[Allanbuzzy]

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This doesn't come entirely unexpected, but nevertheless, big news

If I have to be honest and truthful, I'm not sure how this is going to help Disney in the long-term. Sure, they'd still have some sort of stake in ESPN if they did sell it, but what about their other cable networks like Freeform or FX?

FX especially, since it's their equivalent to WBD's HBO. Plus it feels very incorporated into both Disney+ and Hulu, so to sell it off wouldn't be such a wise idea. Freeform has always been stuck in this really weird spot, it wants to target the "youthful, millennial" audience, but has an overgrown spot on their back that they can't get rid of until they inevitably give up and pay, that being the 700 Club.

But for stuff like ABC and Nat Geo, would it really be wise to sell it to another company? What would they do that Disney doesn't?