It’s been an absolutely wild few months for the Walt Disney Company. Last fall, CEO Bob Chapek was fired and he was replaced by the man who preceded him, Bob Iger. In the time since, the massive entertainment company has been cutting costs left and right, with 7,000 Disney Cast Members getting laid off, content getting pulled from Disney+, and Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser being closed. Iger has even suggested that Disney could sell off a significant portion of its linear network holdings. All the cost-cutting has resulted in many financial analysts suggesting that Disney could be getting itself ready for purchase, specifically by Apple.
The rumor that Apple could buy The Walt Disney Company has been around for quite some time. Bob Iger himself is one of the reasons it exists, as he suggested in his book, The Ride of a Lifetime, that had Apple founder and massive Disney shareholder Steve Jobs not passed away, such a merger might have happened. While the rumor persists, nobody is claiming any knowledge of any real discussions to that end. Still, if Apple did buy Disney, it could lead to the realization of one of Walt Disney’s dreams for Disney World that never happened.
