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Disney invests $1.5bn in Fortnite maker Epic Games to create new ‘universe’

Deal comes as the company reported an increase of 49% in profits and picked up Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour movie for streaming

The Guardian - US

Cost-Cutting Gives Disney an Earnings Boost in Quarter

Core Disney Plus subs down, DTC losses decline, ESPN DTC version coming in fall 2025

Multichannel News

Networks Unite To Create New Sports Streaming Platform

ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros Discovery have reached agreement on a new streaming platform for live sports content, the companies said on Tuesday.

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The Guardian view on film sequels: an infinitely expanding universe with no room to breathe

Editorial: For the good of everyone, there is a time to call time on success – take it from the Guardians of the Galaxy

The Guardian - UK

Mutiny at Disney? Bob Iger’s fight to right the ship faces showdown with shareholders

Summoned out of retirement to right the company, Iger faces shareholders who want to shake up the board

The Guardian - US

Nelson Peltz Formally Kicks Off His Latest Disney Proxy Battle: Bob Iger's Management Team 'Saw That Streaming Was Coming and They Did Nothing!'

Activist investor asks shareholders for his nomination, along with former Disney CFO Jay Rasulo, to the Disney board

Broadcasting & Cable

What could Bob Iger be looking for in Disney’s next CEO?

With a sinking share price and intense competition in the streaming wars, Disney may not be looking for a Bob Iger 2.0 to take the company into the future.

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Amazon's hundreds of reported job cuts show the tech giant bit off more than it could chew with streaming and movies

Amazon cuts jobs in its entertainment divisions as it undergoes a reckoning with its media business.

Fortune

Pixar Will Be Hit With Layoffs This Year, And They Could Be Massive

Disney saw massive layoffs last year, and now it looks like Pixar is next.

Cinemablend

Aaron Rodgers' controversial statements cause chaos at ESPN headquarters

Get ready for a wild ride as Aaron Rodgers takes on the mainstream media, conspiracy theories, and Jimmy Kimmel. ESPN is caught in the crossfire. Buckle up!

Top News

What board can learn from Disney’s activist showdown

Disney’s proxy battle reveals how activism is changing and why Nelson Peltz has a chance of winning.

Fortune

Disney Debuts Deaf Native Superhero As 'Woke' Debate Swirls

Can a deaf, Native American superhero with a prosthetic leg reinvigorate Disney's Marvel franchise, just weeks after its CEO appeared to criticize his filmmakers for prioritizing messaging over storytelling?

International Business Times

Disney Stock 2025 Forecast: Can a ‘Golden Cross’ Carry DIS Higher?

Disney stock has underperformed the markets over the last decade. Here's the 2025 forecast for DIS, and a look at whether the stock is a good long-term investment after the recent "Golden Cross" formation.

Barchart

Outgoing Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman, who saved the company after the 2008 financial crisis, gives himself an A minus for his 14-year tenure

Gorman stepped down at the start of the year, capping off an unusually smooth Wall Street succession.

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Disney helpless to prevent spate of knife-wielding Mickey Mouse slasher flicks after losing copyright protection for its iconic mascot

After decades of lobbying Congress to extend copyright protection on "Steamboat Willie," the statutory limit expired at the start of this year on Disney's icon.

Fortune

Streaming revolt: Customers turn their backs on Netflix, Hulu, and Prime amid skyrocketing prices, annoying ads, and unwatchable shows

Cord cutting has a sequel: The streaming purge.

Broadcasting & Cable

Bob Iger Makes Deal With ValueAct To Hold Off Critics as Disney Restructures

Investment fund will get confidential information and consult with Disney’s board and executives

The Guardian - UK

Global giants gear up to build streaming model 2.0

For some, such as Disney, 2023 has proved a harsh reality check. For others, most notably Netflix, it has proved a return to form at the top of the market

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Cinemablend

A History Of The Beef Between Disney And Elon Musk

Bob Iger is already in a fight with Florida, and now he's battling a billionaire in Elon Musk.

Barchart

As Peltz Proxy Battle Rages, Will Disney Stock Ever Recover and Go Back Up?

Disney stock has underperformed the markets for quite some time, and now faces a proxy battle with activist investor Nelson Peltz. Can Disney stock ever recover and go back up?

International Business Times UK

Elon Musk Says Tesla To Offer A Mod Package That Will Transform The Cybertruck Into A Boat

Key details about the mod package are still scarce, but Elon Musk says it will enable the vehicle to traverse at least 100 metres of water as a boat.

Evening Standard

Flops, spats and Jonathan Majors' conviction: Marvel's 2023 was a multiverse of awfulness

The Marvels and Ant Man tanked, Secret Invasion was a disaster, and now the actor playing the post-Thanos villain has been convicted for assault. Where did it all go wrong for the studio?

InsideEVs

Tesla Hides Disney+ App Following Elon Musk's Spat With Bob Iger

Tesla's holiday update silently hid the Disney+ app in Tesla's "Theater" following a spat between the CEOs of the two companies.

Total Film

14 Disney Plus shows are coming to Netflix including Lost, Archer, and Prison Break

The exchange is part of Disney's licensing scheme

Ballotpedia

Proposed labor rule defining requirements for investment advisers receives more than 5,000 comments

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

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