Disney's $300 Million Showdown - The 1984 Disney Hostile Takeover Attempt Part 4

In 1984 Walt Disney Productions was out of time and low on options. After the $200 million acquisition of Arvida failed, Disney made one more big move to try and ward off corporate raider Saul Steinberg and his hostile takeover attempt, and it wasn't a cheap one.

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