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Wells Fargo on Tuesday said it expects Walt Disney (DIS) to "come out swinging" when the entertainment conglomerate reports fiscal first-quarter results.

Iconic CEOs are hard to find. So are successors to iconic CEOs.

Remote, hybrid and in-office work is finally reaching an equilibrium.

Disney is pushing back on activist investor Nelson Peltz's bid for a seat on its board.

CEO succession was a bust, but the company’s board isn’t as bad as the activist investor would have everyone believe.

Activist investor Nelson Peltz wants a Disney board seat, but his argument should be focused on succession planning rather than stock performance.

Consumer price index in December matched expectations pretty much across the board.

Activist investor Nelson Peltz is fighting for a seat on the board of Walt Disney Co., claiming that the theme park and media company is struggling with self-inflicted problems.

The Walt Disney Company has named Mark Parker, the executive chairman of Nike, its next chairman of the board.

The Walt Disney Co. is making several changes at its domestic theme parks in order to improve the public perception of its business.

Disney CEO Bob Iger sent a company-wide email to employees Monday, mandating them to come back to the office to promote creativity and collaboration.

Guest feedback at Disney's domestic theme parks has pushed the company to make some changes to its operations in 2023.

The company is the latest big name to shift hybrid policies as the battle over offices continues.

Iger returned to Disney after the company had ousted Bob Chapek and had canceled COVID-19 policies for employees. DIA DIPASUPIL/BENZINGAWalt Disney recently reappointed CEO, Bob Iger, ended the company’s COVID-19 era of working from home, alerting staff members in an email on Monday. The announcement comes two months after Mr Iger’s shock return to Disney . DANIEL KNIGHTON/BENZINGAThe new company policy was put into place six weeks after Iger replaced former Disney CEO Bob Chapek. Iger’s email, obtained by FOX Business , informed Disney employees of the policy change going into effect March 1.

Disney CEO Bob Iger told hybrid employees on Monday they must return to corporate offices four days a week starting March 1.

Cramer gave his predictions for which stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average will perform well in 2023.

Bob Iger Iger kept his office at Disney's headquarters in California despite leaving the company, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Day 2 of Federal Reserve-driven pressure on Wall Street.

The Investing Club holds its "Morning Meeting" every weekday at 10:20 a.m. ET.

Bob Iger's return to Disney is the latest example of a CEO trend: older, staying in leadership for longer, with mandatory 65 year-old retirement ages retired.

Walt Disney (DIS) rolled out its ad-supported subscription tier for Disney+ on Thursday. Here's what that could mean for the future of its streaming service.

T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach’s affair has already "been a hit to Disney’s brand," and they could be permanently out of a gig, according to a crisis management guru.

ABC's T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach’s extramarital affair is a "gross violation of core Disney values," a former executive says, predicting they won't return to the air.

Morgan Stanley's Mike Wilson says he has seen enough of the rally.

There are several internal and external candidates who could take over as Disney CEO after Bob Iger ends his tenure there.

Disney announced the closing date for Splash Mountain, more than two years after the company first said it planned to close the ride over its perpetuation of “racial stereotypes.”

Florida lawmakers are reportedly preparing to reverse their decision to strip Disney of its authority over the state's Reedy Creek Improvement District.

CNN and the Gannett newspaper chain are laying off staffers this week. Other cuts are expected at other major news organizations.

The storied company has become a punching bag for Republicans using social and cultural issues to fire up conservatives.

Gov. Ron DeSantis revived his feud with the Walt Disney Co. after Fox News host Tucker Carlson brought up the long-simmering battle.

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Disney CEO Bob Iger said inclusion and acceptance are among the core values of the company's storytelling during a town hall with employees.

The faster Iger can show improvement in terms of streaming, the faster we will see a turn higher in Disney's stock price.

Disney CEO Bob Iger said he won't remove the company's hiring freeze and that he will reassess its cost structure.

This year's Thanksgiving box office was both feast and famine for Walt Disney.

Bob Iger is back as Disney's CEO. He thinks his predecessor was too eager to raise prices at Disney's parks, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Disney CEO Bob Iger to speak with Disney employees at town hall on Monday, a week after he was rehired.

Bob Iger may have to make major strategic decisions in his new tenure as Disney CEO that he avoided making in the past.

The former Disney CEO is back at a time when the company desperately needs a new direction.

Asian stock markets are mixed after Wall Street sank and Chinese anti-virus controls fueled concern about an economic slowdown.

The company announced Iger's return as chief executive Sunday, effective immediately.

Iger's decision marks the swift undoing of one of Chapek's primary actions during his nearly three-year tenure as Disney CEO.

Returning Disney CEO Bob Iger has mulled a US presidential run in the past, but later said he was "naive" about his chances of winning.

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The development comes two weeks after Disney's quarterly financial performance fell well short of Wall Street expectations on both profit and revenue.

Disney had just renewed Bob Chapek's contract in June, and Bob Iger had said publicly he wouldn't return.

Disney's board reached out Bob Iger on Friday over concerns about the company's soft earnings report this month.

We're pleased to see Bob Iger is returning to the CEO role because a leadership change is exactly what Disney (DIS) needed.

Coming back as Disney CEO, Bob Iger can offer a more realistic view of streaming while opening more theme parks and emphasizing them.

Walt Disney sells optimism, but internally it’s a nervous wreck.

Disney has fired its CEO Bob Chapek and will replace him with his predecessor, former CEO Bob Iger, the company said in a shocking announcement on Sunday.

The stocks making the biggest moves in premarket trading include Walt Disney, Carvana, Coinbase, and more.

Investors approved of Disney's decision to replace Bob Chapek as CEO with his predecessor, Bob Iger.

Bob Iger, the enterprising entertainment executive who brought Star Wars, Pixar and Marvel under the Disney marquee and challenged the streaming dominance of Netflix, will replace his handpicked successor, CEO Bob Chapek, whose two-year tenure has been marked by clashes, missteps and a weakening financial performance.

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From the costumes to the level of detail, "Star Wars": Galaxy's Edge will prove to be Disney's most immersive land yet.

The bid for Chelsea launched by Boston Celtics co-owner Steve Pagliuca has added Canadian sports tycoon Larry Tanenbaum ahead of Thursday’s expected deadline for improved offers for the Premier League club.

Alan Horn, the film executive who helped turn Walt Disney Studios into the most powerful movie studios in Hollywood and whose 50-year career has touched films from from “When Harry Met Sally.

It's premiere time for the film academy's long-awaited museum.

The projectors are rolling.

Director Haile Gerima appears at the 65th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Sept. 2, 2008, left, and Sophia Loren arrives at the Governors Awards in Los Angeles on Oct. 27, 2019. Loren and independent filmmaker Haile Gerima will be honored with special awards by the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. (Photos by Andrew Medichini/AP, left, and Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is assembling a star-studded cast for its opening gala in September. Italian screen legend Sophia Loren and independent filmmaker Haile Gerima will be honored with special awards, and Tom Hanks, Annette Bening and Bob Iger are being saluted for their efforts to raise $388 million for the long gestating museum, the organization said Monday. Designed by architect Renzo Piano, The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is located at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue in the historic Saban Building.

Amazon announced Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, that Jeff Bezos would step down as CEO later in the year, leaving a role he's had since founding the company nearly 30 years ago. Amazon says Bezos will be replaced in the summer by Jassy, who runs Amazon's cloud business. (Isaac Brekken/AP Images for NFL, File)Even after stepping aside as CEO, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will likely keep identifying new frontiers for the world's dominant e-commerce company. Tuesday's announcement that Bezos will hand off the CEO job this summer came as a surprise. “Being the CEO of Amazon is a deep responsibility, and it’s consuming," Bezos wrote.

Disney on Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, announced a five-year exclusive TV deal with Cooglers Proximity Media company that includes development of a series based in the Kingdom of Wakanda from Cooglers Black Panther blockbuster. (Photo by Phil McCarten/Invision/AP, File)LOS ANGELES – The Kingdom of Wakanda is staking out turf on the Disney + streaming service. A TV series set in the “Black Panther” kingdom will be developed as part of a five-year, exclusive television deal the Walt Disney Co. announced Monday with filmmaker Ryan Coogler’s Proximity Media company. Coogler wrote and directed 2018’s “Black Panther,” a box-office hit that turned Chadwick Boseman into a superstar. The Black Panther character was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby for Marvel Comics, which became part of Disney in 2009 when the media giant acquired Marvel Entertainment.

This combination photo shows Gal Gadot in a scene from the Warner Bros. Pictures film "Wonder Woman 1984," left, and Yifei Liu in a scene from Disney's "Mulan." A century later, during another pandemic, movies — quotes no longer necessary — are again facing a critical juncture. By streaming service, video-on-demand, virtual theater or actual theater, a steady diet of films have been released under COVID-19 every week. Yet until recently — with only a few exceptions — those haven’t been the big-budget spectacles Hollywood runs on. “Wonder Woman 1984” and “Soul” are essentially very expensive advertisements for those streaming services.

After 8 years and 13,000 donors including the likes of Barbra Streisand and Steven Spielberg, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has reached and exceeded its pre-fundraising goal. Academy Museum director and president Bill Kramer said Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, that the new museum has raised $388 million. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)It took eight years and 13,000 donors including the likes of Barbra Streisand and Steven Spielberg, but the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has reached and exceeded its pre-fundraising goal. Academy Museum director and president Bill Kramer said Friday that the new museum has raised $388 million. Located in Los Angeles at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue, the Academy Museum is set to open on April 30, five days after the 93rd Academy Awards.

But following industry criticism of the proposed rules, state health officials said no announcement was coming Friday as negotiations continue. Amusement park leaders saw a draft of the new rules Thursday and urged state officials to change them, said Erin Guerrero, executive director of the California Attractions and Parks Association. A Disney official said there have been no major reported outbreaks in Florida associated with the company’s theme parks and declined to say whether any cases have occurred there. Ian Henderson, a spokesman for Steel’s office, said county health officials have worked closely with Disney to prepare for the reopening of its parks. ___Taxin reported from Orange County, California.

FILE - In this March 4, 2018 file photo, Chadwick Boseman arrives at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Actor Chadwick Boseman, who played Black icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown before finding fame as the regal Black Panther in the Marvel cinematic universe, has died of cancer. When the former playwright suited up as Black Panther, he brought cool intellectual gravitas to the Marvel superhero whose Wakanda forever! salute reverberated worldwide. You dont have the same exact experience as a Black actor as you do as a white actor. Before an auditorium full of actors, Chadwick Boseman stepped to the microphone.

The 4.1% rise in median pay was a slowdown for S&P 500 CEOs, who had seen their pay jump 7.2% the year before and by even more in earlier years. SAY ON PAYThe slowdown in CEO pay across the S&P 500 is partly due to the increased voice investors have gotten on the subject, shareholder advocates say. The S&P 500 lost as much as a third of its value earlier this year, when worries about the recession were at their peak. Corporate profits, another key measure for CEO pay, are also expected to crater. Across the S&P 500, earnings per share will likely sink 33% this year, strategists at Goldman Sachs say.

Change from last year: 338%Her pay vs typical company worker: 604 times, up from 165Overall ranking: No. Virginia M. RomettyIBM$19.1 millionChange from last year: 9%Her pay vs typical company worker: 354 times, up from 319Overall ranking: 57___5. David ZaslavDiscovery$45.8 millionChange from last year: -65%His pay vs typical company worker: 578 times, down from 1,511Overall ranking: No. Shantanu NarayenAdobe Inc.$39.1 millionChange from last year: 38%His pay vs typical company worker: 266 times, up from 200Overall ranking: No. Larry J. MerloCVS Health$36.5 millionChange from last year: 66%His pay vs typical company worker: 790 times, up from 618Overall ranking: No.

TikTok's app features short videos, many with music and dancing, that has become a favorite of younger people and is known for its goofy, light-hearted feel. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, file)TikTok, the popular short-video app that has also drawn national-security and privacy concerns, has a new high-profile CEO from Disney, Kevin Mayer. Mayer will also be chief operating officer of TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, and report to its founder and CEO, Yiming Zhang, the company announced Monday. TikTok's app features short videos, many with music and dancing, that has become a favorite of younger people and is known for its goofy, light-hearted feel. He leaves Disney a few months after the entertainment giant named a longtime executive , Bob Chapek, to replace the well-regarded CEO Bob Iger.

(CNN) - Abigail Disney has a message for fellow Baby Boomers offended by the "OK boomer" trend: "How about you guys sit the [expletive] down and let the kids drive." In a blunt Twitter thread, the 59-year-old Disney heiress criticized members of her generation for opposing young people's "understandable resentment" toward them and asked, "When did you get so easily triggered?" "Get over the idea that all things pass, you are old and you need to let history do what history does: move on." "OK boomer," the quip popularized by teens on TikTok, has unleashed generational warfare between members of Gen Z and Baby Boomers. Though she's private about her inheritance, Disney said she's given away more than $70 million of her fortune since turning 21.

Disney+, Disney's much-anticipated streaming service, released an enormous lineup of "basically everything" that the service will offer once it launches in November. But all of that may not mean as much if Disney+, the company's upcoming streaming service, isn't a hit. For Iger, Disney+ will likely be the capstone on an illustrious career. In fact, Iger believes the 2017 announcement of Disney+ "marked the beginning of the reinvention of the Walt Disney Company." Or is it too little, too late for Disney and arguably the rest of legacy media to catch up?

(CNN) - Tom Holland isn't just a superhero on screen. Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed Friday in an interview with late-night host Jimmy Kimmel that Holland, who plays Spider-Man in the Marvel movies, personally called and asked him to fix the Spider-Man deal with Sony -- basically saving this iteration of the franchise. Disney, which owns Marvel, and Sony had an agreement that allowed the character to appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It was clear that the fans wanted Tom back as Spider-Man, made by Marvel and our Marvel production team," he said. "We spoke, and he basically made a -- he cried on the phone," Iger said, laughing before revealing the truth.

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(CNN) - Disney CEO Bob Iger resigned from Apple's board of directors Friday, just as the two companies are becoming streaming media competitors. It will cost $4.99 a month, $2 less than Disney's soon-to-be-released Disney+ streaming product. Apple's board was previously eyed by the Federal Trade Commission for its ties to competitors. Iger had served on Apple's board since November 2011, a month after former Apple CEO Steve Jobs died. Iger was paid $125,000 in salary and $250,000 in stock to serve on Apple's board.

Copyright 2019 CNN(CNN) - The Walt Disney Company is donating more than $1 million to the Bahamas in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian. The donation has been led by the Disney Cruise line, which has several ties to the area. Disney owns a private island in the Bahamas called Castaway Cay, and according to the statement, employs native Bahamians in many of its area attractions and resorts. While parts of Florida have so far avoided the brunt of Hurricane Dorian's full force, the Bahamas has not been so lucky. Meanwhile, Walt Disney World in Orlando has remained open as more coastal and southern parts of Florida have braced for impact.

ORLANDO, Fla. - Disney CEO Bob Iger first announced at the D23 Expo on Aug. 15, 2015, that the company would build a "Star Wars"-themed land. You could be sitting on big bucks | A beginners guide to 'Star Wars': Galaxy's Edge | Sensory-friendly Disney: Park offers pass to those unable to wait in line ]"Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge" will take you to a planet far beyond our solar system. Located on the edge of the galaxy's Outer Rim Territories, you'll find the planet of Batuu. As you enter the land and make your way toward Batuu, you'll pass rebellion ships with a busy town in the distance. This land is seriously going to be in contention when it comes down to the most immersive one Disney has ever built.

Disney CEO Bob Iger said "Home Alone" would be "reimagined" for its Disney+ service, along with "Night at the Museum," "Cheaper by the Dozen" and "Diary of a Wimpy Kid." (CNN) - Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal -- a Disney remake of "Home Alone" is on its way. In a conference call with investors, Disney CEO Bob Iger said the company would be "reimagining" the 1990s Christmas classic film for its long-awaited streaming service, Disney+, along with "Night at the Museum," "Cheaper by the Dozen" and "Diary of a Wimpy Kid." Disney has provided no details about how or when the film will be remade, or who will be cast. In April, the company unveiled its Disney+ streaming service, which will launch in North America in November.

Disneyland calls itself "The Happiest Place on Earth," but family heiress Abigail Disney said she found workers struggling when she recently visited the park undercover. (CNN) - Disneyland calls itself "The Happiest Place on Earth," but family heiress Abigail Disney said she found workers struggling when she recently visited the park undercover. In an interview with Yahoo this week, Abigail Disney said she decided to check out Disneyland's worker conditions after a worker sent her a Facebook message. Abigail Disney has frequently spoken out about Iger's salary. In May, Abigail Disney addressed Congress on Capitol Hill.