Congratulations, Universal. You’ve just acquired Dreamworks Animation and all the Intellectual Property it controls. This is a purchase that places you in a stronger position to compete against the Disney company, its movie and theme park business and its massive global merchandising operation. Competition is good – and I wish you the best of luck […]
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What The Comcast-Universal Purchase of Dreamworks Could Do For Classic Animation
April 28th, 2016 
Jerry Beck 
Posted in Commentary 
Tags: Dreamworks Animation, Universal Pictures 
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The Comcast-DreamWorks Deal is About More than ‘Synergy’
That good ol’ corporate buzzword is being bandied about as the largest development in the animation industry so far this year has been announced. Just what exactly does that mean, and why is there so much more to the deal than that? Comcast has tendered an offer for DreamWorks Animation in the region of three […]