Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Disney CEO Bob Iger said on an earnings call Tuesday that he would be open to extending his time at the head of the entertainment conglomerate beyond his current contract, which ends in Jun…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:07PMRobust performance by its parks and resorts helped Disney beat analysts’ earnings expectations for the first quarter of 2017, though the entertainment conglomerate could not compete wi…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:38PMFriday, January 13, 2017
Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger’s pay declined fractionally in 2016, to $43.9 million, about $1 million less than his total compensation the year prior, according to a public filing �…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:22PMWednesday, December 14, 2016
With the addition of 25 new films — including “The Birds,” “The Lion King,” “The Breakfast Club” and “Thelma & Louise” — the N…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:01AMTuesday, November 22, 2016
Before the opening of Shanghai Disney last June, Robert Iger sampled every item on every menu throughout the sprawling theme park. When the Walt Disney Co. needed a voice artist to put words…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:15AMNothing about Bob Iger’s middle-class upbringing in New York, or his years as a television and radio major at Ithaca College, or his long run up the corporate media ladder at ABC and Disne…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AMThursday, November 10, 2016
UPDATED: Disney missed quarterly financial projections on Thursday for only the second time in the last five years. The entertainment conglomerate posted fourth-quarter earnings of $1.10, 10…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:36PMWednesday, October 19, 2016
With about 20 months left before he retires as CEO of the Walt Disney Company, Bob Iger is still playing it close to the vest as to who might be chosen as his successor. But at a conference …
SOURCE: Variety at 06:39PMFriday, September 9, 2016
“Birth of the Dragon” — a story about Bruce Lee’s emergence as a martial arts superstar and his epic showdown with another Kung Fu master – has its world premiere Tuesday afterno…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:22AMTuesday, June 14, 2016
Long-time Sumner Redstone companion Manuela Herzer has made good on her promise to appeal a Los Angeles judge’s decision to deny her bid to be re-installed as the media magnate’s…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:15AMWednesday, May 11, 2016
Disney’s second quarter earnings call this week had a different kind of vibe, and not just because the company’s long streak of beating Wall Street expectations came to an abrupt end. Th…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:36PMWednesday, April 13, 2016
Movie fans will be seeing a bunch of bad ass cowboys coming together to help a woman wronged when “Magnificent Seven” debuts for Sony in September. Rory Bruer, president of worldwide dis…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:13AMThursday, November 5, 2015
Disney set records in many reporting categories Thursday as it reported earnings for the fourth quarter and for all of fiscal 2015, with revenue and earnings at new peaks, despite ongoing in…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:01PMThursday, October 15, 2015
The horror classic “Halloween” is coming to more than 220 movie theaters around America for one night leading into Halloween weekend, 37 years after the low-budget tale of teenag…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:52AMTuesday, August 4, 2015
Disney continued its long winning streak with its latest quarterly report Tuesday, with earnings of $1.45 a share beating analysts’ expectations for the 11th quarter running. Revenue…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:46PMMonday, June 1, 2015
Jay Rasulo, the Disney chief financial officer who was passed over in February for the company’s No. 2 job, will step down at the end of the month, Disney chief executive Robert Iger a…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:36PMThursday, May 14, 2015
With the good times continuing to roll at Disney, CEO Robert Iger has cashed in some of his stock in the company, taking in some $21.7 million by selling 200,000 shares, according to an offi…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:02PMWednesday, May 13, 2015
Scratch off the list of things that the Walt Disney Company is worried about: superhero “fatigue.” The company’s chief financial officer said in an interview Wednesday in New Y…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:06PMTuesday, May 5, 2015
Disney, the entertainment behemoth known for topping itself, did it again with its quarterly earnings report Tuesday — with profits exceeding analysts’ expectations and jumping 1…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:48AMTuesday, April 17, 2012
NEW YORK -- The Pulitzer Prizes for journalism awarded here Monday demonstrated the resilience of old media and...
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:22AM 
