Deals
Disney CEO Iger Seeks Acquisitions of ‘Great Characters’
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Walt Disney Co., the world’s largest theme-park company, is seeking acquisitions, a year and a half after completing its $4.2 billion takeover of Marvel Entertainment’s cast of film and comic-book characters.
“We don’t have what I’d call a strategic hole,” Chief Executive Officer Robert Iger said yesterday on a conference call after the company’s third-quarter earnings release. “But we’ve looked expansively at opportunities across the world to buy either new characters or businesses that are capable of creating great characters and great stories.”