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Democrats Block Stock-Trading Bill, Denying the G.O.P. a Pre-Midterm Win
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A Republican measure to limit, but not bar, congressional stock trading
faltered in the Senate as Democrats thwarted a G.O.P. bid to show progress
on an is...
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ESPN is worth $40 billion according to a research report this summer from Wunderlich or barely ten times earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of $3.9 billion. Disney as a whole is currently worth $84 billion (Hearst owns a 20% stake in ESPN with Disney owning the rest). The CapCities purchase worked out great for Disney, but only because of the growth of ESPN, as the value of ABC has deteriorated dramatically over the past 15 years. Wunderlich figures that the ABC Network is worth $1.7 billion, or just 4% of ESPN’s value, and the ABC Station Group another $2.6 billion.
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