https://www.recode.net/2017/12/14/16774380/disney-fox-deal-acquisition-fcc-net-neutrality-vot-ajit-pai-target-shipt-apple-lasers-drew-magary

Today’s the day Disney announces its $60 billion deal to buy the majority of 21st Century Fox. Expect the press release this morning. The conventional wisdom is that the deal, which would give Disney control of Fox’s movie studio and TV studio but not its broadcast network or Fox News, is aimed at competing with Netflix. It would also represent a very big bet on TV sports for Disney, which already owns ESPN. And it puts Hulu’s future in question. [Wall Street Journal]

The Trump administration’s Federal Communications Commission is voting to repeal net neutrality this morning. The FCC’s chief technology officer, Eric Burger, who was appointed in October by Republican Chairman Ajit Pai, warned yesterday in an internal email that the No. 1 issue with the repeal of the Obama-era regulations is concern that internet service providers will block or throttle specific websites. Here’s how to watch the vote live. [Margaret Harding McGill]