Report: Disney May Offer Radio Spinoff
Posted on: Thursday, 14 July 2005, 06:00 CDT
NEW YORK -- The Walt Disney Co. is considering a multistep transaction that would result in a spin-off of its radio stations and radio network group, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
Disney has long been believed to be considering an exit of the radio business ever since it acquired the stations and network in its 1996 purchase of Capital Cities/ABC, which also brought Disney the ABC and ESPN tele-vision networks.
Disney may still hold onto the radio group, which consists of 71 stations and a separate radio network. But with Robert Iger in line to take over from longtime CEO Michael Eisner in October, Disney could be in a position to make new plans for its role in radio.
A spokeswoman for Disney's radio business declined to comment on the Journal story.
The Journal reported that the deal could be structured as a so- called "reverse Morris Trust," in which the company would transfer debt to the entity, take some cash out, and then spin off and merge the business with another radio company. The deal would be structured so that Disney shareholders would own more than half of the new company's equity after the transaction, the paper said.
Source: Cincinnati Post
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