• San Jose Mercury News, Tuesday, January 24, 2006 11:01 AM

The news that Disney and Pixar may be joining forces has industry wags speculating as to what it all means--in particular what happens when a true visionary such as Steve Jobs joins an old-line media giant like Disney.  Jobs, who runs both Apple and Pixar, could, as a Disney board member, work to transform Disney from an analog company to one that is at the forefront of the new digital technologies.  Almost every media conglomerate is seeking to leap aboard the digital express. Who better than Jobs--the guy who brought us the iPod--to put Disney at the front of the pack?  The San Jose Mercury News reports that there are skeptics out there, folks who believe someone like Jobs, who has enjoyed nearly complete autonomy his entire career, is ill-suited to operate in a bureaucratic company such as Disney. Most observers, however, seem excited by the prospect.

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