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Newsweek investigates the likelihood of a merger between Apple, Inc. and The Walt Disney Company—two companies with a surprisingly collaborative past.

When Steve Jobs passed away in 2011, he owned more shares of Disney (DIS-1.40%) than he did of Apple (AAPL-0.59%).He had gained that stake through his sale of Pixar to Disney in 2006. Since then ...

And there has been a long-standing “special relationship” between Disney and Apple: Steve Jobs served on Disney’s board of directors from 2006 until his death in 2011.