Disney to take $1.5 billion stake in Epic Games


Fortnite game installing on Android operating system is seen in this illustration taken, May 2, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

(Reuters) - Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger announced Disney would acquire a $1.5 billion minority equity stake in Fortnite's publisher Epic Games in an interview with CNBC.

(Reporting by Dawn Chmielewski)

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