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I’m Dylan Byers, and welcome back to In The Room. Thus far, Bob Iger’s strategic approach to his second tour at Disney seems to revolve around skillfully and quickly reducing the company to its core businesses. But in the wake of his “everything-is-on-the-table” remarks on CNBC, long-dormant whispers regarding a blockbuster combination with Apple have returned with a vengeance. Herewith, a look at the logistics, logic, and obstacles surrounding this hypothetical megamerger.
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