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Bob Iger

Bob Iger

Why, Exactly, Did Bob Iger Pay Off Trump?

A frank exchange with Kim Masters, Puck’s newest partner, about Iger’s $15 million blood sacrifice to Trump, its implications for ABC News, and whether this is the beginning of the end for Stephanopoulos.
Matthew Belloni • December 17, 2024
William D. Cohan • November 17, 2024
Cable Prepares for the Value Extraction Era
Bob Iger needs to find a partner to offload Disney's declining TV networks.
With the once-unprofitable streaming business finally turning a corner, NBCU, Disney, and WBD are all openly telegraphing what seems increasingly inevitable: spinning off or selling declining TV assets while there’s still value to extract. Enter private equity, an industry that knows a thing or two about value extraction…
Matthew Belloni • November 15, 2024
Bob Iger’s Netflix Moment
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Disney’s C.E.O. has come roaring back from billions lost on streaming to project major profits and 10 percent margins as the onetime “terrible” business shows signs of life for everyone. If only TV wasn’t losing money faster.
Matthew Belloni • November 5, 2024
Paramount’s Deal Dance, Costner’s Hubris & Clint’s Revenge
News and thoughts from my notebook on Bob Iger's campaign no-show, Amazon's post-election nail-biter, and initial takeaways from a key SEC filing in David Ellison's takeover of the Redstone empire.
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William D. Cohan • October 30, 2024
What Would James Gorman Do?
News, notes, tea leaf-reading, and second-guessing regarding Wall Street’s favorite (recurring) succession sweepstakes.
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Baratunde Thurston • October 28, 2024
The Puck Private Conversation: Election Edition
The first quarterly results of a new partnership with Orchestra reveal what Puck’s readership really thinks about the post-pandemic economy, artificial intelligence, workplace culture wars, the future of streaming, and more.
The Bob Iger succession sweepstakes are under way.
Dylan Byers • August 30, 2024
The Burbank Campaign
News and notes on the intensifying shadow campaign to succeed Bob Iger at Disney as the fall closes in.
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Dylan Byers • August 23, 2024
On Walden’s Shores
News, notes, and the latest inside conversation among the Toscana crowd about Dana Walden’s odds of succeeding Bob Iger.
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Matthew Belloni • May 22, 2024
The Netflix Secret Weapon Driving Engagement
Tools like automatic video trailers might be annoying but they have proven that the difference between popular and unpopular has way more to do with technology than name-brand showrunners or third-act twists.
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Julia Alexander • May 15, 2024
The Disney+/Max Cable Fallacy
The new Bob Iger/David Zaslav streaming partnership has been compared, over and over again, to the halcyon days of the cable bundle. But those facile juxtapositions merely explain how little we really understand about the changes impacting the entertainment industry.