Amid the Walt Disney Company’s fight with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, every state in America had big dreams of the vast complex of Disney World moving to their state. A state representative in North Carolina put forth a bill to set aside money to help woo the Magic Kingdom and its other Parks to the Tar Heel State. Former South ...
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Disney Is Redefining the World of Trash
When Walt Disney was designing Disneyland in California, he wanted to make sure it was the happiest but also the cleanest place on Earth. Disney researched human behavior to determine that the average person would walk 30 feet before dropping their trash on the ground. So, Walt instructed all his Park designers that there should be at least one trash ...
Read More »Disney Begins Latest Round of Layoffs
Morale must be incredibly low at the Walt Disney Company’s media divisions. Disney CEO Bob Iger announced this month that Disney+ lost more than four million subscribers, and ad revenue at Disney’s network, including ABC and ESPN, dropped 35 percent so far this year as more consumers cut the cable cord. Disney’s media division has suffered through two rounds of ...
Read More »The Movie and Television Industry Is About To Hit a Cataclysmic Wall
Remember back to March 2020, when Covid first started. Everyone was stuck at home and desperately searching for something to watch. Remember how desperate we all were that we even watched Tiger King on Netflix for some reason? We needed television and movies more than ever in those early dark days of the Pandemic. But now, we may be losing all of ...
Read More »‘We’re Not Safe Here.’ Another Company Joins Disney in Suing Florida Over ‘Anti-Woke’ Laws
Companies in the state of Florida are starting to get nervous. They are looking around the business and political landscape and are hearing from their employees, and it is beginning to make some companies nervous. When the Walt Disney Company spoke out against Governor Ron DeSantis and Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law, very few companies joined them. Related: Disney is ...
Read More »Hiding Behind the Feud With DeSantis Are Disney’s Business Struggles
If you paid attention to any news about the Walt Disney Company last week, you indeed heard that Disney canceled its Lake Nona project. This cancellation cost the state of Florida more than $1 billion in investment and 2,000 high-paying jobs. The headlines, of course, all said the same thing; Disney’s feud with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis cost the state ...
Read More »On the Day DeSantis 2024 Rumors Spread, Disney Kneecaps Him
There are no coincidences in life. Everything happens for a reason. And if we’ve learned nothing else in the feud between Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the Walt Disney Company, Disney is always one step ahead of the governor, and Disney is much better at crafting a narrative. Related: Governor DeSantis Responds to Canceled Lake Nona Project Earlier this morning, ...
Read More »‘We Are in an Inflationary Environment’ Disney CFO Tries To Defend High Park Prices
A magic vacuum seems to suck money out of your pockets whenever you walk through the Walt Disney World Resort gates. You drop hundreds on your food choice, then more on souvenirs for the kids, and finally, end the day with a couple of cocktails for you. It doesn’t matter until you get that bill at the end of your ...
Read More »While Disney Laid Off Workers and Its Stock Tanked, Company Executives Made Millions
Anytime a company begins to lose revenue, the average workers usually suffer the most. The top executives might get let go, but only after they’ve opened their golden parachutes. The Walt Disney Company is no different. While the company was laying off thousands of employees and Disney’s stock was tanking, its top executives were making millions. Related: Disney/ESPN Exec Laid ...
Read More »‘I Was Never Trying to Indoctrinate My Students.’ Teacher at Center of Florida/Disney Fight Resigns
If you’ve ever been in a classroom after a state-wide test, you know that the kids have nothing left to give. They have been sitting at their desks trying to focus on these tests and give their best effort. That’s precisely what happened in Jenna Barbee’s fifth-grade classroom in Brooksville, Florida. So, Barbee decided to give her students a break ...
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