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...Walt Disney chief executive Bob Iger has won the backing of influential proxy adviser Glass Lewis in his battle against billionaire activist Nelson Peltz, with the group unconvinced that the latter’s plans...
...Peltz, the billionaire founder of activist firm Trian Partners, has recently increased its Disney stake to a position worth more than $2.5bn, making it one of the group’s largest shareholders, the FT reported...
...kind of company should Disney be?...
...Bob Iger, the long-serving chief executive of Walt Disney, recalls a presentation that Centerview gave to senior managers at the entertainment group several years ago....
...growth and innovation plans, generating considerable synergies as part of The Walt Disney company”....
...Everson co-founded Pets.com, one of the biggest casualties of the dotcom bust, before moving on to stints in ads sales at Walt Disney Imagineering, Viacom and Microsoft in the early 2000s....
...stake in the entertainment and media group....
...Activist investor Nelson Peltz has called off his fight against Walt Disney a day after the company unveiled a restructuring plan involving the loss of 7,000 jobs, ending one of the biggest corporate battles...
...An industry report last week suggested the EU should make Big Tech and video streaming companies pay at least some of the estimated €28bn they cost European telecoms groups for their outsized use of network...
...“Sports clearly represents the next battleground for ownership of the living room among the big tech companies”, said Paolo Pescatore, tech and media analyst for PP Foresight....
...But Ted Lasso is the company’s first bona fide hit, putting the company on the map amid a sea of content as technology companies and media groups spend heavily to entice subscribers....
...This summer Johansson filed a lawsuit against Walt Disney after it released Black Widow on Disney+ at the same time as its theatrical release....
...Walt Disney has named BP’s vice-president of communications advocacy Geoff Morrell to the newly created role of chief corporate affairs officer....
...In the blue corner: Pearson, a shrunken ex-conglomerate, former owner of the Financial Times, a textbook publisher hated by many teachers, now led by former Walt Disney executive Andy Bird....
...But the likes of Walt Disney, Comcast’s Universal Studios or AT&T’s Warner Bros are in no position to play superheroes....
...The ICCR, which controls $400bn in assets through 300 member organisations, has targeted 40 companies with similar resolutions this year, including Amazon, BlackRock, Ford and Walt Disney....
...This has included advising 21st Century Fox on its $71bn asset sale to Walt Disney, and US jeweller Tiffany when it recently agreed to be acquired by French luxury group LVMH for $16.6bn....
...Investors have cheered the spending splurge, propelling Disney’s share price to historic highs, despite an expectation that the company’s profits will suffer for years to come as it spends heavily on streaming...
...Disney, Coca-Cola and UPS....
...the $2bn he received after his father sold 21st Century Fox to Walt Disney no less — to fund early-stage companies that use technology to tackle disinformation and foster a “more sustainable news ecosystem...
...The streaming mouse that roared Walt Disney said on Wednesday that more than 10m people signed up to its new video streaming service, only a day after its launch, wowing investors and sending its shares...
...WeWork prepared for the manoeuvre last month by changing from a corporation to a limited liability company, called the We Company MC LLC....
...The person close to both companies said Tuesday’s deal was the best compromise the groups had managed to agree....
...The Walt Disney Company has laid out ambitious plans for a streaming service that will cost about half the price of Netflix, as the world’s largest traditional media company bets its future on a high-stakes...
...Much of the repositioning has come in the form of letters signed by scores of chief executives: in the past year, the likes of Walt Disney and Goldman Sachs have joined forces with AFL-CIO union leaders...
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