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Jul- 2023 -10 July
Cutting Perks and Raising Prices: 6 Reasons Crowds Are Vanishing From Disney Parks
Despite Disney fanatics intentionally avoiding heavy crowds at Walt Disney World when school's out for the summer, the Parks have always been notoriously packed with shoulder-to-shoulder crowds. No school for the kiddos and Summer Fridays for adults meant strategic summer planning for Guests headed to Walt Disney World during the hottest months of the year. The same goes for special event weekends
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10 July
‘Barbie’ Stole Disney’s Marketing Strategies And Created A Frenzy
Unless you've been living under a rock, you know that the Barbie movie is coming to theaters on July 21. That's right; it hasn't even been released yet. You would have thought Barbie was already a smash hit by all the buzz and product placements. But the marketing team behind that buzz was able to borrow some of the techniques that Disney uses for its movies; only the Barbie team did it better. We
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9 July
Megyn Kelly Trashes ‘Woke’ Disney, Calling DEI Position ‘Wasted’
Former Fox News personality Megyn Kelly took to her podcast to trash the Walt Disney Company and CEO Bob Iger over the company's recent losses at the box office. Still, more importantly, she criticized Disney for including characters of other races and LGBTQ+ characters in their films. At the start of her podcast on Sirius XM, Kelly devoted a segment to discussing Disney's recent box office failur
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9 July
‘I Can’t Explain Bob Iger’s Thinking.’ Disney Employees Sound Off On Company Layoffs
Earlier this year, when Disney CEO Bob Iger announced that the Walt Disney Company would be laying off thousands of employees, it was a bit of an abstract. After all, what do 7,000 employees look like? But now that the layoffs are complete, we are starting to see the real human consequences of all these terminations. Related: Disney/ESPN Exec. Let Go After 43 Years While Wife Battles Cancer The fi
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9 July
Disney Joins Forces With Twitter’s Newest Rival, Sending Clear Message to Elon Musk
Ever since Elon Musk took over Twitter, things have gotten complicated. Musk vowed that the social media network would become a beacon for “free speech,” but then he promptly fired the staff in charge of moderating the site and getting rid of hate speech. With the guard rails off, the platform has become home to several hate groups and conspiracy theories, which have now gained accepta
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8 July
‘Indiana Jones’ Director Admits He’s “Not Interested” in Continuing Franchise
On June 30, Disney released the fifth and final film in the Indiana Jones franchise — Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. The film saw 80-year-old Harrison Ford return one last time to play the iconic, fedora-wearing archaeologist. Dial of Destiny shows Jones venturing across the world as he tries to find an ancient dial that can change the course of history. Of course, nothing is easy, a
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8 July
Central Florida Businesses Are Afraid of the Long Term Effects of Disney/DeSantis Feud
Reputation is everything in business. If people believe what you say, they will continue to work with you. But if they don't, any company, no matter how long they have been in business, people will trust them. The same can be said for the business climate in a particular area. If a site is reliably friendly to business, the chances are better a company may want to relocate there. Related: Feud wit
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8 July
Feud With Disney is Starting to Hurt DeSantis’ Hometown
In Florida, everyone seems to have an opinion on the feud between the Walt Disney Company and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Despite his numbers nationally, DeSantis is still very popular in the state. A recent poll suggested that Florida might be the only state he could win in the upcoming Republic Primary. But some believe this feud hurts business in Florida and the state's reputation nationwide
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8 July
Tired of Disney’s ‘Woke’? Texas Has Something For You
When Disney's feud with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis started, several states vied for the jobs and investment the Walt Disney Company provided to Florida. North and South Carolina made pitches to Disney, hoping to attract them to their state, but Texas was the loudest. But that was mainly from a man who claimed that Disney was coming, only to steal money from his investors. But the idea of Walt D
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8 July
Working Against the Clock: Disney CEO Bob Iger Needs to Stay on Past 2024
When Disney CEO Bob Iger came on at the end of 2022 in a surprising move that broke the internet and set the Disney community ablaze, many were completely shocked that former Disney CEO Bob Chapek's then predecessor was coming back to the helm. Bob Chapek had been a particularly unpopular CEO—partly because he'd inherited the company during one of the most challenging periods the world has seen, t
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