Walt Disney Co. agreed to buy Maker Studios, a supplier of online video content to YouTube, for $500 million, gaining technology and experience with short-form entertainment. Disney also agreed to pay as much as $450 million more if Maker Studios meets “strong” performance targets, the Burbank, California-based company said today in a statement. That could boost the total to $950 million. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-24/disney-pays-as-much-as-950-million-for-maker-studios.html