Apparently, The Walt Disney Company has had enough of this nonsense and felt it was time to remind Florida precisely what it brought to the table. After its fight with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, perhaps there were people in the state who may have forgotten Disney World’s value. But now, the entire state just got a not-so-subtle reminder. Related: The Enormous ...
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Disney Learns Billion Dollar Lesson: ‘They’ve Got to Cut’
After Disney CEO Bob Iger held his earnings call with investors last week, Wall Street generally saw the positives. What wasn’t there to like? Iger announced that Disney Plus had added subscribers and cost-cutting measures earlier this year, saving the Walt Disney Company an additional $2 billion. Iger touted it as a “new era” for Disney. And Wall Street responded ...
Read More »Disney Just Lost 45 Percent of the Country Over the DeSantis Feud
There has always been an oddity in the feud between Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and The Walt Disney Company. It is unusual for a Republican governor to take on his state’s largest employer and one of its largest employers. As an entertainment company, it’s uncommon for Disney to openly fight with a politician and potentially alienate his supporters. And now, ...
Read More »Disney Getting Clobbered At the Box Office Again
Last week, when Disney CEO Bob Iger held his quarterly call with Wall Street and investors, he announced that Walt Disney Studios would be releasing less content to focus on the quality of the films and television shows coming out in the future. But that announcement would not save the movies that were already scheduled to be released, and despite ...
Read More »The Debate Rages, When Does the Christmas Season Begin? For Disney, It Already Has
Very few debates in America get as heated (pardon the pun) as the debate over exactly when the Christmas Holiday Season begins. There are the diehards who insist that the Christmas season should not start until the day after Thanksgiving. After all, what’s more American than heading to a store to fight for a discounted television on Black Friday? But ...
Read More »No One Is Coming To Save The Walt Disney Company
Disney CEO Bob Iger had a pretty good week. Sure, it wasn’t the great news that he hoped to give Wall Street and Disney shareholders, but based on the negative stories surrounding the Walt Disney Company, decent news is a step in the right direction. And with that, Iger can say that Disney is in “a new era.” But despite ...
Read More »DeSantis’ Cronies Are Scoring Big Paydays Courtesy of the New Disney District
When the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District first took over for the Reedy Creek Improvement District, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis made it clear that the new Board was mandated to clean up the District and create a transparent governing body. The Governor accused Disney of not playing by the same rules as all other taxpayers in Florida and promised that ...
Read More »Disney World Pricing Is Going To Start Keeping Some Families Away
Last week, Bloomberg published an article reporting that some families are paying more than $40,000 for a week at Walt Disney World in Central Florida. For those of us who regularly go to Disney World, the immediate question that popped into our mind was, how is that even possible? But the deeper you dive into the article, a realization quickly ...
Read More »Forget DeSantis, Another Politician Has Disney in His Crosshairs
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. It appears as though the Walt Disney Company and its archenemy, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, have found some common ground. While it will not fix the feud between the governor and one of the state’s largest taxpayers, at least they now have a common enemy, and as they say, enemies make strange ...
Read More »Disney Delays Its Summer Blockbuster, Dramatically Altering Its Future Movie Slate
The nightmare is over. After months of fighting, the actor and the studios have finally come to an agreement. SAG-AFTRA now joins the WGA in heading back to work. And so that’s it. Hollywood will return to work, and everything will return to normal, right? Related: Are We Witnessing the End of Disney’s Marvel? Not exactly. After months of fighting, there ...
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