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Fox Corp. just dropped $22 billion to buy Roku, paying $160 per share — a big win for Roku investors — unlocking access to 100 million streaming homes and ad tech. On paper, it’s a smart move to deepen Fox’s streaming play. But the market’s cool: Fox’s funding this with $12 billion in new debt, a heavy lift for a company whose core businesses are steady but slow-growth sports and news. Shareholders are being asked to finance this transformation now, with payoffs still years away. Even weirder? Roku was born inside Netflix, spun off because Netflix didn’t want hardware — and now, almost 20 years later, Netflix tried to buy it back, only for Fox to swoop in. Netflix’s stock is also dipping, adding to investor unease. It’s a bold, risky bet with ripple effects across the streaming landscape.

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