The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. March 21, 2019 Disney Completes $71 Billion Acquisition of 21st Century Fox ------------------------------------------------------------ In media news, the Walt Disney Company has closed a $71.3 billion acquisition of 21st Century Fox, cementing the corporation's status as the largest entertainment conglomerate in history. The deal will reshape the media industry and could spawn a wave of new mergers as smaller studios struggle to compete with Disney. .