This is part one of a four-part series, “The Crisis at Disney.” Few corporations have generated a more profound impact on the public than the Walt Disney Co. Successive generations have responded with positive emotions to the company’s entertainment, retail merchandise, and travel and hospitality offerings. Indeed, the Disney brand has been less of a corporate…
DeSantis Versus Disney
Disney CEO Bob Chapek has found himself embroiled in a battle with Florida Gov. Ron Desantis over the recently passed “Parental Rights in Education” bill, which bars discussions of sexual identity, transgenderism, and orientation in the K-3 grade levels. This raises questions about a trend of woke corporate activism and how that affects or fails…
Disney ‘Aggressively Pursuing’ Gambling in the Clubhouse
News Analysis Disney is in the midst of an identity-crises that could shape the future of the company and the worldwide media landscape for decades to come. Bob Chapek, the CEO of Walt Disney Co., recently announced that it is “aggressively” looking to enter the sports gambling business. In the company’s fourth quarter earnings call…
Disney’s Chapek Says Program Production Delayed as Delta Variant Spreads
Walt Disney Chief Executive Officer Bob Chapek said on Tuesday the resurgence of the Delta variant of the coronavirus was delaying production of some of its titles. “Our TV group has hundreds of new programs in production … but the resurgence of COVID and Delta did impact some of our productions so that we’ve got…
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