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...Santiago Gilfond has been named vice-chairman of the division....
...Restoring the magic After a series of blockbuster acquisitions, Marvel and Disney’s other moneymaking machines are running out of steam....
...Made peace with Stanley Gold and Roy Disney. Made peace with Steve Jobs, which led to the acquisition of Pixar....
...Fox has fared better recently than peers such as Disney and Warner Bros, whose shares have halved since their coronavirus pandemic peaks....
...Samir, who started in 1975, became BCCL’s vice-chair in 1987, the year that Vineet came aboard....
...Horn — a friend of MSC Cruises chairman Pierfrancesco Vago — is a “brand ambassador” for Explora, and cruise passengers have each paid €540 for the “signature Mike Horn experience” that we are in the middle...
...Disney is preparing to cut about 7,000 jobs....
...Rupert’s six children each received up to $2bn from the sale of his entertainment businesses to Disney, and James Murdoch has used this windfall to invest in companies including Vice Media, a comic book...
...Barclays has hired Roy Kabla, a senior banker in Houlihan Lokey’s tech, media and telecoms business, as head of its media and entertainment unit in New York....
...But scions are speaking out: Abigail Disney campaigned against the pay of Disney’s then chief executive, Bob Iger....
...“They’re not only having to get their content right, but they’ll have to work on better economics,” said Mihir Shah, vice-president of MPA....
...In the media sector Walt Disney, which has had tremendous success with its streaming service during the pandemic, also releases results....
...Bob Iger, Disney chairman, last week resigned from Mr Newsom’s coronavirus task force, a sign of mounting business pressure that the governor said he “unequivocally” would not be swayed by....
...The new owner of the Swift rights is Shamrock Capital, a Los Angeles-based investment group founded by the late Roy Disney, which called Swift a “transcendent artist with a timeless catalogue” and said it...
...In a statement, his father Rupert, executive chairman of News Corp, and elder brother Lachlan, co-chairman, said: “We’re grateful to James for his many years of service to the company....
...Additionally, vice-chairman Eric Strutz, will retire from the board in May as his term nears expiration. The board has proposed to appoint existing board member Martin Strobel in his place....
...Vikas Seth has joined HSBC as vice-chairman of global banking. He spent much of career at Credit Suisse, where he most recently worked as global head of emerging markets....
...Meanwhile, after 11 years as CEO at LinkedIn, Jeff Weiner will move to being executive chairman in June....
...Vice-president Mike Pence will face Democratic nominee Kamala Harris in a debate on Wednesday....
...Last month, former Disney executive Kevin Mayer was appointed as TikTok’s new chief executive....
...include Jason Roy and South African bowler Kagiso Rabada....
...He will not be replaced, as Philipp Joeinig, chairman, picks up a more active role....
...Alphaville introduces the Disney Park Indicator....
...So far, the project — devised by former Disney studio head and DreamWorks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg — has foundered....
...Previously he was a vice-president at The Madison Square Garden Company, home of the New York Knicks and Rangers....
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