Disney
Price tag: $52.4 billion. With debt: $66.1 billion. All stock deal.
Rupert Murdoch doesn’t want them. Why does Bob Iger?
It’s not going away — but it will look very different.
“The Last Jedi” premiered this weekend and the attendees took to Twitter to rave about it.
Scripps, Time Warner and maybe Fox are calling it quits. (Or at least kind-of quits.) Buyer beware.
On the latest Recode Decode, Rhimes also talked about ShondaLand.com and why it’s okay to leave Twitter.
Streaming movies to consumers is one thing. Streaming sports is something else. Bob Iger will wait on that one.
Watch them while you can.
Good luck! A Disney-branded service is scheduled for 2019. Meanwhile, an ESPN service is (probably) coming next year.
“Our goal is not to make friends. Our goal is to be right.”
As Netflix grows and grows, Disney is poised to be the “biggest loser,” BTIG’s Rich Greenfield says.
Like the best reality TV contestants, BTIG’s Rich Greenfield says he’s not here to make friends.
Short version: Costs are up. Subscribers are down.
Disney’s new teaser racked up well over 40 million views online in just 24 hours.
One video includes two men unfurling a sign that reads, “Death to all Jews.”
In his new book, “Hit Makers,” Atlantic Senior Editor Derek Thompson challenges common misconceptions like “content is king.”
“Star Wars”!
The technology, invented by Intel, allows a single pilot to operate hundreds of drones at once.
Which doesn’t really mean anything, but there you go.
Which leaves Salesforce, for now.
If Bob Iger is worried about the future, what about everyone else?
I can’t believe I have to type this, but here you go.
For Hyp3r, it’s all about location, location, location.
If cord-cutting ever gets bad, Disney now has an easier way to go direct to consumer.
Maybe we’ll hear about it today, during Bob Iger’s earnings call.
The media-loving exec has options, ya know!
This could be Disney’s largest digital video bet so far.
Which means the TV networks are now going to compete with their customers -- pay TV distributors like Comcast.
CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg has been looking for a buyer for DreamWorks for several years.
Abrams’s love of mysteries backfires on him.
Owning the tech could help Disney and ESPN launch new digital services.
Plus, he hinted at aspirations to take on TV sports giant ESPN.
Too good to be true!
How will ESPN survive the cord-cutters?
You need help navigating the media landscape. We’ve got speakers who can do that.
Disney bosses to customers: You need ESPN. You want ESPN.
Are you going to pay less for TV -- or not at all?
The technology debuted during Saturday’s NBA broadcast of the Cavs-Spurs game.