![]() ![]() In an age when investors take corporate governance issues seriously, an Apple takeover of Pixar could be viewed as just a tad self-serving. ![]() Still, as fun as it is to speculate about an Apple and Pixar merger, the odds of it actually happening are fairly remote. Selling content, not creating it, is king And how about Sully from "Monsters Inc." editing "How to Scare Kids" videos with iMovie on his Power Mac G5? "Toy Story"'s Woody using Apple's new GarageBand software to compose a love song for his girlfriend Bo Peep. Those surfer dude sea turtles from "Finding Nemo" listening to the Beach Boys on their iPods. Just think of the cross-marketing opportunities. One person on Yahoo! Finance's Apple message board seemed to embrace the possibility, titling a post "Apple + Pixar= iCartoons." Pixar's market value, as of Thursday's market close, was $3.6 billion. Apple ( AAPL: Research, Estimates) has $4.8 billion in cash on its balance sheet. ![]() Hey Nemo, Buzz and Sully! Want to check out my new PowerBook G4?Īn Apple deal for Pixar ( PIXR: Research, Estimates) is certainly doable from a financial standpoint. It's a little convoluted but stranger things have happened." ![]() "The basis of Pixar's success is computer animation and Jobs is trying to get more into music and entertainment. "It's an interesting idea," said Dennis McAlpine, an analyst with McAlpine Associates, an independent media research firm. Plus, Apple is one of the best marketers around. And Apple, with its huge success in the online music arena, is beginning to look more and more like a content company, as opposed to a pure hardware firm. Now that Pixar and Walt Disney have gone their separate ways, does it make sense for Apple to buy Pixar?Īfter all, both companies are run by Steve Jobs. Does that open the door for Steve Jobs to fold Pixar into Apple?īy Paul R. ![]()
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