Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger expressed sympathy with consumers who have complained about the company’s theme park prices. Iger, speaking Thursday at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and ...
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Disney CEO Bob Iger wants fresh Marvel superhero slate
Cassie Lang (Kathryn Newton) and Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) in “Ant-Man and the Wasp in Quantumania.” Disney After a fourth Thor movie and a third standalone Ant-Man film, even Disney CEO Bob ...
Disney doubles down on streaming strategy but Iger hints Hulu might be on the block
Disney (DIS) is facing a rapidly approaching deadline on its ownership of Hulu. And CEO Bob Iger suggested this week the company could end up selling the streaming service after saying “everythi...
Bob Iger signals Disney Hulu strategy shift
Disney CEO Bob Iger’s apparent openness to selling Hulu marks a stark reversal in strategy for the company — and an even more surprising shift if Iger sells the streaming service to Comcast. Ige...
Bob Iger Moving Quickly To Get Walt Disney Company Back On The Right Track
Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Disney Getty Images for Disney Shares in Walt Disney Corp. opened at $118.04 today, an increase of 5.6% over yesterday’s close of $110.78 after returning CEO B...
Everything is on the table now with Hulu, Disney CEO Iger says
Disney CEO Bob Iger said Thursday that “everything is on the table” with streaming service Hulu. Disney owns two thirds of the streaming service, which focuses on more adult-oriented gener...
Disney CEO Bob Iger says he prefers to stay only two years
Disney CEO Bob Iger appeared on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” Thursday following the company’s announcement it would cut 7,000 jobs and slash $5.5 billion in costs as part of a...
Disney CEO Bob Iger puts turnaround plans in place after a solid quarter
Disney (DIS) reported a stronger-than-expected fiscal 2023 first quarter after the closing bell Wednesday, and Bob Iger struck the right tone on his first conference call since returning as CEO, prior...
Disney (DIS) earnings Q1 2023: Bob Iger returns
LOS ANGELES – Smaller subscriber losses and a beat on the top and bottom lines were the highlights of Disney‘s fiscal first-quarter earnings report. While the company’s linear TV and direc...
Disney Will Reinstate Dividends, Cut 7,000 Jobs As Bob Iger Hones In On Bottom Line
Topline Disney CEO Bob Iger outlined his plan to turn around the entertainment behemoth in the first quarterly earnings call since his return, laying out a plan to save $5.5 billion by eliminating abo...
ESPN may be ‘the most important issue for Bob Iger,’ analyst says
As Disney (DIS) gears up to report its fiscal first quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesday, one analyst says the future of ESPN may be CEO Bob Iger’s most important issue to solve. “...
Disney CEO Bob Iger Requires Hybrid Staff To Return To The Office At Least Four Days A Week
Getty Images Key takeaways During the pandemic, roughly 18% of the workforce worked remotely. Despite worker preference for working from home, companies like Disney have demanded a return to the offic...
Disney defends Iger, says activist Peltz has ‘no track record’ in big media
Nelson Peltz David A. Grogan | CNBC Disney pushed back on Nelson Peltz’s bid for a board seat Tuesday, as the entertainment giant’s proxy fight with the investor and his activist firm, Tri...
For All His Criticisms of Disney, Peltz and Iger Probably Agree: Streaming Has to Be Fixed
“Great news: Nelson Peltz made a slide deck about me,” said no CEO ever. But maybe Walt Disney Bob Iger had mixed feelings about the 35-pager that dropped this past week. One one hand, it says that he...
Disney CEO Bob Iger went sailing on his yacht while activist investor Nelson Peltz ramped up pressure on the media giant
With its stock price flailing and under rising pressure from activist investor Nelson Peltz of Trian Partners, newly reinstalled Disney (DIS) CEO Bob Iger reportedly spent the holidays enjoying the op...
Disney CEO Bob Iger tells employees to return to the office four days a week
Bob Iger poses with Mickey Mouse attends Mickey’s 90th Spectacular at The Shrine Auditorium on October 6, 2018 in Los Angeles. Valerie Macon | AFP | Getty Images Disney CEO Bob Iger told hybrid ...
Finding Half-Full Glasses For Media In 2023
Creative idea.Concept of idea and innovation.New Concept 2023 getty On second thought, the “half-empty” column might have been easier. As much of the media business descends on Las Vegas for CES, ther...
Who will be Disney’s next CEO? Top contenders to succeed Bob Iger
Bob Iger, CEO, The Walt Disney Company Scott Mlyn | CNBC Disney reappointed Bob Iger as its chief executive recently, abruptly replacing his hand-picked successor Bob Chapek, and giving Iger an early ...
Cramer double downs on Disney shares as Bob Iger retakes the helm
Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) has been in focus ever since Bob Iger returned as the Chief Executive of the entertainment conglomerate – a comeback that Jim Cramer says is reason enough to load up on this...
Disney CEO Bob Iger talks ‘Don’t Say Gay,’ LGBTQ inclusion at town hall
Bob Iger poses with Mickey Mouse attends Mickey’s 90th Spectacular at The Shrine Auditorium on October 6, 2018 in Los Angeles. Valerie Macon | AFP | Getty Images Following criticism of its past ...
Disney hiring freeze will stay in place, CEO Bob Iger tells employees
Chief executive officer and chairman of The Walt Disney Company Bob Iger and Mickey Mouse look on before ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange, November 27, 2017 in New York City. Ge...
Disney CEO Iger Shuts Down Apple Merger Rumors, Sticks By Hiring Freeze
Topline In his first town hall meeting since retaking power, Disney CEO Bob Iger took the first steps toward recrafting the media giant to his vision, vowing to focus on improving the company’s bottom...
Bob Iger can’t wave a ‘magic wand’ to change Disney’s structural problems: Analyst
Disney’s (DIS) Bob Iger will be inheriting quite a mess as he reassumes the CEO position at a company he led for 15 years. “Disney’s problems are more structural than they are relate...
Former Disney CEO Bob Iger Is Back Again And Shareholders Are Loving It
| Getty Images Key Takeaways Bob Iger led Disney as CEO from 2005 through 2020, turning the company into a media juggernaut. Under ex-CEO Bob Chapek, the company continued to grow until the most recen...
Bob Iger was on a $10 million consultancy deal at Disney—to advise the CEO he eventually replaced
Before Bob Iger returned to the helm of Disney, the entertainment giant signed him to a $10 million deal to advise his successor Bob Chapek—even though the two executives were hardly speaking. Iger, w...
Who Will Be Bob Iger’s Tim Cook?
(Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Getty Images There’s a common joke on various shows these days: a frustrated character says to another who has failed and flailed at some task, “You had one job an...
This award-winning editor says Bob Iger could sell Disney to Apple Inc
Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) renamed Bob Iger as its Chief Executive last week. He now has two years to conjure a turnaround and find a suitable successor. That’s what Invezz has reported already. Are y...
Succession Planning Is No Fairy Tale For Bob Iger And Disney
FILE – Robert Iger arrives at the world premiere of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” in Los … [+] Angeles, on Dec. 16, 2019. The Walt Disney Company announced late Sunday, N...
Disney CEO Bob Iger to hold town hall with employees on Monday
Drew Angerer | Getty Images News | Getty Images Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger will speak to employees at 9 a.m. PT Monday in a town hall, marking his return to the company. Iger said in a memo to em...
Disney is counting on Iger to make hard choices about TV, streaming
Bob Iger, chairman and chief executive officer of The Walt Disney Company, pauses while speaking during an Economic Club of New York event in Midtown Manhattan on October 24, 2019 in New York City. Dr...