Bob Iger
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Disney stops paying 100,000 workers to save $500m a month
- Work
- April 20, 2020, 12:04
Walt Disney will stop paying more than 100,000 employees this week, nearly half of its workforce, as the world’s biggest entertainment company tries t(...)

Call me a snob, but Marvel’s Black Panther is ‘less than’ Scorsese’s Raging Bull
- Culture
- October 26, 2019, 05:00
By Tuesday the wiseacres were wondering which cineaste would be the next to have a dig at Marvel? Hungarian arch-miserablist Bela Tarr? What might Aus(...)

Hollywood trade mission reveals new normal for Irish screen industry
- Media & Marketing
- October 8, 2019, 05:15
In one of his less pressured engagements of late, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar recently found himself in Los Angeles watching preview clips of the televisio(...)

Brexit stockpiling, Barneys bankruptcy and Disney’s bumper year
- Economy
- August 9, 2019, 07:15
Image of the week: Save Our Shipyard After the closure of shipyards in Newcastle, Glasgow and Liverpool, it is now the turn of Belfast, as the remain(...)

Minnie Mouse voice actor Russi Taylor dies aged 75
- Film
- July 28, 2019
The actress who voiced Minnie Mouse for more than 30 years has died at the age of 75. Russi Taylor died in Glendale, California, on Friday, Disney sa(...)

Streaming wars: How Disney wants to take your cash
- TV, Radio, Web
- July 13, 2019, 06:30
Netflix once had the field to itself. Now Disney and other Hollywood behemoths are closing in – and they’re here to take your money “In Hollywood (...)

Abortion row: Netflix and Disney stay silent on Northern Ireland ban
- TV, Radio, Web
- May 31, 2019, 10:42
Netflix and Disney, which are threatening to pull film production in Georgia over the US state’s new abortion law, will not comment on whether they wi(...)

Why the price of Disney+ triggered a gasp in the room
- Media & Marketing
- April 16, 2019, 05:45
Has Disney gone cheap? It’s not a word that most parents bringing their kids to merchandise-stuffed theme parks would associate with the company. And(...)

Apple ready to unveil big bet on television
- Technology
- March 19, 2019, 12:02
Steve Jobs told his biographer in 2011 that Apple had “finally cracked” a winning formula for television. But eight years later, his successor Tim Coo(...)

EU queries Disney/Sky deal over concerns about cross-border rights
- Media & Marketing
- November 9, 2018, 09:46
The European Commission said on Friday it was seeking reaction on commitments offered by Walt Disney in a pay-TV investigation aimed at making shows (...)