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Bob Iger won after he beat Nelson Peltz in shareholder vote battle
www.nbcnews.com

Disney fends off boardroom blitz as shareholders vote to stay the course

Despite the victory by current leadership, Disney’s challenges are real: From the movie business to television and streaming, the stakes couldn't be higher for the company's celebrated CEO.
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That's good thing because I despise Nelson Peltz due to his philosophy, also I'm still not fan of Bob Iger tho.

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Pretty surreal moment :p.
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It looks like WBD crashed their bike on wall as DC movies goes to Disney+. Zaslav don't care because he wants $$$$$.
 
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"Entertain, not send messages", huh?

And yet, their most recent stuff has (seemingly) been doing just that (sending messages, i mean):

"You need to do what your parents tell you without question, even if they're wrong."

"If they say you can't watch a movie, even if it's one of ours, then you need to listen to them, even if they're wrong."

"They know what's best for you, EVEN IF THEY'RE WRONG."

You see a pattern here? Oh yeah, they've been doing a real good job of "entertaining" everyone. [/sarcasm] I'm sorry, but I have to say this (and I know there will be disagreements): the kind of "entertainment" they've been giving everyone, is not what Walt would have done. In any case, preaching what basically amounts to blind obedience isn't "entertaining" at all, no matter where a movie or show comes from, let alone Disney; and by "Disney", I mean "Disney", and not one of their other labels.

With this in mind, when I say "one of [theirs]", I'm referring their animated classics, but this especially applies to the ones that were given PG ratings when they should have been G ratings (The Black Cauldron [1985], is a special exception, however); just saying, and I don't want to start a discussion here.
 
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Mandouga said:
"Entertain, not send messages", huh?

And yet, their most recent stuff has (seemingly) been doing just that (sending messages, i mean):

"You need to do what your parents tell you without question, even if they're wrong."

"If they say you can't watch a movie, even if it's one of ours, then you need to listen to them, even if they're wrong."

"They know what's best for you, EVEN IF THEY'RE WRONG."

You see a pattern here? Oh yeah, they've been doing a real good job of "entertaining" everyone. [/sarcasm] I'm sorry, but I have to say this (and I know there will be disagreements): the kind of "entertainment" they've been giving everyone, is not what Walt would have done. In any case, preaching what basically amounts to blind obedience isn't "entertaining" at all, no matter where a movie or show comes from, let alone Disney; and by "Disney", I mean "Disney", and not one of their other labels.

With this in mind, when I say "one of [theirs]", I'm referring their animated classics, but this especially applies to the ones that were given PG ratings when they should have been G ratings (The Black Cauldron [1985], is a special exception, however); just saying, and I don't want to start a discussion here.
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I really think Bob Iger needs to go sooner than 2026. I just wish Roy E. Disney's children would do something about it, like starting a third "Save Disney" campaign. I mean, they threw in their support for Iger in the proxy battle recently.
 
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Elijah Abrams said:
I really think Bob Iger needs to go sooner than 2026. I just wish Roy E. Disney's children would do something about it, like starting a third "Save Disney" campaign. I mean, they threw in their support for Iger in the proxy battle recently.
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I hopefully Bob Iger is out sooner and his tool didn't help to get Disney out of depression, but his tool worked when Disney had renaissance in most of 2010s but definitely not after streaming era started. Until end of 2015, Disney's first-run films (animated and live action) went to Starz for 2 years and second-run live action films went to TBS/TNT after 2 years ends and animated films went Disney/ABC/Freeform. As for 2016-2018, their first-run films goes to Netflix and second-run are unchanged until Disney+ launched, so films stay there, so after 1-2 years, new films start to air on Disney owned networks.

It has to be someone who have extensive experience in animation to compete with Universal's DreamWorks Animation and Illumination that made a lot of money and outperformed the Disney/Pixar animated movies.

I do think that Disney is just past the worst depression, so on path to recovery within few years, so 2021-2022 was horrible.
 
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Moe said:
I hopefully Bob Iger is out sooner and his tool didn't help to get Disney out of depression, but his tool worked when Disney had renaissance in most of 2010s but definitely not after streaming era started. Until end of 2015, Disney's first-run films (animated and live action) went to Starz for 2 years and second-run live action films went to TBS/TNT after 2 years ends and animated films went Disney/ABC/Freeform. As for 2016-2018, their first-run films goes to Netflix and second-run are unchanged until Disney+ launched, so films stay there, so after 1-2 years, new films start to air on Disney owned networks.

It has to be someone who have extensive experience in animation to compete with Universal's DreamWorks Animation and Illumination that made a lot of money and outperformed the Disney/Pixar animated movies.

I do think that Disney is just past the worst depression, so on path to recovery within few years, so 2021-2022 was horrible.
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and maybe someone who have extensive experience in animation can be Chris wedge (or Carlos Saldanha)
 
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hobo 7 said:

guys, we're getting Toon Disney back. I'm kidding obviously......unless.....
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place your bets that Jetix will come back and will be used to show family friendly programming that are not disney like Jetix, saban, sip animation, fox kids, those filmation shows 20th century fox television produced like fantastic voyage & journey into the center of the earth, fox animation studios & blue sky studios
 
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The article that the twitter post posted is behind a pay wall; I just thought you should know.

Also, this isn’t exactly new. Paramount+ has been doing it for some time now; Peacock too.


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Quite frankly, I don't see the appeal of just having a streaming service running in the background while I do other things. That's what plain old TV is for. However, I get why Disney is doing this; they want Disney+ to be profitable, and also they want D+ to be everyone's go-to hub for Disney owned content, so I can't fault them for that.

What this says to me is that line between cable and streaming is getting more blurred each year.
 
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Goldstar! said:
Quite frankly, I don't see the appeal of just having a streaming service running in the background while I do other things. That's what plain old TV is for. However, I get why Disney is doing this; they want Disney+ to be profitable, and also they want D+ to be everyone's go-to hub for Disney owned content, so I can't fault them for that.

What this says to me is that line between cable and streaming is getting more blurred each year.
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I can kind of see where they're coming from

Plus, they can put some advertising in-between (of course not much), so that can generate more revenues
Many people still like the "lighter" I'll watch whatever is on approach, but still aren't prone to watch a lot of advertising in order to do that

This will be a response to this appetite

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Voyage revivial, let's go?!? (France only, but if it does happen...)
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Maybe a Travel fast channel or something could work
But the revival of the Voyage channel altogether, not really I think : )
 
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Coming to Disney Plus in May,
new Doctor Who
The Beach Boys

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What's New on Disney+ in May 2024

In May, catch the new season of BBC show Dr. Who, a new Star Wars series, and documentaries about Jim Henson and The Beach Boys.
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also Hulu because you know why
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What's New on Hulu in May 2024

The Contestant, The Kardashians Season 5, Past Lies, Prom Dates, and Shardlake are some of the titles available on Hulu in May 2024.
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