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Global corporate landscape 2023: Mergers, closures, and leadership shifts

From acquisitions & mergers to resignations 2023 has been a year of significant milestones in the global corporate world. Here is a recap on all the major event that unfolded in 2023

Funflation: A Taylor-made show?

The willingness to splurge on live entertainment is reshaping consumer behaviour

LIVE news: Plane with over 300 Indians on board grounded in France

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Disney-Reliance entertainment biz deal may be beset with antitrust issues

If a deal was struck, it would be the second to seismically reshape India's TV and streaming landscape as Japan's Sony also plans to merge its India business with India's Zee Entertainment

Addicted to Disney: Why former executives find it hard to stay away

In his book, The Hero's Farewell: What Happens When CEOs Retire, Yale University professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld chronicled several personality types who find it hard to leave

Disney-Reliance merger may be beset with antitrust headaches: Experts

One key area of regulatory scrutiny for a Disney-Reliance merger would be their streaming businesses and their power over advertising during cricket

Why large consumer brands have a lot at stake in Disney, Sony deals

The first of these two transactions may come as early as Monday and would see Walt Disney Co. enter into a non-bidding agreement with Mukesh Ambani to merge their media businesses in the country

Disney, Reliance plan London meeting for India media merger talks: Report

Disney and Reliance have held talks to merge their India businesses by forming a joint venture company in which Ambani's media unit would hold a majority stake

More than 10 million people signed up for X in December, says CEO

X, which does not regularly release user data, could not immediately be reached for comment on how the December sign-ups compared to average or why Yaccarino disclosed the figure

Elon Musk lashes out again at Bob Iger after Disney pulls ads from X

In a series of posts Thursday, Tesla's CEO appeared to refer to the box-office performance of some recent Disney films, saying Iger "drops more bombs than a B-52

Disney to keep TV stations, says CEO Bob Iger, in reversal from July

Back at the DealBook Summit, Iger said Disney regularly evaluates its holdings to see whether they still fit with the company's plans

Disney names Morgan Stanley's Gorman to board ahead of expected fight

Earlier this month, ValueAct Capital Management became the second activist investor to amass a stake in Disney

Record 518 million Indian viewers watched cricket World Cup on TV: Disney

Disney had bought digital and streaming rights to show the International Cricket Council's tournaments in India from 2024 to 2027 by paying around $3 billion

BTS documentary 'BTS Monuments: Beyond The Star' to premiere on Disney Plus

The BTS team has confirmed their upcoming documentary titled BTS Monuments: beyond the Star to premiere next month on Disney Plus. The first two episodes to be released on December 20

Apple, Disney, IBM announce halting ads on X after Elon Musk's comments

Disney said it was halting spending on X. Similarly, Lionsgate, entertainment and film distribution company, and Paramount Global, media giant that owns CBS announced they are pausing spending on X

World Cup 2023: Ind-NZ semi-final sets digital concurrent viewership record

Ind vs NZ semi-final: As Kohli and Shami were writing the history at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, another one was being made on the top-right corner of the Disney + Hotstar stream

If 4 firms come to dominate media market, what will that mean for everyone?

The battle for dominance in media and entertainment is now being fought among a handful of firms

Hollywood actors' strike over as union reaches tentative deal with studios

Hollywood's actors union reached a tentative deal with studios Wednesday to end its strike, bringing a close to months of labor strife that ground the entertainment industry to a historic halt. The three-year contract agreement must be approved by votes from the union's board and its members in the coming days, but the leadership declared that the strike will end at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday. At nearly four months, it was by far the longest strike ever for film and television actors. More than 60,000 members of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Performers went on strike July 14, joining screenwriters who had walked off the job more than two months earlier. It was the first time the two unions had been on strike together since 1960. Studios chose to negotiate with the writers first, striking a deal that their leadership marked as a major win and bringing their strike to an end on Sept. 26. The terms of the agreement were not immediately released. ...

PAK vs BAN Highlights, World Cup 2023: Pakistan win big against Bangladesh

ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, Pakistan vs Bangladesh Highlights: Wasim Jnr, Shaheen Afridi, Fakhar Zaman and Abdullah Shafique turned stars as Pakistan earned a big 7-wicket win against Bangladesh

Reliance nears multibillion-dollar deal to buy Disney's India operations

The US entertainment giant may sell a controlling stake in the Disney Star business, which it values at around $10 billion, as opposed to piecemeal transactions weighed earlier