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Obama and Bob Iger Speak at a Sandy Hook Benefit in Manhattan
Former President Barack Obama and the Disney chief executive Robert A. Iger were the marquee speakers at an event on Tuesday commemorating the 10th anniversary of the shooting that took the lives of 20 first graders and six educators at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Organized by Sandy Hook Promise, a nonprofit […]
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Why Big Tech Is Making a Big Play for Live Sports
LOS ANGELES — More than a decade after Apple disrupted the music industry and Amazon upended retail, the tech heavyweights have set their sights on a new arena ripe for change: live sports. Emboldened by their deep pockets and eager to boost viewership of their streaming-subscription services, Apple and Amazon have thrust themselves into negotiations […]
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Disney, Built on Fairy Tales and Fantasy, Confronts the Real World
Since its founding in 1923, Disney has stood alone in Hollywood in one fundamental way: Its family-friendly movies, television shows and theme park rides, at least in theory, have always been aimed at everybody, with potential political and cultural pitfalls zealously avoided. The Disney brand is about wishing on stars and finding true love and […]
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Documentary Critical of Disney, From the Disney Family
Mr. Iger has also left the company. Ms. Disney tells viewers that she decided to make the film because she was frustrated and angry at his “curt” response to an email she sent him in 2018 about theme park employee pay. He declined to comment for this article. Ms. Disney has faced claims of discrimination […]
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