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Asad Ayaz Named Chief Brand Officer at The Walt Disney Co.

Exec continues as president of marketing for The Walt Disney Studios

Broadcasting & Cable

Disney Developing Live-action ‘Moana’ with Dwayne Johnson

“Moana” will be the latest Walt Disney Co. animation to get the live-action treatment, and at least one star is coming back. Disney chief executive Bob Iger announced a live-action “Moana” remake is in development Monday in a call with investors. The production is in the early stages — no…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Disney CEO blasts DeSantis’s policies as ‘anti-business’

Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Officer Bob Iger came out swinging at Florida Governor Ron DeSantis saying his policies regarding the theme-park giant have been “not just anti-Florida, but anti-business.”

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Disney developing live-action 'Moana' with Dwayne Johnson

“Moana” will be the latest Walt Disney Co. animation to get the live-action treatment, and at least one star is coming back

The Independent UK

Disney Cruise Line makes Singapore its first home port in Asia

Singapore's tourism board and a Walt Disney Co subsidiary have agreed to make the Southeast Asian country the first Asian homeport for one of the company's cruise ships.

Bangkok Post

ABC News senior managers out amid Disney layoffs

ABC News is undergoing a major executive shake-up as part of company-wide layoffs at Walt Disney Co.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: How Disney's lawyers brutally mauled DeSantis over control of Disney World

Did you really believe that Florida's arrogant, petty, childish Gov. Ron DeSantis would get the better of Walt Disney Co. in their fight over Disney's supposed "wokeness"?

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Marvel Entertainment's Ike Perlmutter booted amid Disney layoffs

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

Los Angeles Times

Disney layoffs begin this week. Iger says 7,000 job cuts to finish before summer

Walt Disney Co. this week begins its plan to cut 7,000 jobs as part of a wider effort to rejuvenate the Burbank entertainment giant's finances and reach profitability at its streaming business.

Los Angeles Times

Bob Iger admits Disney theme park pricing moves were 'a little too aggressive'

Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Bob Iger acknowledges his company goofed on some of its pricing strategies.

Los Angeles Times

DeSantis holds up Disney move as proof he’ll fight ‘woke’ corporations

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — As he declared victory over Walt Disney Co. on Monday, Gov. Ron DeSantis lectured the corporate leaders of the state’s biggest employer in its lifeblood tourism industry.

Orlando Sentinel

The Original Iconic Star Wars Character Could Return To The Big Screen With A Special Technology

Three of the most iconic characters in the Star Wars universe were killed off in the last trilogy of theatrically released movies

Zenger

Disney got ‘The Simpsons’ and ‘Avatar.’ But some now see the Fox deal as a mistake

LOS ANGELES — Will history judge Walt Disney Co.'s $71.3 billion purchase of 21st Century Fox a success?

Los Angeles Times

Ant-Man Opens Big at Box Office with $104M for ‘Quantumania’

Phase five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe may have gotten off to a rocky start, but Ant-Man is bigger than ever at the box office. “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” opened with $104 million in domestic ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, easily surpassing the box-office debuts of the…

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Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway uses innovation to deliver old-school Disney

Part old-school theme park attraction, part love letter to animation and part modern showcase of projection technology, Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway at long last landed in Disneyland’s Toontown, its second but most-fitting home.

Los Angeles Times

It’s not just Disney: Hollywood slashes jobs as streaming bubble pops

LOS ANGELES — Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Bob Iger said last week that the Burbank company will be slashing 7,000 jobs as the firm’s streaming efforts continue to lose money and the wider economy wallows through a downturn.

The Independent UK

Disney is planning an Avatar experience at Disneyland

The Walt Disney Co. is planning to add an Avatar experience to Disneyland and explore other opportunities at its theme parks as it looks for more ways to appeal to its guests

Los Angeles Times

Disney's Bob Iger says ESPN is not for sale. Now the pressure is on

Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Bob Iger this week announced a "major transformation" for the entertainment media giant, raising a familiar question from Wall Street: What will happen to ESPN?

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Florida House OKs state takeover of Disney’s taxing district

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida House voted 82-31 to reorganize the Reedy Creek Improvement District, removing the Walt Disney Co.’s control of the quasi-governmental agency it’s managed for more than five decades.

France 24

Disney to cut 7,000 jobs as returned CEO Iger vows 'transformation'

The Walt Disney Co. will cut about 7,000 jobs as part of an ambitious companywide cost-savings plan and “strategic reorganization” announced Wednesday by CEO Bob Iger.

The Independent UK

Disney to cut 7,000 jobs in Iger's company 'transformation'

The Walt Disney Co. says it will cut about 7,000 jobs as part of a “significant transformation” announced by CEO Bob Iger

Los Angeles Times

Bob Iger signals ‘significant transformation’ as Disney+ loses 2.4 million subscribers

Bob Iger is back at Walt Disney Co., but that doesn’t mean the entertainment giant is out of the woods yet.

The Independent UK

Disney cuts Simpsons 'forced labor' episode in Hong Kong

Walt Disney Co. has removed from its streaming service in Hong Kong an episode from its cartoon series The Simpsons that includes a reference to “forced labor camps” in China

Miami Herald

DeSantis says time has come for Florida Legislature to deal with Disney’s Reedy Creek

MIAMI — Gov. Ron DeSantis said lawmakers will return to Tallahassee as soon as next week to continue his fight against The Walt Disney Co. after it opposed Florida’s Parental Rights in Education legislation last year, called “don’t say gay” by critics.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Report: Apple Developing Software to Help Users Build Apps for Upcoming Headset

Apple Inc is developing software to help users of its upcoming mixed-reality (MR) headset build their own augmented reality apps, the Information reported on Friday, citing four people who worked on the headset. According to a Bloomberg News report, the company was in talks with about half a dozen media…

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