Bob Iger
Matthew Belloni
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September 26, 2025
The Jimmy Kimmel Blast Radius
Assessing the winners, losers, and survivors of the biggest political-media feud in recent Hollywood history.
Eriq Gardner
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September 23, 2025
The Miseducation of Brendan Carr
The F.C.C. chairman, who held up Shari Redstone’s Paramount sale and isn’t done antagonizing Disney over “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” has never seemed more emboldened as he wields the power of his agency to potentially silence media figures. But a closer reading of the situation suggests that he’s swerving out of his lane.
Kim Masters
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September 22, 2025
Iger, Eisner, and Why Disney Finally Stood Up to Trump
Amid the backlash to the Jimmy Kimmel debacle, Disney’s former chairman and C.E.O. Michael Eisner broke his long silence on X with a scathing rebuke of Bob Iger. Did the drive-by contribute to today’s abrupt resolution?
Matthew Belloni & Kim Masters
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September 19, 2025
Kimmel, Iger, and the Culture of Capitulation
An informed dialog on the fallout from Disney’s Jimmy Kimmel suspension, from the F.C.C.'s sustained attack on free speech to the network’s mishandling of the moment and what ABC’s early capitulation will mean for Bob Iger’s precious legacy and his potential successor.
Julia Alexander
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August 6, 2025
Is Disney+ Ready to Become a Super App?
If Disney can successfully combine Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN into one app while leaning into bundling, the company’s future may begin to resemble its rich pay TV past.
John Ourand
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August 4, 2025
The ESPN Endgame
Disney’s much-anticipated earnings call this Wednesday may finally reveal Burbank’s plans for the future of ESPN—Flagship, the NFL deal, and the balance between managing cord-cutting and building the next frontier.
Matthew Belloni
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June 10, 2025
Sun Valley Mogul Retreat ’25: The Invite List
No Elon or Shari Redstone, but the annual Allen & Co. gathering of tech and media leaders will include Disney C.E.O. candidates, Apple’s Tim Cook, and three separate Murdochs, in addition to a who’s who of Silicon Valley players.
Matthew Belloni
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June 6, 2025
The Incredible Shrinking Studio System
Disney’s layoffs and the coming consolidation of Hulu, in addition to cuts at WBD and Paramount, all coalesce around a dreary reality: Less content requires fewer people. The studios avoided these cuts for years. Now, they don’t have any other choice.
YouTube’s Disney War
The video platform’s surprise acquisition of a high-level Disney executive is the latest, and most poignant, strategic advance in its high-stakes, ongoing battle to become the go-to hub for the burgeoning sports media multiverse.