, just last year Disney learned the hard way that acquiescing to Trump's whim invites volatility when they suspended Jimmy Kimmel in June. Subscribers fled in droves, they had to bring him back on... It was a shit show they're unlikely to want to repeat.

The easy solution is to make no publicly visible moves and wait patiently.

tempest reply

lemmy.ca

Trump's strength or weakness doesn't really have too much bearing. The minute he is replaced they will adjust their tune accordingly for the new guy. Investors like Trump. The market is at a high.

MrSulu

lemmy.ml

Disney does has two worrying tendencies. 1. Nazism and 2. Doing whatever will bring the greatest profits. Everything else is irrelevant.

Point 2 applies to pretty much every large company I can think of.

chuckleslord reply

lemmy.world

2 has to apply to every large company. You don't become a large company unless you relentlessly pursue profit.