迪士尼接近達成福克斯資產收購案

Walt Disney is closing in on the entertainment assets of Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox in an all-share deal that stands to reshape Hollywood and the rapidly digitising global media industry.

華特迪士尼公司(Walt Disney)接近收購魯珀特?默多克(Rupert Murdoch)旗下21世紀福克斯(21st Century Fox)的娛樂資產，這筆全股票交易將重塑好萊塢以及正在迅速數字化的全球媒體行業。

The deal, valuing the Fox assets at about $60bn including debt, could be announced as early as Thursday, according to people briefed on the negotiations.

據聽取了談判情況介紹的人士透露，這筆交易對福克斯這部分資產的估值約爲600億美元，包括債務，最快在本週四就會宣佈。

It would see Disney add 20th Century Fox, home to the Avatar and X-Men film franchises, to its own studio, as well as international pay-television brands from Sky in the UK to Star in India, regional US sports networks and Fox’s stake in the Hulu digital streaming service.

這筆交易意味着，擁有《阿凡達》(Avatar)和《X戰警》(X-Men)等大片版權的二十世紀福斯影片公司(Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation)，將加入迪士尼旗下的製片公司；迪士尼還將接手國際付費電視品牌（包括英國的天空(Sky)和印度的Star）、美國的地區體育網絡，以及福克斯在數字流媒體服務Hulu所持股份。

Fox’s remaining assets, including the Fox broadcast network and Fox News Channel will be spun off into a new company worth about $10 per share, said one person briefed about the transaction terms.

瞭解交易條款的一位人士表示，福克斯的剩餘資產，包括福克斯電視廣播網和福克斯新聞頻道(Fox News Channel)，將被剝離，成爲一家新公司，每股大約價值10美元。

Among the final details still being hammered out on Tuesday were total price to be paid by Disney and the future of James Murdoch, Fox’s chief executive who has been mooted for a senior role in the combined group, which would end 20 years working for his father, Rupert.

週二仍在敲定的最後細節包括迪士尼將支付的總價，以及福克斯首席執行官詹姆斯?默多克(James Murdoch)的去向，據悉他有可能在合併後的集團中擔任高級職位，那將意味着他告別爲父親魯珀特工作的20年職業生涯。

Negotiators were also discussing what measures would need to be taken to meet tougher regulatory scrutiny in Washington, where the Trump administration recently blocked AT&T’s $85.4bn acquisition of Time Warner unless it sells off some of its broadcast networks.

談判人員也在討論需要採取什麼措施來滿足華盛頓的更嚴格監管審查，特朗普政府最近阻止了AT&T收購時代華納(Time Warner)的854億美元交易——除非後者賣掉一些電視廣播網絡。