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Nathan Kamal is a Chicago-based writer and comic, who enjoys cooking, hanging out with his cat, and seeing as many movies as possible.

Disney CEO Bob Iger Self-Evaluation Revealed During Massive Lawsuit

Bob Iger Disneyland Castle

A 2019 self-evaluation by Disney CEO Bob Iger has emerged during the company’s gender-equity pay class action lawsuit, and its glowing, self-congratulatory tone is being criticized in the wake of Disney’s current financial and cultural downfall. Bob Iger’s self-evaluation (first reported on by The Hollywood Reporter) was initially submitted to a Disney committee as part of his request for a ...

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DeSantis Disney Board Abruptly Cancels Final Meeting Before Court Hearing

DeSantis Disney World CFTOD

The Central Florida Tourism Oversight District Board of Supervisors has canceled its final public meeting of the year without explanation, just as Governor Ron DeSantis prepares to appear at a court hearing against the Walt Disney Company. The CFTOD board of supervisors was handpicked by Governor DeSantis as part of his dissolution of the former Reedy Creek Improvement District, the ...

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Disney+ Wants New Ad-Supported Streaming To Become a Shopping “Experience”

The Walt Disney Company wants Disney+, its proprietary streaming service, to become a one-stop app for movies and TV, shopping experiences, and online gaming, according to Rita Ferro, Disney Advertising Sales President. Specifically, the plan is to expand the recently added ad-supported subscription tiers further to include interactive shopping elements and possible future gamification. The Disney+ streaming service has been ...

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DeSantis Disney “Bribery” Audit Didn’t Include Almost a Million Dollars Given to Florida GOP

The board of directors appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis to the new Central Florida Tourism Oversight District recently made dramatic accusations that the Walt Disney Company had been “bribing” district employees for decades by giving them with perks like free annual park passes and discounts, but it turns out that the audit mysteriously did not include the near-million dollars in ...

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Disney+ Cyberattack Scams on the Rise, Streaming Subscribers Beware

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Malevolent cyber-scammers are increasingly targeting Disney+ subscribers and imitating the streaming service with frightening precision, which is bad news for a company already struggling to keep loyal customers. In the last several decades, cyberattacks on consumers have become a common source of irritation and financial distress around the world. Online security companies around the world struggle to keep up with ...

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Disney+ Loses Millions of Subscribers, Streaming Future Uncertain

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The Disney+ streaming platform is in trouble after losing millions of subscribers in the last year alone and may soon be facing shutdowns and layoffs. Failing After a Brilliant Start Disney+ was launched in 2019 to huge fanfare as the Walt Disney Company got into the streaming game, bringing with it a huge catalog of content for subscribers. Along with ...

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Disney Hands Over Cash to Reelect DeSantis Foe

DeSantis with Mickey Mouse and Disneyland behind them

The Walt Disney Company is taking a dramatic step in its battle against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and is now funding his political enemies. Disney, DeSantis, Donations It is no secret that Disney holds a lot of sway in politics, given that the century-old company is one of the richest and most powerful media organizations in the world. Although Disney ...

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RIP Disney Channel: CEO Bob Iger To Get Rid of Beloved TV Network

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The Disney Channel is soon to be a thing of the past, and cost-obsessed Disney CEO Bob Iger seems ready to finally get rid of the beloved television network. Disney Channel and Linear Television Earlier this year, CEO Bob Iger caused a panic in the Walt Disney Company when he casually mentioned in an interview with CNBC’s David Faber at ...

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DeSantis Sticks Up for Elon Musk After Disney Leaves Twitter

DeSantis and Elon Musk with Disney Park behind them

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is defending one of the few people in the world more controversial than himself: Elon Musk. Elon Musk recently made even more headlines than usual when the Twitter owner made a social media post supporting a statement widely viewed as anti-Semitic. Although Musk is notorious for his inflammatory Twitter posts, this appeared to have finally been ...

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DeSantis Gives Bizarre Disney Interview, Says He’s Saving America

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If you ask Florida Governor Ron DeSantis what is keeping America from chaos, it’s apparently one thing: his ongoing feud with the Walt Disney Company. Ron DeSantis and the Walt Disney World Resort in Central Florida have been in a heated legal and political battle since March when the now-former chief executive officer of the company, Bob Chapek, came out ...

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