Loeb reverses course on push to get Disney to spin off ESPN
Dan LoebJustin Solomon | CNBCActivist investor Dan Loeb indicated that he's going to retreat from his push to get Disney to spin off ESPN, reversing a position he had pushed less than a month ago.In a tweet Sunday morning, the Third Point CEO said he sees the virtue of keeping the sports network as a separate vertical within Disney's conglomerate."We have a better understanding of @espn's potential as a standalone business and another vertical for $DIS to reach a global audience to generate ad and subscriber revenues,"…