That’s interesting that you say that. I’m curious to know why. I am a public employee (Canadian) and we are not allowed to have it on our phones. I remember it to be a pretty big deal.
Many reasons, but in summary, china data mining.
That’s interesting that you say that. I’m curious to know why. I am a public employee (Canadian) and we are not allowed to have it on our phones. I remember it to be a pretty big deal.
Or Russia.Do the folks who are (reasonably) concerned about TikTok have similar concerns about Twitters connections to Saudi Arabia?
But you should also be pretty uncomfortable with Facebook, twitter, instagram, Snapchat, etc. etc
If it was actually causing people to cancel their subscriptions, I think that would be reflected in Google Trends.This is such bloviating garbage 'journalism.' While I have no doubt that Musk's comments drew increased attention to Disney's aggressive stance in the 'culture war,' the article they cite in the post references the tweet as their source, as well as the word 'canceled' trending on X last night.
The best you can say is that a bunch of people said they are canceling their subscription, but there's no way to tell (at this time, at least) if they actually followed through, or if they were just 'blowing smoke.' After all, try explaining to your six year old that you canceled their Disney+ subscription because Elon told you to.
The evidence that the culture issues is affecting Disney’s financial performance is nonexistent.
You're right, it's not a mystery, but I think directly equating Disney's weakness at the box office as a result of "alienating half an audience" (which I think is an overstatement) is a false correlation.You just avoided the entire great big elephant in the room - Disney's movies are tanking. One after another after another. It's the biggest news in the film industry right now.
I'm not getting into broader culture war issues - as I said, no matter what your opinion on the validity or not of them, Disney has alienated a significant segment of the core audience that has always gone to Disney films because they were Disney (or Marvel, and so on).
Barbie is actually a wonderful example - so is Super Mario Brothers. People will go out to the theaters, for both licensed and family fare, but they aren't going to Disney's movies. While assuredly there are a lot of factors in how wacky the theatrical business is, it's pretty striking that Disney can't even hit one these days.
When you intentionally alienate a chunk of your core audience, and they say they aren't going to your films - and you are doing so by pandering to an audience that isn't showing up, either - it's not a mystery why Disney's films are performing the way they are.
While assuredly there are a lot of factors in how wacky the theatrical business is, it's pretty striking that Disney can't even hit one these days.
Disney is still the highest grossing film studio this year, despite poorer quality films, in my opinion, as well as the relationship that Disney+ has on the incentive to go to the theater. Disney’s film slate in 2024 looks far stronger with Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Inside Out 2, Deadpool 3, and Mufasa (which thankfully will be a new story instead of a remake).You just avoided the entire great big elephant in the room - Disney's movies are tanking. One after another after another. It's the biggest news in the film industry right now.
I'm not getting into broader culture war issues - as I said, no matter what your opinion on the validity or not of them, Disney has alienated a significant segment of the core audience that has always gone to Disney films because they were Disney (or Marvel, and so on).
Barbie is actually a wonderful example - so is Super Mario Brothers. People will go out to the theaters, for both licensed and family fare, but they aren't going to Disney's movies. While assuredly there are a lot of factors in how wacky the theatrical business is, it's pretty striking that Disney can't even hit one these days.
When you intentionally alienate a chunk of your core audience, and they say they aren't going to your films - and you are doing so by pandering to an audience that isn't showing up, either - it's not a mystery why Disney's films are performing the way they are.
What on earth did Disney do to intentionally alienate anyone?When you intentionally alienate a chunk of your core audience
I guess they turned off their auto reply. Previously, the media inquiry inbox would auto reply "Another major player has joined Disney is seems
Dec 1 (Reuters) - Walmart (WMT.N) said on Friday it is not advertising on social media platform X, one of the latest brands to say it has dropped the Elon Musk-owned site.
"We aren't advertising on X as we've found other platforms to better reach our customers," a Walmart spokesperson said.
X, formerly known as Twitter, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
I'm not certain it's "the biggest". But posts here keep dismissing it totally, like it just doesn't exist and isn't part of the discussion because they don't agree with those people on why they are choosing not to give Disney their money. Folks have this way of over-stating the impact of one side while completely dismissing the other, and it's just not logical. Especially when, like it or not, the side they are dismissing is well known to be a core part of the Disney audience.How are you so certain that the bigger cause of this is alienation versus all the other factors facing the theater business? Is there some study or survey done? Anything that gives a figure? I think it's fair to say it played a part, but that part could be anywhere from 50% of the problem all the way down to 3%.
Whether you agree with him or not, his posts are substantive and thoughtful. To dismiss them as “walls of text” is unfair and inaccurate.I hate to break it to you but Bob himself has admitted the culture wars are hurting Disney.
But if typing more walls of text help you cope be my guest.
Give me a quote where Bob Iger states that the “culture war” is hurting Disney financially.
He has said that the studio needs to put entertainment before messaging because their recent films haven’t been very entertaining. Someone would be a fool to disagree. He has said he doesn’t want the company embroiled in controversy. Again, plainly obvious.
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