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News Josh D’Amaro Named Next CEO of The Walt Disney Company

WaltWiz1901

WaltWiz1901

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GenChi said:
2. The big 1 billion OpenAi Sora deal is broken off as Sora is announced shutting down, which Disney found out 30 minutes after a meeting about its planned integration on Disney+. While cheered on by many, now they have no open AI plan for investors.
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Assuming D'Amaro had something to do with this, it is without a doubt the first thing he has done that has given me a small glimmer of hope in regards to his tenure to-come
5. Moana live action trailer releases, gets a very negative reception and roasted online as further signs of Disney's quality rot and image decline.

Welcome to the role Josh, it is not a walk & talk in Disneyland job anymore. Hope you packed many pixie-dusted fire extinguishers to put out the fires, you are going to need them.
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That last paragraph especially applies to the note directly above it.

Whereas forcing the Eisner loyalists out was for the worse for the most part, the Iger loyalists leaving or getting outnumbered will unquestionably be more for the better
 
Vegas Disney Fan

Vegas Disney Fan

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WaltsTreasureChest said:
Much of the nostalgia people yearn about the parks comes from the Eisner era. He expanded them like no one else, and that is what I will remember him most for. We wouldn’t have so much of what we love about the parks if it weren’t for him. Was he perfect? No CEO is, but he undeniably stood out, especially for frequent park visitors.
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Over time I think Igers park legacy will improve, Eisner was very unpopular at the end also, over time we’ve focused on the good over the bad though, Eisner expanded rapidly but most of what he did post EuroDisney was mediocre, he started a lot but what he built was viewed negatively by most.

Iger took those flawed parks and turned them into the parks we love today, I think that will ultimately be his parks legacy, after we’ve had a decade or 2 to forget his bad decisions.

I’m hopeful Josh will continue this tradition and we’ll love him through his first decade of park improvements before he follows his predecessors into the dislike stage.

I think that was Chapeks fatal mistake, he made unpopular decisions from day 1 and never earned the fans trust, you gotta earn good will before transitioning into the corporate guy making all the unpopular decisions.
 
Sirwalterraleigh

Sirwalterraleigh

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HMF said:
Yet conveniently keeping many of the "Strategic Planners".
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That old gag

It’s the ultimate fanboy boogieman…but is also a pickled fish

The shock in the 90’s of putting accountants in charge was bigger…but for a second do you think they haven’t line itemed and cut everything quality wise under Bobby to the Nth degree worse?

It hasn’t scanned for a second. 6 years to build a park ride and then a ten year gap after? Ridiculous
 
WaltWiz1901

WaltWiz1901

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HMF said:
Yet conveniently keeping many of the "Strategic Planners".
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not to mention promoting a cable TV guy - then head of the Disney Channel - to head of the greater Walt Disney Studios and having a lot of stuff either performing beneath expectations, coming to a premature end (*cough*the Walt Disney Treasures*cough*), or getting cancelled outright (*cough*[Burny Mattinson's? Andrew Chesworth's?] Mickey/Donald/Goofy short *cough*).

what, exactly, did Iger see in Rich Ross that made him the preferable option to having Dick Cook stay on for a few more years?
 
HMF

HMF

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Vegas Disney Fan said:
Over time I think Igers park legacy will improve, Eisner was very unpopular at the end also, over time we’ve focused on the good over the bad though, Eisner expanded rapidly but most of what he did post EuroDisney was mediocre, he started a lot but what he built was viewed negatively by most.

Iger took those flawed parks and turned them into the parks we love today, I think that will ultimately be his parks legacy, after we’ve had a decade or 2 to forget his bad decisions.

I’m hopeful Josh will continue this tradition and we’ll love him through his first decade of park improvements before he follows his predecessors into the dislike stage.

I think that was Chapeks fatal mistake, he made unpopular decisions from day 1 and never earned the fans trust, you gotta earn good will before transitioning into the corporate guy making all the unpopular decisions.
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The only thing I will give Iger credit for park-wise is the DCA re-do which he learned all the wrong lessons from and essentially undid most of the actual improvements after a five-year period where the park was actually starting to look promising. He also felt the need to destroy the cohesion and overall theme of every other non-castle park as well.
 
HMF

HMF

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WaltWiz1901 said:
not to mention promoting a cable TV guy - then head of the Disney Channel - to head of the greater Walt Disney Studios and having a lot of stuff either performing beneath expectations, coming to a premature end (*cough*the Walt Disney Treasures*cough*), or getting cancelled outright (*cough*[Burny Mattinson's? Andrew Chesworth's?] Mickey/Donald/Goofy short *cough*).

what, exactly, did Iger see in Rich Ross that made him the preferable option to having Dick Cook stay on for a few more years?
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Most likely because Michael appointed Cook and Iger didn't.
 
Sirwalterraleigh

Sirwalterraleigh

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JD80 said:
Disney's quality and image rot? This on the heals of Zootopia 2 becoming their highest grossing animated film of all time and 9th highest grossing film of all time?
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And you’ll see a straight downward drop as they rush zootopia 3-5 out

Not following what “quality and image rot” actually is, huh?
 
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