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DeSantis plan to punish Disney hits snag

DeSantis' plan would hit taxpayers with $1 billion bill — but it gets "worse than that"

Salon

Walt Disney World launches 20% off hotel stays during 50th anniversary celebrations

A new Walt Disney World deal includes 20% off hotel rooms across a number of Disney Hotels at the Orlando resort during its 50th anniversary celebrations

Daily Mirror

Disney’s governing district says Florida cannot get rid of it until bond debts are paid

Officials have warned that getting rid of the taxing district the company imposed on itself would be a huge tax liability for neighboring residents

The Independent UK

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Florida Faces First Amendment, Contract, and Budget Issues in Dissolving Disney District

Plus: Russia accuses NATO of war by proxy, Elon Musk's confusing comments on free speech, Biden bans incandescent light bulbs, and more...

Reason

Disney tells investors Florida can’t dissolve special district without paying debt

MIAMI — As Florida legislators were rushing through passage of a bill to repeal the special district that governs Walt Disney World last week, they failed to notice an obscure provision in state law that says the state could not do what legislators were doing — unless the district’s bond…

Miami Herald

Same-day streaming film releases are 'dead,' cinema group leader says

It's not exactly a secret. Movie theater operators hate it when Hollywood studios release films for home viewing and in cinemas at the same time. It kills their box office and encourages piracy, they say.

Los Angeles Times

One Analyst Cuts Disney Price Target, Another Reiterates Buy Rating: Who's Right?

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) was featured as the call of the day Tuesday on CNBC's "Fast Money Halftime Report." Analysts Clash: BMO reiterated Disney with a Market Perform rating and cut the price target to $140 from $175.

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ITV edits Spider-Man to remove Peter Parker’s homophobic joke

Line of dialogue was notably missing from this weekend’s broadcast of the film

The Independent UK

Why Disney Shares Fell Today

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) fell by 2.86% to $104.49 Wednesday as the market reacted to the Fed's decision to hike rates by 75 bps. The Fed also issued outlook on inflation, unemployment and economic growth. What Happened?

Benzinga

Disney Debuts Trailer For LGBTQ Rom-Com 'Fire Island'

The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) is getting an early jump on June’s Pride Month celebrations by dropping the trailer for “Fire Island,” an LGBTQ rom-com scheduled to premiere June 3 on Hulu.

Benzinga

Ron DeSantis’ fight with Disney helped him break fundraising records

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ massive political clout has been on full display.

Tribune News Service

Virgin Media makes major change that turns any TV into a smart TV with Disney+ and Netflix

Customers can get access to all streaming services on their TV even if it's not a smart TV

Manchester Evening News

Virgin Media O2 launch new streaming box that turns old TVs into smart ones

Stream from Virgin Media offers customers a way to access their favourite TV channels, apps and streaming services - including Disney+ and Netflix - in one place and at great value

Daily Mirror

Primark shoppers are 'all over' the latest £14 Disney must-have bags

The bags have Mickey Mouse outlines embossed into the design

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Inverse

'Moon Knight' costume designer reveals the brilliant Easter eggs you missed

Meghan Kasperlik, the costume designer for 'Moon Knight', explains how she developed the costumes for Marvel's Disney+ series - including hidden details you might have missed.

Daily Mirror

Disney asked to cut LGBTQ scene in Doctor Strange 2 by Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia - where homosexuality is illegal - wants a 12-second clip featuring a lesbian character talking about her 'two moms' to be edited out of the new Marvel film

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: In Florida, DeSantis punishes Disney — by giving it a big tax cut

Up in their corporate suite, executives of the Walt Disney Co. must be laughing themselves silly.

Inverse

'Moon Knight' Episode 5 release date, time, plot, cast, and trailer for the Disney Plus Marvel series

Things just got weirder for Marc Spector/Steven Grant as the hunt for Ammit's tomb continues.

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The Conversation

In a market swamped with streaming services, Netflix's massive loss of subscribers is a big deal

Netflix’s recently released first quarter earnings for 2022 reported a shocking loss of 200,000 subscribers – a worrying shift for a business that had previously only seen sustained growth since 2011.

The Guardian - AU

Disney is refusing to cut LGBTQ scene in Doctor Strange 2, Saudi Arabia says

Official denies Marvel film is banned but says kingdom ‘still trying’ to get Disney to cut 12 seconds referring to lesbian character with two mothers

Los Angeles Times

After streaming's worst week, Hollywood bows at the altar of cinema

The ascendant business of steaming video, which has for years been seen as the biggest threat to the traditional entertainment industry, just had quite possibly its worst week ever. Netflix's stock got crushed. CNN+ got killed.

Input

Jack Dorsey is now the 'Block Head 'in charge of Block

Chief executives are going out of style. It's all about 'Technokings' and 'Block Heads' now.

Los Angeles Times

Judge in Johnny Depp case lays down the law against giggles. Meanwhile, about the alpacas

Judge Penney Azcarate took control of her courtroom Monday as Johnny Depp’s redirect testimony got rolling, essentially telling the fans who managed to get seats in the defamation trial to keep their mouths shut.

Reason

Why Conservatives Are Wrong To Punish Disney

Plus: the ethics of civil disobedience

Reason

Prof. Michael Dorf (Cornell) on Florida's Repeal of Disney's Special Government District

I put up some tentative thoughts on the subject Friday, and Prof. Dorf (DorfOnLaw) did as well today. He leans in favor of concluding that the repeal is unconstitutional (because it is in retaliation for Disney's political activity), but agrees that this is a difficult question. If you're interested in…

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