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LONDON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 16: Paul Rudd attends the “Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania” UK Gala Screening at BFI IMAX Waterloo on February 16, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage)

Disney’s ‘Ant-Man’ looms large at the box office with $104 million opening, becomes first big film released in 2023

By Christopher Palmeri and Bloomberg

NEW YORK, NY – MARCH 16: Chief Executive Officer of Nike, Inc, Mark Parker speaks during the Nike Innovation For Everybody Unveiling at Skylight at Moynihan Station on March 16, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

Top investor Nelson Peltz goes to war with Disney for ‘over-the-top’ executive pay and big spending that signals a ‘company in crisis’

By Christopher Palmeri and Bloomberg

ANAHEIM, CA – MAY 27: General views of Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland on May 27, 2022 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

Disney tries to win back theme park fans by reversing some price hikes made under its former CEO

By Christopher Palmeri and Bloomberg

Lachlan Murdoch, co-chairman and chief executive officer of Fox Corp., arrives during the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., on Thursday, July 11, 2019. The 36th annual event gathers many of America’s wealthiest and most powerful people in media, technology, and sports.

A ‘Succession’-style drama is underway for Rupert Murdoch’s conservative media empire

By Christopher Palmeri and Bloomberg

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 18: Disney Executive Chairman Bob Iger attends the Exclusive 100-Minute Sneak Peek of Peter Jackson’s The Beatles: Get Back at El Capitan Theatre on November 18, 2021 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Disney)

Disney’s boomerang CEO Bob Iger to receive $27 million annually

By Christopher Palmeri and Bloomberg

ANAHEIM, CA – November 13: Dressed in her holiday outfit, Minnie Mouse waves to visitors as she passes by while riding in the back of a car along Main Street in Disneyland on Saturday, November 13, 2021, in Anaheim. (Photo by Mark Rightmire/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

Disney to freeze most hiring and limit employee travel as seeks to shore up shares that have tumbled 39% this year

By Thomas Buckley, Christopher Palmeri, and others

PARIS, FRANCE – OCTOBER 02: Kanye West aka Ye is seen wearing a Balenciaga boxing mouthguard, outside Givenchy, during Paris Fashion Week – Womenswear Spring/Summer 2023 – Day Seven on October 02, 2022 in Paris, France. (Photo by Edward Berthelot/GC Images)

‘We cannot support any content that amplifies his platform.’ Kanye West documentary is canceled after the rapper’s recent anti-Semitic remarks

By Christopher Palmeri, Kim Bhasin, and others

NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 5: Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan Murdoch (left) attend the quarter-final match of countryman John Millman of Australia against Djokovic on day 10 of the 2018 tennis US Open on Arthur Ashe stadium at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 5, 2018 in Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York City. (Photo by Jean Catuffe/GC Images)

Murdoch plan that would rejoin News Corp and Fox 9 years after split leaves investors ‘scratching their head’

By Christopher Palmeri and Bloomberg

Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D'Arcy, Rhys Ifans and Paddy Considine attends the House of Dragon premiere

‘House of the Dragon’ premiere crashes HBO Max for thousands of fuming Fire TV users

By Shiyin Chen, Christopher Palmeri, and others

LAS VEGAS, NV – JANUARY 08: WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon speaks at a news conference announcing the WWE Network at the 2014 International CES at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas on January 8, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The network will launch on February 24, 2014 as the first-ever 24/7 streaming network, offering both scheduled programs and video on demand. The USD 9.99 per month subscription will include access to all 12 live WWE pay-per-view events each year. CES, the world’s largest annual consumer technology trade show, runs through January 10 and is expected to feature 3,200 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to about 150,000 attendees. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

WWE probes $3 million secret payment from Vince McMahon to female employee

By Christopher Palmeri and Bloomberg

SUN VALLEY, IDAHO – JULY 08: CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg walks with COO of Facebook Sheryl Sandberg after a session at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 08, 2021 in Sun Valley, Idaho. After a year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the world’s most wealthy and powerful businesspeople from the media, finance, and technology worlds will converge at the Sun Valley Resort for the exclusive week-long conference. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

‘Summer camp for moguls’: Sun Valley confab could lead to some awkward encounters

By Christopher Palmeri and Bloomberg

Peter Rixe

Disney board voices support for CEO after firing of TV content head Peter Rice

By Christopher Palmeri and Bloomberg

Crowds line Main Street USA, with Cinderella Castle on the horizon, at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World.

Disney tops streaming subscriber estimates, but a tepid outlook sends its shares tumbling

By Christopher Palmeri and Bloomberg

ORLANDO, FL – APRIL 03: General views of the Walt Disney ‘Partners’ statue at Magic Kingdom, celebrating its 50th anniversary on April 03, 2022 in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

Florida wants to take away Disney’s special status over its criticism of the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill. Here’s what’s at stake

By Danielle Moran, Christopher Palmeri, and others

People from the Walt Disney Company participate in the annual LA Pride Parade in West Hollywood, California, on June 9, 2019. – LA Pride began on June 28, 1970, exactly one year after the historic Stonewall Rebellion in New York City, 50 years ago. (Photo by DAVID MCNEW / AFP) (Photo credit should read DAVID MCNEW/AFP via Getty Images)

Arts & Entertainment

Disney to meet with staff after outcry over stand on LGBTQ bill

By Christopher Palmeri, Carly Wanna, and others