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Posted by thm 13 hours ago

Fox to buy Roku(www.wsj.com)
248 points | 349 commentspage 5
Apocryphon 9 hours ago|
Wonder what they will do with Howdy, their paid service.
josefritzishere 11 hours ago||
I'm going to assume now that Fox will ruin Roku. Any suggestions for replacement devices?
gaws 9 hours ago|
A dumb TV you can buy for cheap on Facebook Marketplace or Craigslist with an Nvidia Shield or a similar streaming device running Android.
whalesalad 12 hours ago||
As of 10am est their stock is down nearly 20%.
stock_toaster 6 hours ago||
I've always wondered.. Why would a stock (roku in this case) trade below the acquisition price (currently showing around 141)? (160 in this case)

Does the market think this sale won't be approved by the current administration for some reason?

0cf8612b2e1e 5 hours ago||
Sure seems like free money. In normal times, there is a chance this could get blocked, but a favored media outlet of the administration seems a lock.

Also, look at the five day chart. Shot up from $120 on Friday. Bunch of insiders knew early.

stock_toaster 3 hours ago||
Ah. I think I figured it out.

> FOX is acquiring Roku in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at $160.00 per ROKU share. FOX will pay $96.00 in cash and 0.9693 shares of FOX Class A common stock for each Roku Class A and Class B share outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the merger.

So not a straight $160/share cash, but $96/share cash and some FOX shares. Roku trading below 160 means the fox stock is not considered worth (160-96) by the market.

0cf8612b2e1e 1 hour ago||
Fox also took a dive today. While $160 total could happen, seems likely to shortchange Roku shareholders.
josefritzishere 11 hours ago||
It's a complete betrayal of the user base but I'm sure the CEO will get paid a big buyout so they'll go forward anyway.
cindyllm 11 hours ago||
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jqpabc123 12 hours ago||
Thankfully, I am Roku free.
bilalq 8 hours ago||
The right wing takeover of media continues unchecked.
anon7000 10 hours ago||
Where is anti-trust in this country? Absolutely absurd the levels of media consolidation we’re seeing under billionaires right now.
mike_bob 5 hours ago||
Biden signed a few anti-trust acts into law and also issued executive order 14036 to try to reign in anti-competitive practices. Trump quite literally revoked every one of these within his first month returning to office, calling them "bad for business".

Who is it actually bad for? The consumers. The new religious-linked GOP no longer believes in fairness or holding business accountable for anything, it's "God's will" or something...

kylemaxwell 9 hours ago|||
Media consolidation is actively encouraged by the current regime in the US because it lets them have more control.
gaws 9 hours ago||
You have the Trump administration and the Congressional Republicans to thank.
HardwareLust 11 hours ago||
Ok, so now that Roku is dead, what alternatives do we have?
gaws 9 hours ago||
A dumb TV you can buy for cheap on Facebook Marketplace or Craigslist with an Nvidia Shield or a similar streaming device running Android.
0cf8612b2e1e 10 hours ago||
Also quite interested in this. I guess the best contenders are Apple TV, Nvidia Shield, or roll your own HTPC.
1970-01-01 11 hours ago|
"Somehow, Roku to become even worse."
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