Walt Disney is spending $52.4 billion to buy most of 21st Century Fox in hopes of competing more effectively with Netflix, Amazon.com and Apple in digital entertainment. The deal will send ripples through Hollywood and Silicon Valley. Here is our analysis of the potential ramifications.
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