Disney, Maker Studios Show SIgns of Conflict

TheWrap: August has been the hottest month for Maker Studios. The millennial-courting, digital-facing multichannel network, which Disney acquired with much fanfare in March 2014, has shown signs of struggle. The sale price that Disney paid for Maker, once thought to be as high as $950 million when the deal was finalized in March 2014, will turn out to be closer to $700 million as Maker has met some — but not all — of the revenue goals laid out by Disney. Synergies with the media giant have been slow to materialize.