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Bob Iger Says WBD, Comcast Splits Give Disney ‘Stronger Hand’ to Stay in Linear TV Business
“These spinoff companies won’t have the assets from a streaming perspective that we will have. I think that gives us an advantage,” the chief executive told CNBC on Tuesday
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Executive Pay 2024: A 9% Drop in Compensation for Media’s Top Brass
Paramount’s former CEO Bob Bakish topped the list with a 178% increase to $87 million, largely from severance
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Nate Bargatze Thinks Disney ‘Doesn’t Care About the Audience’
“Now Disney is run by a guy that’s just a businessman,” the soon-to-be Emmys host adds
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Bob Iger Sounds Tariffs Alarm in Surprise Appearance at ABC News Staff Meeting
The Disney CEO said Thursday that relocating overseas manufacturing to the U.S. “speedily” is impossible as Hollywood leaders weigh the tariff impact
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Bob Iger Says Disney’s Linear Networks Are ‘Not a Burden at All’
“I won’t rule out the possibility some of the smaller networks in some form or another being configured differently,” he told analysts on Wednesday
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Disney CEO Bob Iger’s Pay Package Rises 30% to $41.1 Million in 2024
Iger is slated to lead the media conglomerate through the end of 2026
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Disney Declares Cash Dividend of $1 Per Share, a 33% Boost From Last Year
The dividend, payable in two 50 cent-per-share installments on Jan. 16 and July 23, 2025, is up from 75 cents paid during fiscal year 2024
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Disney Takes Top Position in Race to Make Streaming Work | Earnings Analysis
Other competitors also made progress in earnings quarter but are not closing the gap as fast to offset dying cable TV
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Disney CEO Bob Iger to Sell Off Up to $41 Million in Shares
The move is part of an SEC rule that lets the executive exercise vested stock options that expire on Dec. 18, after they were granted to him 10 years ago in 2014
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Disney Expands CEO Search to External Candidates, Including EA’s Andrew Wilson
The entertainment giant plans to announce Bob Iger’s successor in early 2026
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James Gorman Draws on Succession Experience to Replace Disney’s Bob Iger
The Aussie Wall Street veteran previously helped Disney defeat Nelson Peltz’s proxy challenge.
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Disney’s Succession Plan: Who’s In and Who’s Out in the Race to Rule the Magic Kingdom | Analysis
Following Disney’s announcement that a Bob Iger successor would be chosen in 2026, TheWrap breaks down the frontrunners
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Netflix’s Ted Sarandos Says Disney CEO Job ‘Not Even on My Mind’
The streamer’s co-CEO says he hasn’t thought about replacing Bob Iger when the rival studio head leaves in 2026
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The Emmys, Disney Succession and Dana Walden’s Moment
Fresh off the historic Emmy wins and the highly praised presidential debate, Walden is on a roll
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Jimmy Pitaro Says Disney CEO Succession Process Has ‘Not Changed Anything’ About How He’s Running ESPN
The executive is one of four internal candidates being considered to replace Bob Iger at the end of 2026