(Reuters) – The co-founder and former chief executive of Maker Studios, Danny Zappin, filed a lawsuit aimed at preventing a shareholder vote on a takeover offer from Walt Disney Co, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. Zappin and three other former Maker executives asked a California court to issue a temporary restraining order to […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Disneys $500 million purchase of YouTube video producer Maker Studios is a sign that the entertainment industrys content and technology startups are coming of age and proving to be as valuable to Hollywood as app makers are to the giants of Silicon Valley.
Even with the Marvel and Star Wars properties under Disneys roof, theres apparently still plenty of room within the House of Mouses walls. The entertainment juggernaut has just bought YouTube hit-factory Maker Studios (the outfit responsible for Epic Rap …
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