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Disney has cut billions of dollars worth of costs and eliminated thousands of positions in recent years, with reductions impacting every division including ABC, Pixar, ESPN, the film studio

Disney has agreed to offer jobs to at least 60 employees of chatbot startup Character.AI, with the combined annual salaries estimated at $60 million

The ​company also ​named Joe Earley president of ​Disney Entertainment Television Franchise and Content Strategy, creating a new role focused on developing television franchises

Disney's AI ad tool could lower video costs for SMEs and regional brands, but Indian marketers warn that scale without human judgement may weaken trust, recall and regulation

While the cuts are company wide, they will fall particularly hard on the marketing department, which is being consolidated under Asad Ayaz, who was appointed chief marketing and brand officer in Jan

D'Amaro took over as CEO from Bob Iger on March 18

For D'Amaro, it's the crowning achievement of a 28-year career at Disney, where he's earned a reputation for being a turnaround artist whose enthusiasm motivates subordinates

As part of the process, Disney has been seeking shareholder feedback on a new pay package for its next CEO

A complaint was filed against Disney Worldwide Services and Disney Entertainment Operations in a federal court in California over alleged violations of US children's privacy rules

Frank Gehry, who designed some of most imaginative buildings ever constructed and achieved a level of worldwide acclaim seldom afforded any architect, has died. He was 96. Gehry died Friday in his home in Santa Monica after a brief respiratory illness, said Meaghan Lloyd, chief of staff at Gehry Partners LLP. Gehry's fascination with modern pop art led to the creation of some of the most striking buildings ever constructed. Among his many masterpieces are the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain; The Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and Berlin's DZ Bank Building. He also designed an expansion of Facebook's Northern California headquarters at the insistence of the company's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. Gehry was awarded every major prize architecture has to offer, including the field's top honour, the Pritzker Prize, for what has been described as refreshingly original and totally American work. Other honours include the Royal Institute of British Architects gold medal, the Americans

The total is significantly higher than the 1.55 million viewers Jimmy Kimmel Live! has averaged this year, according to Nielsen data

The Walt Disney Co. will pay a USD 10 million fine to settle a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit alleging it allowed personal data to be collected on kids under 13, violating federal law. The FTC said Tuesday Disney violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, or COPPA, which requires kid-oriented apps and websites to get parents' consent before collecting personal information of children under 13. According to the complaint, Disney failed to properly label some videos that it uploaded to YouTube as Made for Kids. The mislabeling allowed Disney, through YouTube, to collect personal data from children under 13 viewing child-directed videos and use that data for targeted advertising to children, the FTC said. That's because, since the videos weren't labeled as being for kids, they included targeted advertising. Representatives for Disney did not immediately return a message for comment. Google, the parent company of YouTube, agreed to pay USD 170 million in a similar settlem

The layoffs, which began on Monday, affect staff in marketing, publicity, casting, development, and corporate finance

This will be Disney's seventh resort, whose design will combine the company's history with Abu Dhabi's culture

JioStar, the joint venture created after the merger of the media business of Reliance and the India business of global media giant Walt Disney, on Friday reported revenues of Rs 10,006 crore with pre-tax earnings of Rs 774 crore. JioHotstar, which was launched after the merger of two leading OTT platforms JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar on February 14, 2025, crossed 100 million paid user milestone within five weeks, according to earnings statement from Realiance Industries. "JioHotstar served 503 million MAUs (monthly active users) in the month of Mar '25 driven by key sporting events such as ICC Champions Trophy, IPL and India's largest digital content library of greater than 320K hours," it said. JioStar's linear TV network occupied 34 per cent of the market share across TV entertainment and reached over 760 million monthly viewers across the country. Reliance Industries (RIL), the Walt Disney Company and Viacom 18 Media Private had announced the merger of their TV and digital ...

JioStar's post-merger layoffs began last month and are expected to continue until June 2025, to eliminate redundant roles across corporate departments

Bharti Airtel will reportedly hold a majority stake of 52-55% while Tata Play's shareholders, including Tata Sons and Walt Disney, will keep 45-48%

The strength in entertainment helped offset a decline at Disney's domestic theme parks, which were impacted by hurricanes Helene and Milton in Florida

Fubo in a statement on Monday said it has settled all litigation with Disney and ESPN related to Venu, and also settled all litigation with Fox and Warner Bros Discovery

As part of the transaction, Disney will fold its Hulu + Live TV business into Fubo, creating a new venture that will be 70 per cent owned by Disney and the rest by Fubo