Bob Iger
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Bob Iger Is ‘Bullish’ on AI Prospects at Disney: ‘Our Legal Team Is Working Overtime’
“We’re already starting to use AI to create some efficiencies and ultimately to better serve consumers,” the Disney CEO says
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Disney CEO Bob Iger Places Future of Hulu in Comcast’s Lap: ‘I Can’t Really Say Where They’ll End Up’
The entertainment giant has already had “cordial” and constructive” talks with the NBCUniversal parent about its 33% minority stake, which can be bought out as early as January 2024
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Disney CEO Bob Iger Blasts DeSantis Over Florida Battle: ‘This Is Plainly a Matter of Retaliation’
“We are merely exercising our right to free speech,” the chief executive said during the company’s quarterly earnings call Wednesday
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Disney to Combine Disney+ and Hulu in ‘One App’ Offering by End of 2023
Bob Iger cited the move’s “advertising potential” on the company’s second-quarter earnings call
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Disney Beats Wall Street Even as Disney+ Sheds 4 Million Subscribers
‘Avatar 2’ box office, theme parks revenue offset streaming losses
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Disney’s Streaming Profitability Is Wall Street’s Top Concern – Not the Hollywood Writers’ Strike
Analysts will likely ask Bob Iger about the WGA on Wednesday’s earnings call, but cost-cutting matters more to investors in the short term
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Sky-High Hollywood Exec Pay Is Target in WGA Strike: ‘Workers Who Write Their Shows Can’t Afford Rent’
The guild released an infographic that highlights the major Hollywood studio CEOs who made over $773 million combined in annual salary in 2021
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DeSantis-Endorsed Florida Board Overseeing Special Taxing District Countersues Disney
“Disney sued us, we have no choice now but to respond,” Martin Garcia, chairman of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board, said Monday
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Disney Begins Second Round of Layoffs, Totaling 4,000 Cuts
“Every decision has been made with considerable thought,” co-chairs Dana Walden and Alan Bergman said in a memo to staff
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Bob Iger Covers Time 100 Most Influential People Following Disney Return
The CEO, praised for his leadership and pragmatism, is among honorees that span entertainment, sports, politics and business
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Members of Congress Meet With Bob Iger and Other Hollywood Executives to Discuss Chinese Censorship of US Films
The meeting follows a recently passed bill that restricts US cooperation with studios that edit films to appease the Chinese government
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How Hollywood Can Help Right the US-China Relationship | PRO Insight
There’s more than box office at stake — movies are a pillar of cultural exchange that keeps countries from going to war
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Bob Iger Pushes Back on DeSantis’ Disney Retaliation in Florida: ‘Not Just Anti-Business But It Sounds Anti-Florida’
He also addressed the company’s so-called “woke” agenda
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Disney Begins Layoff of 7,000 Employees, Citing ‘Strategic Realignment’
CEO Bob Iger wrote Monday he anticipates more “challenges ahead as we continue building the structures and functions that will enable us to be successful moving forward”
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Disenchanted Disney Staffers See the Looming Mass Layoff as a Way Off the Roller Coaster
With just weeks before a downsizing that will impact some 7,000 employees, many at the company tell TheWrap they’re weighing their less-than-magical options
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