CaptainAmerica
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"Everything is on the table" with Hulu, per Iger's latest public comments.
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News Bob Iger outlines the need to transform the Walt Disney Company resulting in 7000 job losses and $5.5 billion in cost savings
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MagicHappens1971
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Isn’t OLC contractually obligated to run the parks to a certain “standard”? One that could be argued is higher than the current one Disney has.
I’m not saying they don’t do it out of their own free will, regardless they are never going to buy the Disney Parks division. Not do I think Disney would be selling it off at any time in the foreseeable future. It’s the only division consistently making money.
"The Disney layoffs have hit ABC News.
The broadcast news division has laid off approximately 50 people as part of the company’s planned cuts, with ABC News president Kim Godwin reorganizing her senior leadership team. Godwin announced the changes in a note to staff Thursday morning.
“Throughout the company, teams are being impacted by the downsizing that was announced several weeks ago, including our own ABC News family. While these actions are never easy, they are a necessary step to ensure we’re on solid footing for the years ahead as we chart a sustainable, growth-oriented path forward for the entire organization,” Godwin wrote. “While this is a difficult time for all of us – particularly those directly affected by these tough decisions – it’s important to remember that together, we are resilient, and will emerge from this period of transition stronger than before.”
The new structure will see Katie den Daas become VP of newsgathering; Derek Medina adding oversight of talent strategy, production operations and business affairs; and Stacia Deshishku adding oversight of investigative and enterprise reporting, as well as booking.
As part of the changes a number of senior ABC News staffers are leaving the company, including senior VP of newsgathering Wendy Fisher; senior VP of talent Galen Gordon; VP of talent Mary Noonan; VP of corporate communications Alison Rudnick; senior executive producer Chris Vlasto; executive editorial producer Heather Riley and Los Angeles bureau chief David Herndon."
Full article below.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
The broadcast news division has laid off approximately 50 people as part of the company’s planned cuts, with ABC News president Kim Godwin reorganizing her senior leadership team. Godwin announced the changes in a note to staff Thursday morning.
“Throughout the company, teams are being impacted by the downsizing that was announced several weeks ago, including our own ABC News family. While these actions are never easy, they are a necessary step to ensure we’re on solid footing for the years ahead as we chart a sustainable, growth-oriented path forward for the entire organization,” Godwin wrote. “While this is a difficult time for all of us – particularly those directly affected by these tough decisions – it’s important to remember that together, we are resilient, and will emerge from this period of transition stronger than before.”
The new structure will see Katie den Daas become VP of newsgathering; Derek Medina adding oversight of talent strategy, production operations and business affairs; and Stacia Deshishku adding oversight of investigative and enterprise reporting, as well as booking.
As part of the changes a number of senior ABC News staffers are leaving the company, including senior VP of newsgathering Wendy Fisher; senior VP of talent Galen Gordon; VP of talent Mary Noonan; VP of corporate communications Alison Rudnick; senior executive producer Chris Vlasto; executive editorial producer Heather Riley and Los Angeles bureau chief David Herndon."
Full article below.
Disney Layoffs Hit ABC News, Kim Godwin Reorganizes Leadership Team
ABC News is cutting 50 roles as part of the larger Disney cuts.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
No Name
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Exactly, and also, these type of people only complain about an “agenda” when it’s one that they are against.
"While these actions are never easy, they are a necessary step to ensure we’re on solid footing for the years ahead as we chart a sustainable, growth-oriented path forward for the entire organization"
You know what else likes a sustainable, growth-oriented path forward? Cancer. Stock analysts are the creators - they plant the seed in the corporate body. Those who grow it and feed it through their obsession with constant and continued quarterly profit growth, or at least those pushing it, are a cancer to the company.
You know what else likes a sustainable, growth-oriented path forward? Cancer. Stock analysts are the creators - they plant the seed in the corporate body. Those who grow it and feed it through their obsession with constant and continued quarterly profit growth, or at least those pushing it, are a cancer to the company.
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Want to know something they could do to entice people to keep coming back?
"Well, I think by this time my staff, my young group of executives, and everything else, are convinced that Walt is right. That quality will out. And so I think they're going to stay with that policy because it's proved that it's a good business policy. Give the people everything you can give them. Keep the place as clean as you can keep it. Keep it friendly, you know. Make it a real fun place to be."
Bob has steered the ship away from this core tenet. Sadly.
"Well, I think by this time my staff, my young group of executives, and everything else, are convinced that Walt is right. That quality will out. And so I think they're going to stay with that policy because it's proved that it's a good business policy. Give the people everything you can give them. Keep the place as clean as you can keep it. Keep it friendly, you know. Make it a real fun place to be."
Bob has steered the ship away from this core tenet. Sadly.
Elijah Abrams
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- In the Parks
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That’s what I meant.
Elijah Abrams
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- In the Parks
- Yes
He says that "everything is on the table".
GimpYancIent
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Good! ABC needed streamlining. 50 seems like a low number."The Disney layoffs have hit ABC News.
The broadcast news division has laid off approximately 50 people as part of the company’s planned cuts, with ABC News president Kim Godwin reorganizing her senior leadership team. Godwin announced the changes in a note to staff Thursday morning.
“Throughout the company, teams are being impacted by the downsizing that was announced several weeks ago, including our own ABC News family. While these actions are never easy, they are a necessary step to ensure we’re on solid footing for the years ahead as we chart a sustainable, growth-oriented path forward for the entire organization,” Godwin wrote. “While this is a difficult time for all of us – particularly those directly affected by these tough decisions – it’s important to remember that together, we are resilient, and will emerge from this period of transition stronger than before.”
The new structure will see Katie den Daas become VP of newsgathering; Derek Medina adding oversight of talent strategy, production operations and business affairs; and Stacia Deshishku adding oversight of investigative and enterprise reporting, as well as booking.
As part of the changes a number of senior ABC News staffers are leaving the company, including senior VP of newsgathering Wendy Fisher; senior VP of talent Galen Gordon; VP of talent Mary Noonan; VP of corporate communications Alison Rudnick; senior executive producer Chris Vlasto; executive editorial producer Heather Riley and Los Angeles bureau chief David Herndon."
Full article below.
Disney Layoffs Hit ABC News, Kim Godwin Reorganizes Leadership Team
ABC News is cutting 50 roles as part of the larger Disney cuts.
Eric Graham
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Ill see movies if they're good. Maybe studios should focus on making movies people really want to see . . . I really don't care whose in it. Had high hopes for Shazam 2, but it got not so great reviews. Seeing Dungeons because it got a good review.
Eric Graham
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And not planning on seeing Elemental (Inside Out). It was pretty bad the first time . . .
I believe yes they are - and I believe they were a willing buyer when Iger considered selling off the parks during his first tenure.
They would absorb imaginnering most likely. The IP issue would be the same as it is now - OLC pays a licensing fee to TWDC for the rights and usage of their IP.
GimpYancIent
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B.I. is not going to make his numbers with this miniscule trim here and trim there. He needs to go full Samurai draw his Katana and cut, slice and dice some real reductions. TWDC will not become aerodynamic efficiently with his slow anemic pace of streamlining.
Basil of Baker Street
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Maybe Disney should hire more Imaineers and creative writers to produce excellent content instead of bean counters who's only job is to find loose change under the cushions.
Ever since I was a kid growing up in the 70's, whenever I saw the Disney logo I always immediately thought: "Wow...that logo represents a good company" Yes, Disney has had its ups and downs like any other company. But, no matter how hard it was suffering, I always believed it was still a "good" company. I thought: "Disney is a good company just going through bad times..." This has been the case for me for literally as long as I can remember.
Today?....for the very first time in my 53 years on this planet....I no longer believe that logo represents a "good" company any more. Its a strange feeling for me but I'm starting to believe that Disney has become a "bad" company going through very bad times...and deservedly so.
The bright brand halo and strong customer goodwill that took Disney 100 years to build...has been erroded. Today, it's become all about massive corporate power and influence. Its become a tool for social engineering used by the top people that weild it.
I see the Disney logo.....the very thing that drives ALL of its business units...have a dark black cloud over it. Once you lose that customer trust and respect...how do you reverse that? (If you wanted to)
I dunno....maybe I'm 100% completely wrong and everything is perfectly fine with the company's reputation. Maybe it's just "me" that sees it that way?
Today?....for the very first time in my 53 years on this planet....I no longer believe that logo represents a "good" company any more. Its a strange feeling for me but I'm starting to believe that Disney has become a "bad" company going through very bad times...and deservedly so.
The bright brand halo and strong customer goodwill that took Disney 100 years to build...has been erroded. Today, it's become all about massive corporate power and influence. Its become a tool for social engineering used by the top people that weild it.
I see the Disney logo.....the very thing that drives ALL of its business units...have a dark black cloud over it. Once you lose that customer trust and respect...how do you reverse that? (If you wanted to)
I dunno....maybe I'm 100% completely wrong and everything is perfectly fine with the company's reputation. Maybe it's just "me" that sees it that way?
BaconPancakes
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Corporations can't be good or bad, they aren't are a person and only exist to generate profit. The sooner you realize this the better.
Wrong, fyi - the parks are packed with guests.