‘Moana 2’-led Thanksgiving box office could be best in years

‘Moana 2’-led Thanksgiving box office could be best in years

Auliʻi Cravalho voices Moana in Disney Animation’s “Moana 2.” Disney The domestic box office is poised for its biggest Thanksgiving haul since the pandemic thanks to a Polynesian princess, a pair of... Read more »
NBA, Warner Bros. Discovery settle lawsuit over live game rights

NBA, Warner Bros. Discovery settle lawsuit over live game rights

A view of the NBA on TNT logo on a broadcast camera prior to the start of the third quarter of Game Four of the Western Conference Second Round Playoffs between the... Read more »
How Disney turns over its parks between Halloween and winter holidays

How Disney turns over its parks between Halloween and winter holidays

A staple of Disney’s theme park’s celebrations, the giant Mickey pumpkin statue towers over guests on Main Street. Disney It’s time for Disney parks to swap pumpkins for poinsettias. In the thick... Read more »
Comcast tests media industry with potential cable networks separation

Comcast tests media industry with potential cable networks separation

Mike Cavanagh, president of Comcast Corporation, at center, during the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, July 12, 2023. David A. Grogan | CNBC Comcast is thinking about... Read more »
Disney CEO to be named in 2026; Gorman to become board chair next year

Disney CEO to be named in 2026; Gorman to become board chair next year

Disney has tapped James Gorman to replace Mark Parker as the company’s next chairman, effective in January, as the media giant lays the groundwork to name a successor for CEO Bob Iger... Read more »
Trump or Harris? 2024 stakes for America’s businesses

Trump or Harris? 2024 stakes for America’s businesses

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris face off in the ABC presidential debate on Sept. 10, 2024. Getty Images With the U.S. election less than a month away, the... Read more »
Murdoch family battle highlights Nevada’s secret trust boom

Murdoch family battle highlights Nevada’s secret trust boom

(L to R) Rupert Murdoch, executive chairman of News Corp and chairman of Fox News, and Lachlan Murdoch, co-chairman of 21st Century Fox, walk together as they arrive on the third day... Read more »
Viewership, attendance soar during 2024 season

Viewership, attendance soar during 2024 season

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark, #22, drives to the basket against Atlanta Dream guard Destanni Henderson, #33, during a WNBA preseason game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, on May 9, 2024.... Read more »
DirecTV, Disney reach deal to end blackout in time for college football

DirecTV, Disney reach deal to end blackout in time for college football

DirecTV and Disney have reached a deal that brings Disney’s ESPN and other channels back to the pay-tv provider’s customers after a roughly two week blackout. The deal comes in time for... Read more »
Disney parks are its top money maker; it’s spending to keep it that way

Disney parks are its top money maker; it’s spending to keep it that way

Visitors wearing emblematic Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse ears walk in front of the Sleeping Beauty-inspired castle at Disneyland Paris, Oct. 16, 2023. Ian Langsdon | Afp | Getty Images Three years... Read more »
Vanguard voting for Iger over Peltz in Disney proxy fight: report

Vanguard voting for Iger over Peltz in Disney proxy fight: report

Bob Iger, CEO of The Walt Disney Company, speaks during the grand opening ceremony of Shanghai Disney Resort’s Zootopia-themed attraction at Shanghai Disney Resort on December 19, 2023 in Shanghai, China. Visual... Read more »
Jamie Dimon endorses Disney CEO Bob Iger in proxy fight with Nelson Peltz’s Trian Partners

Jamie Dimon endorses Disney CEO Bob Iger in proxy fight with Nelson Peltz’s Trian Partners

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon endorsed Disney CEO Bob Iger in his proxy battle with activist Trian Partners, CNBC’s David Faber has learned. Dimon gave the following statement on Iger to Faber:... Read more »
FuboTV sues Disney, Fox, Warner Bros. over sports joint venture

FuboTV sues Disney, Fox, Warner Bros. over sports joint venture

Sports streaming platform FuboTV is suing Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery over their recently announced joint venture, citing what the company calls “extreme suppression of competition in the U.S. sports-focused streaming... Read more »
Disney star Bridgit Mendler launches satellite startup Northwood Space

Disney star Bridgit Mendler launches satellite startup Northwood Space

Actress and singer Bridgit Mendler attends NBCUniversal’s after party for the 72nd annual Golden Globes Awards at The Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California, on Jan. 11, 2015. Paul Archuleta |... Read more »
Companies make 2024 the year of cost cuts

Companies make 2024 the year of cost cuts

Mathisworks | Digitalvision Vectors | Getty Images Corporate America has a message for Wall Street: It’s serious about cutting costs this year. From toy and cosmetics makers to office software sellers, executives... Read more »
Wall Street misunderstands new sports joint venture

Wall Street misunderstands new sports joint venture

EW Scripps CEO Adam Symson Source: EW Scripps Local TV station owners including Sinclair, TEGNA and EW Scripps all saw their valuations plummet this week after Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery and Fox... Read more »
Nelson Peltz isn’t abandoning proxy fight

Nelson Peltz isn’t abandoning proxy fight

Nelson Peltz, founding partner and CEO of Trian Fund Management, speaks with CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin on July 17, 2013 in New York. Heidi Gutman | CNBC, NBCU Photo Bank, NBCUniversal via... Read more »
ESPN, Fox, Warner Bros. to launch joint sports streaming platform

ESPN, Fox, Warner Bros. to launch joint sports streaming platform

Walt Disney‘s ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery plan to launch a joint sports streaming service this fall, giving consumers a new way to access marquee live sports for the first time,... Read more »
Top Wall Street analysts suggest these 3 stocks for solid upside

Top Wall Street analysts suggest these 3 stocks for solid upside

The Netflix logo is shown on one of the streaming giant’s Hollywood buildings in Los Angeles on July 12, 2023. Mike Blake | Reuters The U.S. stock market continues to be volatile... Read more »