Sirwalterraleigh
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She’ll have to honor her NDA after she’s firedPerhaps he will put a half decent PR team back in place and put a cork in the CFO’s mouth.
She’ll have to honor her NDA after she’s firedPerhaps he will put a half decent PR team back in place and put a cork in the CFO’s mouth.
In other words he is just like the guy who he replaced who replaced him, just more of a people person and less of an inarticulate ogreish clod.…yeah…but also context…
Iger “managed” that much to the liking of the masters of Wall Street then.
I did spend those year vilifying him on the “other” board…at least about parks. It’s where the slide accelerated. Many don’t even understand what the slide looked like.
And many just thought he was pie in the sky.
Correct…but also he knows how to handle Hollywood’s power structure while also being a complete slave animal to Wall Street.In other words he is just like the guy who he replaced who replaced him, just more of a people person and less of an inarticulate ogreish clod.
This is completely logical, however, logic doesn't always deliver better stock market returns and brand loyalty. If this ouster didn't come within hours of the WSJ article that reports the damage being done to the brand, I would agree with you 100%. The "loss of the Magic," viewing guests at nothing more than dollar signs, and inserting technology where no one asked for it, finally took its toll.Absolutely nothing will change short-term. There could be changes mid-term, but this is happening because there are divisions in Burbank that are hemorrhaging red ink, namely the flagship animation studios and the live action studios. Only Marvel seems to make money at the box office now.
The Parks are a cash cow, even during economic tough times. Burbank knows that, and puts them on auto pilot for awhile in times like these. There will be no changes seen or felt in the parks because of Iger's return until a year from now at the earliest.
Short term, Bob Iger and the Board will be happy to let the amusement parks and cruise ships (that Burbank senior executives don't even like to visit, especially with all those middle class folks) keep providing monthly cash flow while they focus on the real problems at hand:
Bob Iger's Real Problems For 2023
- Studio entertainment's bloated budgets and/or box office flops
- Streaming is a bottomless money pit (see above)
- Complete lack of talent development in the senior executive ranks
- No showmen are leading a showman's company (see above)
She’ll have to honor her NDA after she’s fired
I thought that chapek had a deal with Arnold…which may have still been true:This is completely logical, however, logic doesn't always deliver better stock market returns and brand loyalty. If this ouster didn't come within hours of the WSJ article that reports the damage being done to the brand, I would agree with you 100%. The "loss of the Magic," viewing guests at nothing more than dollar signs, and inserting technology where no one asked for it, finally took its toll.
Now, you can say, "but Iger pushed all that and turned it over to Chapek," and rightfully so, but someone has to be the scapegoat. Why not someone that no one likes?
Penguin thinks she’s just getting “undo hate as an underling”Seriously she did a lot of damage to the relationship with fans because she is as tone deaf as Chapek. Firing her would make me so incredibly happy lol
All he has to do to be a hero is hope that in the next two years inflation disappears, any recessions are small, no Ronna 2.0,3.0?, and China opens up.Correct…but also he knows how to handle Hollywood’s power structure while also being a complete slave animal to Wall Street.
But am I “parsing” too much?
The articles are actually pointing out all rhe problems…if they intend to do anything of what they say at all?
There really is something to be said for having a Disney CEO who looks like a supervillain.Honestly I think it just came down to the beard. View attachment 679827
That was my first thought as well…All he has to do to be a hero is hope that in the next two years inflation disappears, any recessions are small, no Ronna 2.0,3.0?, and China opens up.
Chapek wasn’t there long enough to be blamed for the deep seated problems which TWDC is facing.
2022/3 is a lot different than 2019. Driven by his massive ego, Iger thinks he’s got this…
Parks were never the problem for Wall Street. Yes it became a PR problem which main stream media increasingly picked up on, but ironically the parks were very much run the way Wall Street wanted them to be run.This is completely logical, however, logic doesn't always deliver better stock market returns and brand loyalty. If this ouster didn't come within hours of the WSJ article that reports the damage being done to the brand, I would agree with you 100%. The "loss of the Magic," viewing guests at nothing more than dollar signs, and inserting technology where no one asked for it, finally took its toll.
Nobody has any clue what Christine McCarthy said on corporate earnings releases except for a few dozen weirdos on the internet. I guarantee you that less than 5% of the people in the Magic Kingdom could name the Disney CFO on any given day, an I'm including cast members in that.Seriously she did a lot of damage to the relationship with fans because she is as tone deaf as Chapek. Firing her would make me so incredibly happy lol
I didn't even know this film existed until yesterday.I saw Strange World yesterday. Phenomenal movie, my favorite modern WDAS film by far. It absolutely reeks of box office bomb though because its barely been marketed, and what marketing it has gotten doesn't do it justice imho.
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