Bob Iger
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Bob Iger Seeks to Calm ‘High Anxiety’ at Off-Site With TV Leaders After Saying Linear ‘May Not Be Core’ to Disney (Report)
“He has revealed the truth,” one attendee tells Reliable Sources. “He wants to get the highest price he can for the jewel because he can’t afford it anymore”
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Bob Iger Roasted for Calling Hollywood Strike Demands Unrealistic: ‘Not Much Is Realistic When You Make $27 Million a Year’
Disney CEO tells CNBC that the prospect of a joint SAG-AFTRA and WGA strike is “very disturbing”
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Bob Iger Says Linear TV Business ‘May Not Be Core’ to Disney
The Disney CEO is seeking a strategic partner to help take ESPN fully direct to consumer and reiterated plans to buy out Comcast’s minority stake in Hulu
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Bob Iger Admits ‘Zeal’ to Create Content for Disney+ ‘Diluted Focus and Attention’ at Marvel, Pixar (Video)
“I think you’d have to agree that there was some creative misses as well,” Iger says of the trouble at Pixar
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Bob Iger Says SAG-AFTRA, WGA Expectations ‘Just Not Realistic’
The Disney CEO warned a double strike would be “very disruptive” to the company’s business and the economy
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Walt Disney Company Extends Bob Iger’s Contract Through 2026
Iger had returned to Disney in November of 2022
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Sun Valley Welcomes Back a Chastened Class of Media Moguls
The 2023 Allen & Company conference’s attendees from Hollywood are facing profit pressures and thorny questions around AI, cord-cutting and consolidation
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How the Sudden Exit of Disney’s CFO Complicates CEO Bob Iger’s Succession Plans | Analysis
Wall Street analysts and industry experts tell TheWrap that Christine McCarthy’s departure throws off the timing for a new chief executive
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Disney CFO Christine McCarthy’s Sudden Exit Came Amid Clashes With Bob Iger, Other Execs (Report)
Disagreements over the company’s restructuring and $5.5 billion cost-cutting plan were the top issues
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‘Avatar’ Delay Pushes Disney Film Schedule – and Can Make or Break Bob Iger’s Legacy | Analysis
Now stretching into 2031, the slate will reap fortune or folly long after the Walt Disney Company has a new CEO
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Why ‘Little Mermaid’ May Mark the End of Disney’s Remake Factory Hits | Analysis
The well is running dry for the company’s Renaissance-era movies and there’s doubt more recent successes like “Moana” and “Frozen” will perform
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Inside Disney’s Billion-Dollar ‘Star Wars’ Galactic Starcruiser Hotel Bust | Exclusive
Bob Chapek’s costly parks expansion, a bad bet on fans with money to burn, goes down as one of the company’s biggest blunders ever
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Why Disney CEO Bob Iger Has Done a 180 on Buying Hulu | Analysis
He’s not alone — Comcast chief executive Brian Roberts has made it clear he’s all ears
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What Every Major Hollywood Chief Executive Got Paid in 2022
From Disney’s Bob Iger to Warner Bros. Discovery’s David Zaslav, media company leaders pulled in millions as investors lost billions
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Disney Shares Slump 8.5% After Announcing 4 Million Subscriber Loss, Plans to Remove Content
The stock is notching the biggest drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average amid a broader market decline