A few weeks ago The Walt Disney Company held its year’y shareholders meeting in Texas. It was mostly a meh meeting notable for Disney theme park cast members talking about how much they loved their jobs while outdoors other Disney theme park cast members protested… Read More »The Walt Disney Company announces internal reorganization, effective immediately
Most hourly and salary employees at The Walt Disney Company will find a little extra cheese in their paychecks this year. The company is making two $500 bonus payments to its 125,000 employees. Additionally, Disney will launch a new higher education tuition assistance program for… Read More »Disney offers 125,000 employees $1000 bonus and more tuition assistance.
The talks between the Walt Disney Company and 21st Century Fox for the mouse to acquire many of the fox’s assets are nearing final stages. Variety reports that both sides are working with bankers to arrange what could be a $74 Billion deal. That’s ten… Read More »Disney and Fox in final stages of mega-deal
One of the Walt Disney Company’s creative forces, John Lasseter has announced he will be taking a leave of absence after acknowledging what he calls “difficult” conversations and “missteps” in his role overseeing animation at Disney. In addition to helping found Pixar Animation Studios and… Read More »John Lasseter taking leave of absence after accusations of sexual harassment
With such a huge presence in Central Florida, it is part of Disney’s DNA to support local charities and causes as a regular course of business, but they’re also stepping up to the plate to help the community recover from Hurricane Irma with a $2.5… Read More »The Walt Disney Company donates $2.5 million in aid to support Hurricane Irma victims
During today’s earnings call, Disney announced that it intends to pull its movies from Netflix and instead start up its own streaming service. The direct-to-consumer streaming service is expected to launch in 2019. A separate streaming service will launch to focus on ESPN branded sports… Read More »Disney plans own streaming service, will pull its movies off Netflix
Call them what you want – Generation Y, Generation Me, Echo Boomers or the Peter Pan generation – Millennials are the most sought after demographic across many industries. For Disney they fit that sweet zone of young families without kids or with one or two… Read More »Disney Ranked “Most Intimate Brand” Among Millennials
Are you a cord cutter, leaving cable TV behind for the new frontier of over-the-top boxes and Netflix downloads? You’re not alone. In fact, the numbers of people who never had a land-line or cable subscription is growing. This has companies like The Walt Disney… Read More »Disney giving serious look at purchase of Netflix