LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Walt Disney Co has agreed to buy Maker Studios, one of YouTube's largest networks, for $500 million (303 million pounds), a deal that makes Disney a major online video ...

The Walt Disney Co. is acquiring Maker Studios, a top YouTube multichannel network, for $500 million with a performance-based earn-out of up to $450 million, the Mouse House announced. According to ...

The new division has projects in the works based on the Star Wars and Mickey Mouse Club franchises. By Natalie Jarvey A little over two months after Disney drastically pared down the creator network ...

Maker Studios, the YouTube network Disney bought for as much as $950 million, will work with its parent's Marvel arm to make original digital programming. Joan E. Solsman was CNET's senior media ...

Maker Studios is undergoing yet another shake-up at its new Disney home. The digital entertainment company is merging with parent company Disney's Content & Media department, which is part of its ...

Disney-owned Maker Studios is putting its business through a major overhaul in an effort to become profitable. According to The Wall Street Journal, Disney is laying off around 80 people -- some of ...

But even when you consider the multi-billions CEO Bob Iger has lavished on properties like Lucasfilm, Pixar and Marvel, the Maker purchase may be his most audacious yet. Digital acquisitions have not ...

Disney added yet another trophy to its entertainment empire Monday with the purchase of YouTube network Maker Studios. The deal, which could be valued at as much as $950 million if Maker meets certain ...

Maker Studios was once a sprawling agglomeration of some 60,000 YouTube channels. Now Disney, which has owned Maker since 2014, has dramatically pared back the unit’s focus — aiming to better align a ...

Walt Disney Co. is laying off about 80 employees in its digital media unit that includes Maker Studios, according to a person at the company not authorized to comment publicly. The layoffs affect ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Walt Disney Co has agreed to buy Maker Studios, one of YouTube's largest networks, for $500 million, a deal that makes Disney a major online video distributor and should ...