Casper Gutman
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Sooooo... what's ol' Feige doin' right about now?
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News Bob Iger is back! Chapek is out!!
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Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
That was “scum and villainy”
Here's what the new CEO of Disney had to say about movies this past September:
www.cnbc.com
Moviegoing won't return to pre-pandemic levels, says former Disney CEO Bob Iger
The coronavirus pandemic has left a "permanent scar" on the movie theater business, says former Disney CEO Bob Iger.
www.cnbc.com
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Probably talking to Amazon…if I had a guess?
jaxonp
Well-Known Member
Harmonious was the best thing to come out of the 50th…. Yes the bar was low.
But he undoubtedly approved it.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
I bet a studio “shakeup” is coming…Here's what the new CEO of Disney had to say about movies this past September:
Moviegoing won't return to pre-pandemic levels, says former Disney CEO Bob Iger
The coronavirus pandemic has left a "permanent scar" on the movie theater business, says former Disney CEO Bob Iger.
…you know where that goes
Wakana Forever might've been enough - but, correct me if I'm wrong, didn't Iger have complete creative control over the studios until earlier this year?
UNCgolf
Well-Known Member
I doubt it.
That's not a defense of Iger; it's a reality of the CEO position. Something like parking fees at resorts would have been decided below his level -- CEOs do not sign off on literally everything a company does. That would be completely impossible for a company the size of Disney anyways.
While resort parking fees are a nice additional revenue stream, they're incredibly minor in terms of the company overall. I'd guess at most they were a line item in some larger report/plan that he signed off on.
vikescaper
Well-Known Member
I respectfully disagree! The best thing to come out of the 50th was the additions to the Electrical Water Pageant.
MrPromey
Well-Known Member
Can't we just have this one night?
Things can still go back to being awful tomorrow.
Actually, we have the thread purge to look forward to so... Things can still go back to being awful the day after tomorrow.
... Now that I think about it, that's getting pretty close to Thanksgiving.
Then we've got Black Friday.
... and Cyber Monday.
Things can still go back to being awful next Tuesday!
Please
_caleb
Well-Known Member
Despite the headline, there wasn’t an announcement. It was an internal memo. And it wasn’t “massive layoffs,” but “some staff reductions.”
Disney announces upcoming layoffs, hiring freeze to cut costs in internal memo from CEO Bob Chapek: report
Disney CEO Bob Chapek has warned staff members in an internal memo that they should expect to see the company take cost-saving measures, including layoffs and a hiring freeze.www.foxbusiness.com
Nowhere in that article is "massive layoffs" used. Chapek didn't use "layoffs", it was an editorial characterization by the article's author, which isn't necessarily what is the case.Disney announces upcoming layoffs, hiring freeze to cut costs in internal memo from CEO Bob Chapek: report
Disney CEO Bob Chapek has warned staff members in an internal memo that they should expect to see the company take cost-saving measures, including layoffs and a hiring freeze.
But it affects appearance/value of the parks AND the corp as a whole. if Iger didn't realize how important that was to the company's appearance and PR value then that's on him, too.
jaxonp
Well-Known Member
I do believe Iger put G+ into play, lackluster plans for the 50th and green kit the Star Wars hotel but somehow I think the execution of these things wouldn’t have been different if he had been around. Iger would have pushed for much more to happen during the 50th and would have addressed cast meme ear moral by now.
MrPromey
Well-Known Member
He sure did like to flaunt his non-traditional Disney values, didn't he?
But you miss the point. People hate it. It's simple enough to blame it on Chapek and allow him to take it out the door with him.
_caleb
Well-Known Member
And THIS is why I’m doing my happy dance tonight (without any hip movement, of course)!Here's what the new CEO of Disney had to say about movies this past September:
Moviegoing won't return to pre-pandemic levels, says former Disney CEO Bob Iger
The coronavirus pandemic has left a "permanent scar" on the movie theater business, says former Disney CEO Bob Iger.
Look - you can astroturf it all you want but Chapek was laying the ground work to CUT STAFF - that's standard corporation procedure.
I'm surprised you didn't just attack it because it was a 'faux news' article.