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   From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Your Name  wrote:   
      
   >Nope. Disney owns Fox (or at least a large proportion of it) - they   
   >bought 21st Century Fox in 2019 for around US$71billion, and that   
   >includes Marvel (i.e. Disney) now owning the rights to the X-Men   
   >franchise again.   
      
   This is an error. Disney did not get the whole company.   
      
   21st Century Fox was formed in 2013 when Rupert Murdoch spun off   
   entertainment and broadcasting from News Corp, which largely kept   
   publishing. But as part of the sale to Disney, there was a further spin   
   off of broadcast (Murdoch retained the television licenses), Fox News,   
   sports, business news, and a few other things.   
      
   Disney got 20th Century Fox, which was renamed 20th Century Studios. Disney   
   also got sister company 20th Television.   
      
   Disney specifically was not allowed to use the Fox trademark, for   
   William Fox, the founder of one of the constituent movie studios.   
      
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