Bob Iger is Back!!!

[carolinakid]

I can’t stand this guy Iger (nicknamed Ogre by certain cast members). I don’t want to offend anyone who may think differently, but I’ve NEVER thought much of him.

[Sotiris]

He was part of the wage fixing scandal years ago, wasn't he? So that doesn't surprise me. CEOs are always money-oriented above anything else.

He was, even though his role in the wage-fixing and Lasseter scandals was underplayed in the press. I'm not surprised he feels this way; just surprised he's reckless and stupid enough to make such comments publicly. He's already getting blowback for it.

Bob Iger Roasted for Calling Hollywood Strike Demands Unrealistic: ‘Not Much Is Realistic When You Make $27 Million a Year’
https://www.thewrap.com/bob-iger-strike ... ic-tweets/

Bob Iger Lambasted For CNBC Comments About Strike: “He Came Out Of Retirement To Make $54 Million In Two Years And Says This”
https://deadline.com/2023/07/bob-iger-l ... 235437262/

Fran Drescher Slams Bob Iger’s ‘Repugnant’ and ‘Tone Deaf’ Strike Comments: If I Were Disney, ‘I Would Lock Him Behind Doors’
https://variety.com/2023/film/news/fran ... 235670767/

Fran Drescher calls Bob Iger a medieval land baron in response to his SAG-AFTRA strike comments
https://ew.com/movies/fran-drescher-sla ... -comments/

Fran Drescher on Bob Iger: He Says “We’re Unrealistic When He’s Making $78,000 a Day”
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/busin ... 235538911/

Fran Drescher Weighs In on Bob Iger’s Charm, ‘The Nanny’s Future and Her Own “Take No Sh**” Ethos
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/busin ... 235714829/

Bryan Cranston Has a Message for Bob Iger: ‘We Will Not Allow You to Take Away Our Dignity’
https://www.thewrap.com/bryan-cranston- ... eech-clip/

NYC Council Unanimously Passes Resolutions Supporting SAG-AFTRA, WGA Strikes: ‘Bob Better Sell That Yacht Quick!’
https://www.thewrap.com/nyc-council-pas ... a-strikes/

'She-Hulk' Star Tatiana Maslany Slams "Out of Touch" Bob Iger
https://collider.com/she-hulk-tatiana-m ... -comments/

Billy Porter Says ‘I Have to Sell My House’ Due to Strikes, Slams Bob Iger for Saying ‘Our Demands for a Living Wage Are Unrealistic’: ‘F— You’
https://variety.com/2023/film/news/bill ... 235691077/

‘The Big Short’ Actor Jay Potter Dismisses Bob Iger’s Strike Pivot: ‘It’s Junk Words Until There’s Action’
https://www.thewrap.com/jay-potter-sag- ... ger-video/

WGA Says It Only Got a ‘Lecture’ From Iger, Zaslav & Co. at Tuesday-Night Meeting to Discuss Strike
https://tvline.com/news/wga-strike-upda ... 235032246/

[PatrickvD]

The nonsense coming out of Iger’s mouth is, as Fran Drescher aptly put it, disgusting. Calling the worker’s demands unrealistic only makes sense if you’re also willing to admit that the streaming strategies are broken and they’re out of ideas. It’s not a profitable business model. And fixing that by further exploiting the writers and actors is bizarrely offensive,

I hope the strike lasts months and brings all of these greedy, capitalist pigs to their knees. Iger included.

[Sotiris]

Bob Iger Admits ‘Zeal’ to Create Content for Disney+ ‘Diluted Focus and Attention’ at Marvel, Pixar
https://www.thewrap.com/bob-iger-marvel ... sney-plus/

Bob Iger Refutes DeSantis Claim That Politics Has Impacted Disney World Attendance: ‘It’s Very Successful’
https://www.thewrap.com/disney-bob-iger ... ttendance/

[Avaitor]

If nothing else, Iger is following in Walt's footsteps- he was also an infamous union hater.

As for park attendance, I've heard conflicting things about WDW recently. It does still sound busy, but maybe not as much as previous summers. I actually noticed a slight decrease in the summer season when I still lived in Orlando and regularly went, while the "off" periods, like September and January, have been building up more momentum. Last summer might have been bigger, when people were starting to travel again after the pandemic and were willing to go at any point, but it sounds like this trend is picking back up. I think it's less that Disney is losing attendance, but that there's no such thing as a slow season for the parks and guests are going at different points of the year.

[blackcauldron85]

Bob Iger Meets with Disney Leaders After His Comments About Potentially Selling Company & Assets Caused ‘High Anxiety’
https://wdwnt.com/?p=957381

[Sotiris]

Unpacking Bob Iger’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good PR Week
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/busin ... 235544279/

Disney in Transition: Wall Street Divided on When Bob Iger’s Overhaul Ideas Will Pay Off
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/busin ... 235559696/

[Sotiris]

Disney’s Chief Diversity Officer Latondra Newton Exits
https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/disney ... 235650198/

Despite her exit, the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion policies and initiatives at Disney are not going anywhere.

Disney Keeps Hanging on to DEI... But Why? An Exclusive Leak on What Stops the Course Correct!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jJkArf9i-M

Disney DEI Exposed - Part 1: DEI Employee Diaries, HR Meetings for Conservatives and More!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gIuJuMGEhk

Disney DEI Exposed - Part 2: How Disney Broke Their Advertising Sales Team
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyspvqYJBqQ

Disney DEI Exposed Part 2.5, Haunted Mansion Director Drama & Strike Stays!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUrsxL0d9sc

Disney DEI Exposed Part 3: Employees Confirm Reporting; One Says Disney Wanted their Pastor's Name!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0u-sDejlGw

Disney Enforces DEI Diaries on Employees??? The Disney Look and Personnel Shift as Protocols Do Too!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV6UWKpYgIk

Disney DEI Exposed Part 4: The Future of Reimagine Tomorrow Is Continuing According to Ad Sales!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFFdR8xVV4I

[carolinakid]

Thanks, Sotiris. That explains so much, although to be honest, I suspected as much for a long time. WDW Pro is a fantastic site.

[Thumper_93]

If nothing else, Iger is following in Walt's footsteps- he was also an infamous union hater.

As for park attendance, I've heard conflicting things about WDW recently. It does still sound busy, but maybe not as much as previous summers. I actually noticed a slight decrease in the summer season when I still lived in Orlando and regularly went, while the "off" periods, like September and January, have been building up more momentum. Last summer might have been bigger, when people were starting to travel again after the pandemic and were willing to go at any point, but it sounds like this trend is picking back up. I think it's less that Disney is losing attendance, but that there's no such thing as a slow season for the parks and guests are going at different points of the year.

People are not Happy about Disneyland Paris too. They have made things that make the Europeans think that they are not so valuable costumes as others.

[JTurner]

Unpacking Bob Iger’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good PR Week
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/busin ... 235544279/

YIkes, it sounds awful. I really don't like how Iger is handling all this. The news about the strike ongoing is even more disheartening. It's as simple as 1-2-3; offer better terms, strike ends, business goes on, everyone happy. Instead they choose to fight back by hiring AI consultants. I dislike all this fighting.

[Sotiris]

Iger Brings Back His Old Heirs Apparent
https://puck.news/iger-brings-back-his- ... apparents/

Disney CEO Bob Iger Taps Kevin Mayer, Tom Staggs to Consult on Linear TV Business, Streaming Strategy
https://www.thewrap.com/disney-bob-iger ... onsulting/

Bob Iger Taps Former Disney Execs Kevin Mayer, Tom Staggs to Advise on Legacy TV Assets
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/busin ... 235547829/

[Sotiris]

Disney CEO says company will 'quiet the noise' in culture wars
https://www.reuters.com/business/media- ... 023-09-20/

[Sotiris]

Bob Iger Found Disney in ‘Worse Shape’ Than He Expected, Now ‘Overwhelmed and Exhausted’ Bloomberg Reports
https://www.thewrap.com/bob-iger-disney ... erwhelmed/

[D23ExpoVisitor25]

We need new young blood to lead.

[UmbrellaFish]

Chapek was far from perfect, but I think in some ways he was set up to fail. And that’s Iger’s fault. I guess the board shares that blame too for letting Iger hang around after stepping down. I think Iger was looking forward to retirement but the coming pandemic forced his hand and made him retire just a little bit earlier than he probably wanted. I actually think a lot of the company’s current problems are rooted in decisions Iger made before he stepped down. The company became too reliant on tent poles with lots of CGI and big budgets, only for audiences’ to experience fatigue with superhero movies and live action remakes. They were better off licensing their titles to third party streaming services than creating an ever hungry content pit with Disney+ (the creation of which also necessitated the purchase of 20th Century Fox and its much more vast library of titles). They’ve either overestimated or misunderstood the appeal of Star Wars again and again— how could they spend millions of dollars on a hotel only for it to close in a year??? 5 years post-Lasseter and both animation studios still feel at a crossroads (actually, this one may be more Chapek’s fault that Iger’s— his decision to feed new Pixar movies to Disney+ during the pandemic might have impacted Elemental’s initial disappointing box office returns).

It’s sort of fitting that Iger’s back because he has to reap what he sowed.

[DisneyJedi]

I don’t know if Disney as a company is no worse off than it was the previous three years, but my faith in Iger is seriously waning. Heck, at this point, I can’t help but think he’s letting things tank on purpose.

[Farerb]

At this point I don't really care what happens with the company as long as they keep releasing their classic movies on 4K.

[D23ExpoVisitor25]

I don’t know if Disney as a company is no worse off than it was the previous three years, but my faith in Iger is seriously waning. Heck, at this point, I can’t help but think he’s letting things tank on purpose.

We can’t let Wish tank.

[Kyle]

Its going to. I can feel it in my bones, just watching the trailers and the promotion for it. It doesnt have the vibe of a hit at all.