• ‘Dancing (Disney) With (Disney) the (Disney) Stars’

    Even the Patrick Swayze tribute left me wondering if Disney had owned him, too.

  • The Days of Awe at Disney

    The Dick Cook/Bob Iger drama played out this past week on a much bigger stage than mine did, but, it sure feels familiar.

  • Disney Fallout: Who Messed Up — Iger or Cook?

    Could Cook have done something to require his immediate removal — or did Iger make a big mistake?

  • Dick Cook Leaves Disney as Studio Chairman

    Insiders say boss Bob Iger wanted more innovation.

  • Bob Iger Kicks Off Disney’s D23 Event

    First annual Anaheim-based convention showcases upcoming films and stars.

  • Industry Leaders View the Web as Moneymaker

    Disney’s Iger, Hulu’s Kilar, YouTube’s Hurley muse at digital-media panel.

  • Bob Iger Can Go Home Laughing

    “I’m jealous beyond belief,” said one rival executive. “I think it’s a brilliant move on Disney’s part.”

  • Iger to Moderate HRTS’ Digital Event

    Event represents organization’s push into digital space.

  • New Consensus: People Will Pay for Quality Content

    A consensus is emerging among the leaders of the digital media industry, and it’s an encouraging thing.   At conferences — which seem to have spread like some upper class disease across the land (when does anyone do work anymore?) — in Palo Alto venture capital conversations, around the pools in Malibu…a light seems to…

  • ‘We’re at the Beginning of the Beginning’

    Iger hinted that Disney may offer a single website that requires a subscription to view content.

  • Harsh Times in Sun Valley

    “Ultra-quiet” is the word coming out of Sun Valley and Herb Allen’s annual retreat, but I don’t believe it. (I never believe those big media guys.) This morning everyone got up and listened to a panel about how new media is going to dominate the world, whatever’s left of it. Disney CEO Bob Iger, IAG’s…

  • Sun Valley: Paid Content and a Carjacking

    Top execs gather to figure out how to stop the ad-revenue bleeding.

    Sun Valley: Paid Content and a Carjacking
  • Disney Profit Slides 32%

    Disney’s net income slid 32% in the fiscal first quarter, amid the sharp drop in consumer spending. For the quarter ended Dec. 27, operating income fell 64% at its movie studio, 24% at the theme-parks division and 29% at its Media Networks unit, which includes ABC. Revenue declined sharply at the company’s Studio Entertainment division…