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Speculation of an Apple Acquisition Drives Sony's Stock Price Up

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Reuters reports that Sony Corp's stock rose nearly 3 percent on Tuesday due to reports of a possible Apple acquisition of Sony. Speculation about Apple making a major acquisition has been in full force since Apple's latest financial results revealed a cash stockpile of $51 billion. Steve Jobs also hinted that he anticipates using the cash for strategic opportunities in the future:
"We strongly believe that one or more very strategic opportunities may come along, that we can take, that we're in a unique position to take advantage of because of our strong cash position"
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Those comments, of course, resulted in analysts generating a long list of potential acquisition targets for Apple including EA, Netflix, Disney, Facebook, Adobe and even Sony. As far as we can tell, there has been no credible source pinpointing any actual intentions from Apple surrounding these companies.


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As Apple's cash position grows, there will certainly be more speculation about possible large acquisition targets. One analyst even projects that at their current revenue growth rate, they will hit nearly $90 billion in cash reserves by 2012.

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Why would they do that? Apple arguably makes better computers, phones and music players. So whats the benefit? Home entertainment systems, Sony Music? or Games consoles?

I call BS. I don't see the fit.
 
Apple acquiring Sony? And people believe this rumor enough to drive the stock prices up????

I wont believe it even if steve says this himself. I'll just assume he's drunk and talking crap.
 
i don't see the point

this won't happen, at least i don't see any point. why would they need sony? to build what? new playstation, new tv? no need, not at all. sony is in different market, makes too many devices, doesn't fit apple's portfolio at all
 
daneoni said:
Why would they do that? Apple arguably makes better computers, phones and music players. So whats the benefit? Home entertainment systems, Sony Music? or Games consoles?

I call BS. I don't see the fit.
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Yep, not to mention that Apple probably can't own a music label after that whole twist with Apple the music label.

I can't imagine Jobs going and looking at the Sony products and keeping any of them either.
 
It's not about acquisition of what essentially Sony does - although their TV's and the PS3 are certainly something not to be sniffed at. Companies acquire others more out strategic positioning; for example Apple will then be able to position itself better by being able to control the output of Sony. Perhaps making Sony concentrate on TV's and Consoles and closing all other output. Leaving the gap their for Apple to fill with a greater market share, which Sony took. From their, we may begin to see further development of the Sony brand in line with the Apple ethos. Eventually, possibly, removing the Sony brand altogether at a later stage - replaced with a true Apple TV and the rebirth of Apples games console in the shape of the PS4?

So in terms of seeing a fit. There most certainly is one there. More so in fact if you think of where Apple is looking to develop, rather than where it is now. Plus, that it has more to do with control of the market, growing market share for Apple and taking the key developments of Sony, namely their TVs and PS3.
 
EA, Netflix, and Adobe I can see as plausible but the other ones not even. EA for games, Netflix for streaming, and Adobe for its technology. What possible reason would Apple need to own Disney for?
 
As the posters above me has said I cannot see the fit.

Apple is more likely to buy out competitors who they currently are in legal proceedings against. Either to obtain patents or to stop the case.
 
Facebook might make sense

Perhaps that recent dinner at Job's house with Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook was more than some speculated. Acquiring Facebook would be interesting for itunes and app store initiatives and it would help apple against google which would certainly piss off multitudes of fandroids who would immediately cancel their facebook accounts. If you don't want to spare a dollar for Facebook then come on apple please drop a penny and buy dropbox already. ;)
 
Someone has been on the crack pipe again. If anything, I'd think Toshiba for several reasons. More IP AFAIK, half the cost of Splaony, more synergy. However, even that is a stretch.
 
Surely not!

I can't see this happening, the take over would have to be hostile and I don't see this succeeding in Japan. Apple doesn't need to throw it's money away and I see this as the case on a sony acquisition.
 
I can't possibly see what Apple could gain from acquiring Sony, except TVs and the semiconductor department. Other than that, nothing of use.
 
My money's on Sony and Netflix for a multi-faceted approach:
Blu-ray - add it to future macs as native hardware rather than license it
PS3 - console, blu-ray, and netflix. Added market penetration for people who have PS3 but not ATV
Content - movies, music, who knows what else. Can strong-arm partners into making better prices
TV hardware - bake ATV right into future Sony TV's

Netflix
Market penetration - on a range of devices: android, apple, tv's, et al
Content delivery system - proven to work, seemingly robust. Wire it into the NC datacenter for awesome cloud streaming
Can also block/strong-arm partners and competitors with the wealth of streamable content obtained from owning Sony
 
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