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  • Sep- 2023 -
    6 September
    RunDisney EPCOT guests running during the weekend event at Disney World.
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    Disney Asks For Event Volunteers, Revokes Beloved Perk

    In just a couple of months, the runDisney Wine & Dine Half Marathon weekend will come to the Walt Disney World Resort. The sold-out event will take place from November 2 through November 5 and there will be a 5k, a 10k, and a half-marathon. For those who love to run, there is also the Two Course Challenge, where runners participate in both the 10K and the Half Marathon. There will also be a post-r

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  • 6 September
    Spectrum sued Disney content
    Krysten Swensen
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    Class Action Lawsuit Filed in Disney/Spectrum Dispute

    The Disney/Charter/Spectrum just got a whole lot worse. On August 31, 2023, millions of Spectrum TV fans were enraged when dozens of their channels went black. Among some of the most upset were those who love college football and found themselves unable to access ESPN. The Walt Disney Company decided to pull all the channels it owned from Spectrum TV when it failed to come to an agreement with Spe

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  • 6 September
    Disney/Comcast can't agree on a Hulu price
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    Disney Picks Another Fight With A Cable Company With Billions and Hulu’s Future at Stake

    Disney is having a bit of a public relations problem. On the weekend college football started, they pulled ESPN from the 14.5 million households with Charter Communications, causing them to miss the entire weekend of games. With the NFL about to start, the Walt Disney Company and Spectrum are no closer to a deal, and customers are angry with both sides. Although, angry is a bit of an understatemen

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  • 6 September
    Disney Plus slashes price
    Krysten Swensen
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    Disney Slashing the Cost of Disney+!

    To say that Disney+ is struggling right now would be quite an understatement. The streaming platform is not even four years old, but has already cost The Walt Disney Company billions of dollars. Initially, it looked like Disney+ was set to be a massive success. It launched just a few months before the COVID-19 pandemic hit and the world shut down. With people stuck in their homes, many turned to s

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  • 6 September
    disney spectrum espn loss
    Priyanka Kumar
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    Disney Losing $4 Million a Day, $1.4 BILLION Per Year in Latest Feud

    While Disney is playing a bold game, losing the Spectrum deal could cost them enormous amounts of money…but given the Mouse House’s current financial woes, can they afford it? The Walt Disney Company’s feud with Spectrum TV and its parent company Charter Communications is all anyone can talk about at the moment.  The fight is just one of the many that Disney finds itself embroiled in at the

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  • 6 September
    disney image issues
    Priyanka Kumar
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    Disney Is More Concerned With Saving Its Image Than Fixing its Issues

    In the latest example of a behavioral trend from the company, Disney insists that one of its latest shows is super popular… but the numbers disagree. The Walt Disney Company seems to be at it again. For months now, there have been many varieties of headlines going around about the state of the company. Some believe the company is still struggling to bring its way back after the mess of both

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  • 5 September
    Bob Iger AMPTP meeting
    Krysten Swensen
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    In Panic Mode: Bob Iger and AMPTP Meet as Strike Talks Stall

    For four months, many of Hollywood's writers have been out of the writers' rooms and on the picket lines. On May 2, The Writers Guild of America announced that its more than 11,000 members would be striking after failing to negotiate a new contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). The last time the WGA went on strike was in 2007, and it lasted 100 days. This ti

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  • 5 September
    Pirates of the Caribbean reboot
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    Disney Officially Green Lights “Weird” ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ Reboot

    Six years ago, Johnny Depp appeared on the big screen for the last time as the beloved Captain Jack Sparrow in Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. Disney's high-seas adventure films based on the iconic attraction began in 2003 with Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Fans were immediately hooked, and it became one of Disney's most successful live-action f

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  • 5 September
    Disney funding CFTOD Against Disney
    Rick Lye
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    Disney is Funding A Lawsuit Against…Disney?

    Last month, the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, the Board handpicked by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to replace the Reedy Creek Improvement District, sent a referral to the Florida Inspector General against the Walt Disney Company. They complained that Reedy Creek employees received discounts and Disney World season passes. They called it a “scheme” to defraud taxpayers. 

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  • 4 September
    Dwayne Johnson Maui donations
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    Dwayne Johnson Called Out For “Embarrassing” Post About Maui Wildfires

    One of the most in-demand actors in Hollywood at the moment is Dwayne Johnson, also known as “The Rock”. Johnson started out as a professional wrestler, and quickly gained a massive following. He broke into the acting business in the early 2000s, and his career quickly took off. He has starred in a number of hit films, including The Mummy Returns, Hercules, San Andreas, Black Adam, and

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