Fox Buys TMZ From Warner Media

[rcjordan]

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/13/business/fox-tmz-warner-media.html

[littleman]

So, Disney owns all Fox properties but the news part right?  So, Disney bought TMZ?

[rcjordan]

>Disney

AFAIK, that's right.

I guess they want a little distance between a celeb gossip site and their main 'family' brand, like they did with Touchstone movies.

[littleman]

That's interesting, it makes me think that part of the reason for the acquisition will be  to control the narrative for some of their assets (actors they have contracts with).