Buying a company and reviewing the employment of everyone is not illegal or immoral. In fact I hope Disney reviews the job performance of everyone who works at Fox. They also need to continue to review the management of Disney management and Fox management to determine which ones will lose their jobs in positions that overlap and not needed due to duplications. I know this sounds horrible but Disney is a company and should maximize their profits. They also need to reinvest in the company and using treasury stock is a great way to do that. Get over your anti Murdoch, anti Disney viewed. And watch out for Comcasts next purchase.
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the.dreamfinder
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Network executives like Bob Iger and Jeff Zucker are just as bad as Murdoch. In their greed, they abdicated their responsibilities as stewards of the public airwaves by turning news divisions, which are meant to educate the public, into profit centers by stripping away the news for viewership and advertising $$$. They may not have the “liberal bias” they have been accused of, but they’ve dumbed down broadcast and cable journalism at a time when a national consensus on the news of the day to have intelligent, rigorous conversations on the issues matters.
These companies have abused the public trust for various means and should be held accountable for their failings so they can be what our nation needs.
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ford91exploder
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Actually it is Immoral, and the value extraction model of public company management dates back to Michael Milliken 'junk bond king' who was subsequently convicted of fraud
If you go back to the beginning of corporate law one of the great fears was the 'joint stock' companies would create an small oligarchy of very rich and impoverish the rest of the population. (See 2008 financial crisis for examples of this thought at work)
So early corporate law insisted that job creation and maintenance was a part of a corporation's responsibility as they needed to be responsible both to the community and shareholder.
We need to get back there before its too late
SirLink
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Well News International did get done for phone hacking in the UK. And the guy who is supposed to be getting a job with Disney was described in a parliamentary inquiry as a mafia boss
the.dreamfinder
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The best way to explain the Disney/Fox deal and the power/control they would have.
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
The best way to explain the Disney/Fox deal and the power/control they would have.
If only, BTW where did you find that. I could use a few coaxial power breakouts
The Empress Lilly
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You mean, like the same park's much admired Mystic Manor?
Castle envy, not design considerations are behind Princess Viagra Castle, but there is a certain unity of thought with other design aspects of HK DL.
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Animaniac93-98
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the.dreamfinder
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ESPN President John Skipper, citing a substance addiction, has resigned.
http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/18/media/john-skipper-espn-resigns/index.html?adkey=bn
http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/18/media/john-skipper-espn-resigns/index.html?adkey=bn
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
Yep that was obvious, always wanted whatever he was smoking while making those laughably bad deals
tokengator
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ESPN President John Skipper resigned. He is saying substance abuse but word is there is something much much more going on here.
bcoachable
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dude.. cmon man...
much much more?
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MUCH MUCH MUCH more?
much much more?
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MUCH MUCH MUCH more?
the.dreamfinder
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That Boston Globe report on sexism and sexual misconduct didn’t exactly portray the Worldwide Leader in Sports in a good light.
tokengator
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HauntedMansionFLA
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Disney sounds like a great place to work. Sexism started with Walt himself.
tokengator
Active Member
I do hope there is no actual victims of this guy, but that said he ruined ESPN and should have been removed long ago
PizzaPlanet
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Fake news
the.dreamfinder
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Believe it or not, Walt’s shop was better than the status quo at other animation studios. Problem was his “boys” didn’t take too kindly to seeing women hired or promoted in roles like character animator, visual development or story. The ‘41 strike saw the end of female advancement at the studio for a long time. (Mary Blair had just made the cut and was one of Walt’s favorites like Ward Kimball or Herb Ryman) A culture of sexism and male entitlement permeates through American society, the Walt Disney Studios, sadly, wasn’t immune.
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With all the diversity training going on today, it is just a shame that we can't look back and judge people based on the times they lived. Walt gave women more opportunities than others at the time. Did he talk about his boys and not give women complete credit, yes. But look at Mary Blair and say women had no chances or respect and you are wrong.