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When Disney decided to dump its CEO Bob Chapek, the change happened fast

While Chapek's rise to the CEO spot in February of 2020 came as a surprise to many, his departure this week was even more shocking

Bob Iger to receive $27 million yearly for return as Walt Disney CEO

Iger will receive a base salary of $1 mn and a bonus equal to that amount, according to a filing by the company on Monday. In addition, he'll receive stock awards with target value of $25 mn each year

Walt Disney says Bob Iger returning as CEO amid rough global conditions

The Walt Disney Company has announced that Robert A Iger (Bob Iger) is returning to head the company amid the company's plans to reduce workforce to navigate the rough global conditions

Disney set to reduce its workforce, freeze hiring amid revenue drop

According to an internal leaked memo from Disney CEO Bob Chapek, seen by CNBC, the company is 'limiting headcount additions through a targeted hiring freeze'

Disney+ Hotstar paid user base up 42% in July-Sept; firm says it may shrink

This is the second time the company has pointed to a likely drop in subscribers in the future due to the absence of IPL

My days with Disney are done; realised that I was Dumbo, says Tim Burton

Filmmaker Tim Burton says his days directing movies for Hollywood studio Disney are over. The 64-year-old director, who started his career with the Mouse House as an animator straight out of college, recalled his experience of directing Disney's 2019 movie "Dumbo". The film, which was a reimagining of Walt Disney's 1941 animated feature, was a "horrible big circus", Burton told entertainment news website Deadline. "My history is that I started out there. I was hired and fired like several times throughout my career there," said the filmmaker, known for Disney blockbusters such as "The Nightmare Before Christmas", ""Alice in Wonderland" and its sequel, "Alice Through the Looking Glass". "The thing about 'Dumbo' is that's why I think my days with Disney are done: I realised that I was Dumbo, that I was working in this horrible big circus, and I needed to escape. That movie is quite autobiographical at a certain level," he added.. Featuring a star-studded cast of Colin Farrell, Micha

Zee Entertainment, Sony Pictures merger to escalate race for ads, content

Once Zee and Sony are merged, the new company will compete with Disney Star and Viacom18 for a larger share of advertising revenue and more content, according to media experts

House of the Dragon episode 5 released: Here's what has happened so far

House of the Dragon, a prequel to the Game of Thrones, is the story of the Targaryen civil war which took place about 200 years before events portrayed in Game of Thrones

Disney-Star sub-licenses ICC TV broadcast rights to Zee at $1.5 bn

Viacom18 has bagged the rights for Rs 20,500 crore, while Disney-Star had retained the television rights for Rs 23,575 crore

IPL vs ICC media rights: How the two auctions stack up for broadcasters

The winning bid of $3 bn by Star-Disney was double the base price of $1.44 billion set by the ICC, while BCCI raked Rs 48,390 crore for IPL's 2023-27 cycle

When and where to watch House of the Dragon, prequel to Game of Thrones?

House of the Dragon, the much-anticipated prequel to the show Game of Thrones, premiered on HBOMax, and DisneyPlus Hotstar across the world

Disney+Hotstar adds 8.3 million subscribers, reaches 58.4 mn users

Disney+Hotstar has added 8.3 million subscribers in the company's third fiscal quarter that ended on July 2, reaching 58.4 mn subscribers in India and Southeast Asia

From Chess Olympiad's Thambi to the 1889 Handsome Dan, a story of mascots

But this horse-headed mascot is only the latest in a series of icons that have come to define the branding of global sports events

IPL broadcasting rights: Amazon plans to pull out of Rs 60,000 cr race

Amazon's surprise pullout leaves the field open to Ambani's Reliance, Disney and Sony Group Corp

Disney-Star lodges FIR against websites, app in fight against piracy

The FIR has been registered against TamilMV, TamilBlasters, Tamilrockers, and an application (app) PikaShow TV for carrying leaked TV, OTT, and film content on their platforms

The battle between Bezos and Ambani continues, this time for cricket

Both Amazon Chairman Jeff Bezos, the second-richest person in the world, and Ambani, No 9, want to dominate India's large - and still highly informal - retail industry

On Broadway, Disney takes cue from airlines to sell more tickets

In reality, Disney and airlines rely on a shared economic premise: Getting as many butts in seats as possible

New Warner Bros Discovery firm to take on giants like Netflix, Disney

Discovery and telecommunication company AT&T announced that they have closed their transaction and combined the WarnerMedia business with Discovery, to compete with other streaming giants like Netflix and Disney.

IPL: Disney Star looks to close advertising deals worth Rs 4,300 crore

With the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament set to kick off on Saturday, Disney Star expects to close advertising deals worth Rs 4,300 crore, including both digital and linear TV

Disney sells most of advertising inventory for Indian Premier League 2022

But for Disney Star, which won the media rights for the Rs 16,347 crore of IPL from Sony in 2019, this will be the last year of the contract