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“There is a lot to do,” Bob Iger told Disney staffers today of the state of the company he now is running again. “Quickly.” During a town hall at the company’s Burbank HQ heralding his official return. the 71-year-old self-described “boomerang CEO” also said that the hiring freeze his pink-slipped…

Death, taxes, and films that bomb at the box office. Such is life in Hollywood, and at the end of the day, the estimated $147M loss which is expected for Disney Animation’s Strange World isn’t spilt milk to cry over for the entertainment conglomerate. The bombing of the Thanksgiving family…

Disney stock faded more than 1% on the second day of Bob Iger’s return engagement as CEO, reflecting investors’ divergent outlooks on the media giant’s prospects Shares in the Dow component finished at $96.21, down 1.4% on more than twice the normal trading volume. The downbeat session made Disney…

The surprise return of Bob Iger as Disney CEO, replacing his own replacement Bob Chapek, is not without precedent in corporate America, as Jimmy Kimmel reminded viewers last night. “It's like what happened with Coca-Cola when they switched the formula,” said the host of ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! of…

Dancing with the Stars‘ first season on Disney+ has come to end! So much change has already been announced going into tonight’s season 31 finale. First, judge Len Goodman and Cheryl Burke have called it quits. Then, Disney gave Bob Chapek the heave-ho and rewarded Bob Iger with his old CEO seat. A…

Bob Iger, who was reinstalled as CEO of the Walt Disney Co. yesterday, will be eligible to receive up to $27 million in each of the two years he is under contract to lead the company. The compensation targets covering Iger’s new contract window, from November 20, 2022, through December 31, 2024…

Many Disney employees woke up this morning trying to make sense of a surreal Sunday night that some say felt like a dream. The Hollywood spectacle couldn't have been scripted any better. As top Disney executives were filing into the Dodger Stadium hospitality tent for Elton John's final North…

Kareem Daniel is exiting Disney as head of its Media and Entertainment Distribution division, one day after the ouster of CEO Bob Chapek. Newly reappointed CEO Bob Iger disclosed the news in a letter to employees this afternoon (read it in full below). Iger said he has tasked Dana Walden, Alan…

Among those quite happy with the re-installment of Bob Iger as Disney’s CEO was exhibition giant, AMC’s Adam Aron, who took to Twitter in the wake of the news exclaiming, “Based on box office grosses, Disney is the biggest film maker of any movie studio. Bob Iger coming back to again lead Disney as its…

Disney shares busted out of the starting gate this morning, rising 8% in early trading on a wave of optimistic sentiment about Bob Iger’s return engagement as CEO. The stock pushed near the $100 mark on more than double its average trading volume, on a fairly subdued, break-even day for the broader…

Disney's Bob Iger reached out to House of Mouse employees Sunday with the shocking news that he's replacing Bob Chapek as chief executive, effectively immediately, noting "an incredible sense of gratitude and humility—and, I must admit, a bit of amazement." He’s not the only one. The tale of the two…

After less than a year in retirement, Bob Iger has returned as the CEO of the Walt Disney Company. The company’s board has sent out a notice that Bob I. is back and the recently re-upped Bob Chapek is out. “I am deeply honored to be asked to again lead this remarkable team, with a clear mission…