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Disney buys Infoseek, prepares for losses

Disney's purchase of the online directory will give it total control over its Internet venture, Go.com, but Infoseek shareholders are fighting the deal.

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Disney's purchase of Infoseek will give it total control over its Internet venture, Go.com, but Infoseek investors are fighting the deal. Even if the deal goes through, however, a Disney executive says the new Net unit will lose money initially.

"This is an Internet property that has its future in front of it."

- Barry Hyman, analyst, Ehrenkrantz King Nussbaum

 
Infoseek shareholders sue Disney
Disney is sued by Infoseek shareholders who contend the world's second-largest entertainment company's buyout of the Internet search company See news analysis: Will Disney's Go Network pay off? shortchanges other Infoseek stockholders.

Disney to buy Infoseek, form Go.com
update The media giant will buy the rest of Infoseek, combine it with its own Internet assets, and sell shares in the new company to the public.

Go.com will see losses, Disney exec says
The head of Disney's Internet business says Go.com, the new Internet unit formed by the buyout of Infoseek, will, like most Internet companies, operate at a loss for some time.

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