DIRS.INFO The most relevant business & tech news

has brought back two former heirs apparent, Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs, to advise on the future of Disney’s legacy TV businesses were sure to get Hollywood talking. Mr. Mayer and Mr. Staggs will help Iger think about “linear” TV properties like ABC, according to Puck. Both men had once been tipped as potential successors to Iger — Mr. Mayer as head of M.&A. (Mr. Iger chose Bob Chapek to take over, but he was ousted after two years and replaced by … Mr. Mr. Mayer and Mr. Staggs now run Candle Media, an investment company that has bought an array of production studios.

Persons: Robert Iger, Kevin Mayer, Tom Staggs, Iger’s, Mayer, Staggs, Puck, Iger, Mr, Bob Chapek, … Mr Organizations: Disney, ESPN, Media

Netflix’s focus on streaming has also helped it dodge some of the other problems bedeviling its peers, including weaker-than-expected box office results for expensive blockbusters. (That was also evident in China, which some in Hollywood had hoped could make up for underperformance at home.) While the company will save on content spending in 2023, it will have to pay for American productions at some point. “This strike is not an outcome that we wanted,” Ted Sarandos, the company’s co-C.E.O., told analysts yesterday. In more strike news: Film production in Los Angeles during the second quarter fell to lows not seen since the middle of the pandemic.

Persons: Hollywood, underperformance, Disney’s Robert Iger, Ted Sarandos, Elon Musk Organizations: Netflix Locations: China, Hollywood, Los Angeles

☆ Disney’s Robert Iger Just Can’t Let It Go
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Dan Gallagher | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. For non-personal use or to order multiple copies, please contact Dow Jones Reprints at 1-800-843-0008 or visit www.djreprints.com. https://www.wsj.com/articles/disneys-robert-iger-just-cant-let-it-go-b758b51f

Persons: Dow Jones, iger

☆ Disney’s Robert Iger Hints at Raising Streaming Prices
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Robbie Whelan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Robert Iger revealed some details of his plan to achieve profitability in the company’s streaming business, hinting that Disney could raise prices further and begin licensing its streaming content to competitors. Speaking at Morgan Stanley ’s Media and Telecom Conference in San Francisco on Thursday, Mr. Iger said he was “extremely bullish” on Disney+, the company’s flagship streaming platform, but predicted that subscriber growth would slow as the industry pivots to a focus on profits.

☆ Disney Reveals ‘Frozen,’ ‘Toy Story’ and ‘Zootopia’ Sequels Are in the Works
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Gareth Vipers | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Disney’s ‘Toy Story 4,’ the most-recent installment in the studio’s long-running talking-toy franchise, went on to gross $1 billion worldwide. Walt Disney Co. is doubling down on some of its most popular animated franchises. In his first earnings call since returning as chief executive, Disney’s Robert Iger said sequels to the hit film franchises “Toy Story,” “Frozen” and “Zootopia” were in the works.

☆ Disney’s Robert Iger Faces Troubled Animation Market as ‘Strange World’ Bombs
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-27 | by ( Erich Schwartzel | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Disney’s Robert Iger Loomed Over Bob Chapek After Ceding CEO Role, Creating Tensions Soon after he took the top job in 2020, Chapek was at odds with Iger and complained to deputies he had been undermined from the startLast year, Disney’s then-CEO Bob Chapek, in blue shirt, and then-Executive Chairman Robert Iger appeared at a Walt Disney World Resort event Florida. The two men had clashed over layoffs at the theme parks early in the pandemic. Gerardo Mora/Getty Images

☆ Disney’s Robert Iger May Find Second Time Isn’t Quite the Charm
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Dan Gallagher | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Robert Iger just got a $12 billion vote of confidence. He will need all of it. That is how much Disney ’s market value jumped Monday morning on the surprise news that Mr. Iger is returning to the Magic Kingdom’s throne. In a statement Sunday night, the company’s board said he will take back the chief executive officer role for two years “to set the strategic direction for renewed growth and to work closely with the Board in developing a successor to lead the Company at the completion of his term.” Bob Chapek , Mr. Iger’s handpicked successor, was unceremoniously escorted from the stage without so much as a quote in the press release.

Disney’s Robert Iger Loomed Over His Successor as CEO, Creating Tensions Soon after he took the top job in 2020, Bob Chapek was at odds with Mr. Iger and complained to deputies he had been undermined from the startLast year, Disney’s then-CEO Bob Chapek, in blue shirt, and then-Executive Chairman Robert Iger appeared at a Walt Disney World Resort event Florida. The two men had clashed over layoffs at the theme parks early in the pandemic. Gerardo Mora/Getty Images

Search resuls for: "Disney’s Robert Iger"

9 mentions found