Disney in Talks to Acquire Pixar?!

[Alex]

Rumors have been swirling for three months with every week or so one of the major business coverage newspapers and magazines saying a deal is a few days away.

If Disney does buy Pixar, I'd prefer it be in the way they bought Miramax, leaving it as a mostly independent production company but Pixar is much, much bigger (financially) than Miramax was at the time of purchase.

There have been rumors of Steve Jobs getting the Chairmanship (since George Mitchell should be out in a year) out of this purchase, which I think has the potential for disaster if he ties to become a major player in the day-to-day management of Disney. But unless he gets something thoroughly ego-boosting out of the deal I don't see him selling Pixar outright.