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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 J…
Robust 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…
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 �…
With the addition of 25 new films — including “The Birds,” “The Lion King,” “The Breakfast Club” and “Thelma & Louise” — the N…
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…
Nothing 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 Disney,…
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…
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 …
"Birth of the Dragon" "Â 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 afternoon in To…
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…
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. There …
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 distrib…
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…
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…
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. Rev…
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…
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…
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 Yor…
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…