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 ...

Editor’s Note: This story has been corrected and updated from the original story published at 2:52 p.m. April 14, which stated the Maker board voted on Monday. The board of directors and shareholders ...

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 is laying off 80 staff across its digital media division, including the YouTube talent platform Maker Studios, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The company's aim is to more tightly ...

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 ...

Turns out that Maker Studios isn't finished after all. The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) announced during the IAB Digital Content NewsFronts this week that it would introduce the Disney Digital ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...