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title: "Disney ups its bid for Fox to counter Comcast"
description: "Disney sweetened its bid for 21st Century Fox Wednesday, raising it to $71.3 billion in cash and stock to counter a rival bid from Comcast."
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# Disney ups its bid for Fox to counter Comcast

> Disney sweetened its bid for 21st Century Fox Wednesday, raising it to $71.3 billion in cash and stock to counter a rival bid from Comcast.

By AFP · Published 20 June 2018, 17:03 SAST

## Content

Disney's amended offer of $38 per share comes a week after Comcast, the largest US cable provider and owner of NBCUniversal, bid $65 million for prized 21st Century Fox assets being shed by Rupert Murdoch's family empire. **DM**