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2022-11-21 -Great Cultural Revolution
Disney announces ex-CEO Bob Iger to return for 2 years
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Posted by Frank G 2022-11-21 06:58|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ]  Top

#1 ...The proof will be in the pudding. I think the Disney board has dimly realized that nobody wants what they're selling, but it remains to be seen whether or not they realize it enough to throttle back some of the more egregious woke nonsense.

Mike
Posted by MikeKozlowski 2022-11-21 07:06||   2022-11-21 07:06|| Front Page Top

#2 If it isn't about a wholesale scrapping of the woke agenda, it will be a very expensive and meaningless piece of kabuki for a company that can't afford expensive and meaningless much longer.
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-11-21 07:25||   2022-11-21 07:25|| Front Page Top

#3 I wouldn't run out and buy Disney stock just yet...
Posted by Vespasian Ebboting9735 2022-11-21 08:29||   2022-11-21 08:29|| Front Page Top

#4 /\ Ha! No.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-11-21 09:13||   2022-11-21 09:13|| Front Page Top

#5 I wouldn't run out and buy/subscribe to any Disney stuff at this point.
Posted by DarthVader 2022-11-21 09:51||   2022-11-21 09:51|| Front Page Top

#6 Disney stock soars after Bob Iger replaces Bob Chapek as CEO
Shares of Walt Disney Co. were up 10% in pre-market trading early Monday as investors on Wall Street were jubilant over the news that Robert Iger would return to helm the Mouse House in place of ousted CEO Bob Chapek.

Disney stock is expected to flirt with an opening price of $100 a share when the bell rings on the New York Stock Exchange on Monday morning.

The 71-year old Iger was reinstalled as chief executive by the company’s board late Sunday night, replacing his hand-picked successor, Chapek, 62, who departs after a rough two-and-a-half year tenure that saw Disney’s stock plummet some 53% in the last 20 months.

Perhaps Iger's judgement should also be questioned
Posted by Frank G 2022-11-21 09:58||   2022-11-21 09:58|| Front Page Top

#7 It's only been two years. I doubt the Chapek stocked the staff with woke radicals in just those two.
Posted by Procopius2k 2022-11-21 10:22||   2022-11-21 10:22|| Front Page Top

#8 ^ True, no doubt. He certainly greenlighted the ones already there though.
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-11-21 10:37||   2022-11-21 10:37|| Front Page Top

#9 It takes a staggering level of managerial incompetence to screw up a franchise based on characters known and beloved the world over. Next up: Non-binary Coca-Cola.
Posted by Matt 2022-11-21 12:37||   2022-11-21 12:37|| Front Page Top

#10 Should have cast Kirk Lazarus for the next Black Panther.

The best way to show sincerity would be to cancel their re-imagining of Willow.

"The 80s called...they want their movie policy back."
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-11-21 15:10||   2022-11-21 15:10|| Front Page Top

#11 Gooderer and harderer.
Posted by Rex Mundi 2022-11-21 15:24||   2022-11-21 15:24|| Front Page Top

#12 Yeah the after hours dead cat bounce is nothing to get excited about. Over has been a big player in making over Disney into a Grooming Juggernaut.
Posted by Regular joe 2022-11-21 15:29||   2022-11-21 15:29|| Front Page Top

#13 Bring in the guy that set up all the problems to come to fruition during the new guy's term, then swoop in to "fix" it. Sounds like congress.

Honestly, all the IP that Disney bought during Iger's reign and is now crashing will start being sold off in 5 years. Expect the start of chapter 13 proceedings of Disney 5 years after that.
Posted by DarthVader 2022-11-21 16:07||   2022-11-21 16:07|| Front Page Top

#14 They identified the root cause and rehired him.
Posted by Super Hose 2022-11-21 20:27||   2022-11-21 20:27|| Front Page Top

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