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Disney and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis are locked in a legal battle over free speech. How did we get here?

The Florida governor has been feuding with the "House of Mouse" for more than a year — and it all started with a law colloquially known as "Don't Say Gay".

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Disney Defying DeSantis? Mouse House To Reportedly Double Down On Florida With $17B Investment

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Zenger

Walt Disney World Vs. Ron DeSantis: A Timeline Of The Theme Park's Battle With Florida

An updated look at the ongoing battle between Walt Disney World and Ron DeSantis.

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DeSantis v Disney: Why Florida’s governor is at war with the Mouse

A year-long feud between the governor and Disney has boiled over into legal battles that could shape the company’s future in the state, Alex Woodward writes

The Independent UK

DeSantis v Disney: Why Florida’s governor is at war with the Mouse

A year-long feud between the governor and the powerful entertainment company has boiled over into legal battles that could shape the company’s future in the state, Alex Woodward writes

The Independent UK

Disney’s Stock Ratings Plunge After Negative Earnings Were A Contributing Factor

The media giant scrapped its plans to move the headquarters to Florida amid the fight with Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Zenger

Disney cancels plan to move 2,000 workers to Florida amid DeSantis fight

Last week, Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Bob Iger issued a not-very-subtle challenge to the state of Florida and its Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has been openly attacking the company as a "woke corporation" as he prepares for an expected presidential run.

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Following DeSantis Lawsuit, Disney Is Getting Sued Again. This Time, Bob Chapek Is Involved

Former Disney CEO Bob Chapek has been named in a new lawsuit against the company.

Cinemablend

Why there will be no winners in the never-ending war between Disney and DeSantis

Every governor in the country, Republican or Democrat, would be thrilled to have Disney make these investments in their state–except Ron DeSantis.

Fortune

DeSantis v Disney: Why Florida’s governor is at war with the Mouse

A year-long feud between the governor and the powerful entertainment company has boiled over into legal battles that could shape the company’s future in the state, Alex Woodward writes

The Independent UK

Disney and Iger Find the Best Defense Against DeSantis Is More Offense (Bloom)

Disney’s latest suit has big implications for both Disney’s Iger-led transformation, and for DeSantis’s wilting presidential aspirations

Broadcasting & Cable

Disney v DeSantis: how a corporate behemoth turned beacon of diversity

The fight between the Florida governor and the Magic Kingdom is weird and getting weirder, for a company that was not always a defender of LGBTQ+ rights

The Guardian - US

CEO Bob Iger is trying to recapture Disney's magic. 3 big problems stand in his way

Whether Iger can pull off a turnaround may ultimately define his legacy.

Fortune

Victoria Alonso ‘settles’ with Disney after ‘refusing’ to make ‘reprehensible’ change to Marvel movie

Alonso’s attorney previously claimed the producer had been ‘silenced’

The Independent UK

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Fortune

After Disney flubbed the most basic equation in finance, Bob Iger has to dig out of deep hole to move the stock price

In its rush into streaming, Disney mishandled three big initiatives. Those unforced errors account for its shockingly poor financial performance over the past three years.

Tribune News Service

Beth Kowitt: Disney embraces its role as hero to DeSantis’s villain

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s war against Walt Disney Co. reached parody level on Monday when he floated his latest threat: building a prison next to its theme park complex in the state.

Fortune

Disney is planning an LGBTQ event amid a growing feud with DeSantis prompted by his 'Don't Say Gay' bill

Disney’s planned LGBTQ celebration in California risks increasing tension with the Florida governor over his “Don’t Say Gay” law.

Fortune

Beware the boomerang CEO

Boomerang CEOs signal a succession-planning failure, as evidenced by Disney’s Bob Iger.

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The Great Netflix Correction One Year Later: April 19, 2022, the Day That Transformed the Streaming Biz (Bloom)

Sure, Netflix rebounded nicely, but Wall Street's dramatic reaction to its Q1 2022 earnings had huge impacts on its streaming competitors that continue to reverberate

Fortune

Bob Iger says he's willing to meet with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis about Disney World: 'I do not view this as a going-to-mattresses situation'

Disney and DeSantis have been sparring for over a year now, and despite the tension, Florida and Disney are deeply intertwined.

Los Angeles Times

Marvel Entertainment's Ike Perlmutter booted amid Disney layoffs

Walt Disney Co. has bounced Marvel Entertainment chairman Isaac "Ike" Perlmutter.

PC Gamer

Disney CEO axes metaverse unit and almost everyone in it, with another 6,950 cuts to go

Bob Iger once said the tech would democratise the internet, but apparently it's not right for Disney.

The Independent UK

Victoria Alonso claims she was fired by Disney after ‘refusing’ to make ‘reprehensible’ Marvel movie edit

’Victoria, a gay Latina who had the courage to criticise Disney, was silenced,’ her attorney said

Cinemablend

Following Bob Iger’s Viral Email, The Layoffs At Disney Have Begun

7,000 Disney Cast Members are set to be laid off before the summer.

Barchart

Disney Dumps Metaverse Aspirations. That Was an Easy Decision

The first of Disney’s 7,000 job cuts have begun to happen. One of the decisions was to eliminate approximately 50 jobs from its metaverse-driven next-generation storytelling unit. The move makes abundant sense. Here’s why.

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