Tag: The Walt Disney Company
Disney Acquires 21st Century Fox for $52.4 Billion
Today, the Walt Disney Company and 21st Century Fox made it official, announcing that Disney would buy a number of Fox's assets for $52.4...
Disney Commits $1 Million to Hurricane Harvey Relief, Announces “Day of...
This past weekend, a category 4 hurricane made landfall in eastern Texas and, while the storm has weakened, it's led to catastrophic flooding in...
Disney Announces Its Own Streaming Service, Buys Larger Stake in BAMTech
Ahead of today's Q3 2017 earnings call, The Walt Disney Company announced that it was spending $1.58 billion to increase their share in BAMTech...
Disney FY17 Q3 Earnings Live Blog
We're live blogging the Walt Disney Company 2017 Quarter 3 Earnings Call. Expect lots of numbers and a few announcements as well. Plus the...
Disney CEO Bob Iger’s Contract Extended Into 2019
Following the departure of heir apparent Tom Staggs last year and the search for a new candidate seemingly taking longer than expected, today The...
2017 Disney Annual Meeting of Shareholders Live Blog
The 2017 Disney Annual Meeting of Shareholders is being held in Denver, Colorado today and we're live blogging the whole thing. Stay tuned for...
Iger For President? Disney CEO Apparently Being Prodded Toward Political Run
With Disney CEO Bob Iger's tenure currently ("currently" being an important word in this case) set to end in June of next year, many...
Union Protests Against Bob Iger’s Position on Trump’s Council
This evening a group called Organize Florida, which has participation from many of Disney's biggest unions, held a protest just outside of Walt Disney World...
Iger to Extend Contract as CEO Once Again?
Ever since the departure of Tom Staggs in April of last year, the biggest question facing The Walt Disney Company has been "who will...
Disney’s Largest Shareholder Sells Half of Their Stake
The late Steve Jobs' widow is no longer the single largest shareholder at Disney. As Variety reports, Laurene Powell Jobs has sold half of her...
Disney IT Workers File Discrimination Lawsuit Stemming from Layoffs
Last year, The Walt Disney Company made the wrong kind of news when it laid off 250 IT workers. What made the move controversial...
Bob Iger Joins President-Elect Trump’s “Strategic and Policy Forum”
Today President-elect Trump announced that he is gathering executives from some of the top companies in the country for the Strategic and Policy Forum he...
#GivingTuesday: 5 Charities That Disney Donates To (And You Can Too)
Below are just five of the many charities that The Walt Disney Company proudly donates to and partners with. To make a donation for #Giving...
Job Cuts Hit Disney Consumer Products and Interactive
The New York Times is reporting that Disney has laid off 250 workers Consumer Products and Interactive Media. This cut amounts to 5% of the...
Did You Know Disney Has Been Awarded a Patent For Tracking...
A patent filed in 2015 and just now awarded to Disney discusses the possibility of the company being able to track guests' movements around...
How the Brexit Could Affect Disney
With the effects of the surprising Brexit vote just starting to be felt, here's what The Walt Disney Company might expect.
Walt Disney World Layoffs IT Workers
WESH is reporting that Walt Disney World has let go of approximately 500 IT workers. While Walt Disney World claims that figure is incorrect,...
Bob Iger Receives Milestone Award
The Disney Post reports that this past weekend, the Producers Guild of America (PGA) recognized Disney Chairman and CEO Bob Iger with its Milestone...