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Comcast Officially Bows Out of Battling Disney for Fox and Will Instead Focus on Sky

CEO Brian Roberts won’t counter Disney’s $71.3 billion bid

Comcast chairman and CEO Brian Roberts has thrown in the towel on pursuing Fox.Getty Images
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By Jason Lynch

July 19, 2018

Comcast has conceded defeat in its efforts to outbid Disney for 21st Century Fox.

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Jason Lynch

Jason Lynch is TV editor at Adweek, overseeing trends, technology, personalities and programming across broadcast, cable and streaming video.

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