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To: Frost Byte who wrote (45616)	3/13/1999 11:52:00 PM
From: Bill Harmond	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

>>Disney/Amazon merger? That's a bad joke. Just because a writer speculates doesn't give it any probability.

To: Frost Byte who wrote (45616)	3/14/1999 1:07:00 PM
From: H James Morris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

>> "A company like Disney could afford to spend $20 billion for Amazon," << A company like AOL is the better bet. Why? It's a keiretsu"Thing". Kleiner will make this happen. It's in the bag. I just don't when or how much Case will pay Bezos. Hell they might just call it a merger. On this, put me down on the record.

To: Frost Byte who wrote (45616)	3/14/1999 1:48:00 PM
From: Rob S.	Respond to of 164684

Like Lycos, Amazon.com is unlikely to get acquired for the current value of the stock. These stocks are inflated based on five or ten year earnings - a multi-billion $ powerhouse like Disney can throw $1 billion at making their Internet business a leader - give away merchant capabilities, stuff like that. Why pay such a huge amount for Amazon? As the Internet matures and high speed access becomes more prevalent, the CONTENT that Disney owns will be able to be pushed out on the Internet - a very valuable commodity that Amazon can't even start to duplicate. Building a large array of Internet servers and giving away $5 in sales for $4 in real money could make Disney, or NBC or other media company felt strongly. The only way Disney will buy Amazon.com, IMO, is for 50c (or less) on the dollar in stock valuation.