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Disney Entertainment CTO Aaron LaBerge Exits to Join Penn Entertainment
Disney has lost one of its top streaming executives. Aaron LaBerge, the chief technology officer for Disney Entertainment and ESPN, will leave at the end of June to become the CTO of Penn Entertainment, the gambling company that is partnered with Disney on the ESPN Bet sports betting platform. According to a memo to staff […]
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Disney Publicist Marshall Weinbaum Departs for Netflix’s Awards Team (Exclusive)
Marshall Weinbaum, an admired publicist who has been a principal intermediary between The Walt Disney Studios and the press for the past 17 years, including on virtually every Disney Animation and Pixar project, is leaving the Mouse House to join Netflix’s awards team, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. He will be a manager of awards […]
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Final Disney Proxy Vote Tally Shows Blowout Win for Bob Iger
The votes have been tallied, and Disney’s victory over the activist investor Nelson Peltz and his Trian Partners is final. But thanks to a new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, we now have a sense of just how big a margin it was. Disney on Wednesday filed the “final, certified voting results” from […]
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Disney-Fox-Warner Sports Streaming Venture Questioned in Letter From Congressmembers
The still-in-development sports streaming joint venture is facing scrutiny from Congress. In a letter sent Tuesday, Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Joaquin Castro (D-Tex.) asked probing questions of the proposed venture. The letter, addressed to Disney CEO Bob Iger, Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch and Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav, asks for responses by April […]
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Dwayne Johnson Surprises CinemaCon With Sneak Peek of ‘Moana 2’
Two months after Disney CEO Bob Iger’s surprise announcement that Moana 2 was in the works at the studio and scheduled to hit theaters Nov. 27, the animated sequel took center stage at CinemaCon. Disney debuted an exclusive sneak peek of footage of the David Derrick Jr.-directed film in front of theater owners with the […]
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Bob Iger Bruised, But Not Broken, After Disney Fight
The moment that it started to seem possible that Bob Iger could lose the battle to keep dissident shareholder Nelson Peltz off the Disney board was on March 21, when leading proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services announced its support for the activist investor. Days later, the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) took it a step […]
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Fresh Off Epic Games Deal, Disney Bolsters Video Game Executive Ranks
The Walt Disney Co. is building out its video game business, announcing new hires and promotions in its gaming division as it seeks to grow its presence in the space. The newly-expanded executive ranks come just a couple of months after Disney announced a major deal with Epic Games in which it would invest $1.5 […]
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Disney Sets ‘Toy Story 5,’ ‘Mandalorian & Grogu’ for 2026, Delays Live-Action ‘Moana’ by a Year
Woody and Buzz have a date to return to theaters. Disney will release Pixar’s Toy Story 5 on June 19, 2026, the studio announced Friday. Disney CEO Bob Iger first announced Toy Story 5 in February 2023, with the sequel an attempt to return to form for the franchise after the disappointing performance of the […]
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Nelson Peltz Says Elon Musk “Has No Ego,” Says “Ego in the Room” Responsible for Disney Loss
Fresh off his bruising loss in the proxy fight against The Walt Disney Co., the activist investor Nelson Peltz appeared on CNBC to discuss the fight in a conversation with Jim Cramer. “I’m willing to give them the opportunity to prove me wrong; I’m willing to give them the opportunity to do as they say,” […]
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Bob Iger on “Woke” Disney Criticism: “A Lot of People Don’t Even Understand Really What It Means”
With the Nelson Peltz proxy fight in the rearview mirror, Disney CEO Bob Iger says that he is now free to focus on moving the company forward, with succession being a top priority. In a wide-ranging interview with CNBC on Thursday morning, Iger said that in meeting with shareholders over the past few months, succession […]
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As Disney Wins Proxy Battle, Wall Street Is Wait-and-See On If Bob Iger Can Land Succession
After Wednesday’s annual shareholder meeting — featuring CEO Bob Iger successfully fending off dissident investors, led by Trian’s Nelson Peltz — Wall Street experts are gaming out the next steps Disney may take as it plots out room for growth. Analysts took stock of the vote’s impact on and outlook for Disney, its stock, and […]
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Disneyland Unveils New ‘Avatar’ Land Concept Art: “We’re Investing Aggressively and Thoughtfully”
Disney surprise-revealed concept art for its proposed Avatar land in California’s Disneyland at the company’s shareholder’s webcast Wednesday, celebrating what it called a piece of “inspirational art” that is “only just the beginning.” The art, later also released on the Disney Parks Blog, shows an outdoor lake with guests standing at the shoreline, peppered with […]
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