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Published · transcript-backedDavid Rosenthal: evaluation
10 Aug 2026 Acquired Disney: The Renaissance and the Empire
“But also Michael made one of the greatest acquisitions of all time in the second 10 years. And because of all the drama, doesn't get anywhere near enough credit for it.”
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- David Rosenthal
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- evaluation
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- 10 Aug 2026
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- Acquired
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…But the ownership of Capital Cities is sort of that, that whole second era. Yes. Yeah, that— I think that's the way I would frame it too. He and Wells and Katzenberg did an incredible job turning around Disney in the first 10 years. That sort of went sideways in the second 10 years. But also Michael made one of the greatest acquisitions of all time in the second 10 years. And because of all the drama, doesn't get anywhere near enough credit for it. Yeah, it's so interesting when you say the greatest acquisitions of all time. When I look at ABC Capital Cities, it was because it had ESPN, but it also cost the company its strategic clarity.…
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