Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James, #23, during the NBA game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Jan. 7, 2024.Jevone Moore | Icon Sportswire | Getty ImagesThe National Basketball Association's exclusive media rights negotiating window with current partners...
Shari Redstone, president of National Amusements, speaks at the WSJ Tech Live conference in Laguna Beach, California, on Oct. 21, 2019.Mike Blake | ReutersSkydance Media's offer to acquire National Amusements and merge its studio with Paramount Pictures isn't a conventional takeover. The question for Paramount Global shareholders might be:...
Bob Iger, CEO, Disney at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 11, 2023 in Sun Valley, IdahoDavid A. Grogan | CNBCDisney shareholders overwhelmingly voted to keep the company's current board intact during Wednesday's annual meeting, suggesting they believe current CEO Bob Iger has a plan to...
Dana Walden, co-chair of Disney EntertainmentRich Polk | Getty ImagesIn 1994, a captain of the media and entertainment industry saw something in Dana Walden that made him think she was capable of a bigger role.Thirty years later, that may happen again.That first time, the executive was Peter Chernin, then...
Disney's ESPN is at a crossroads.For more than 40 years, the world's largest all-sports network has grown annual revenue by increasing cable subscription fees. ESPN first charged pay-TV distributors less than $1 per month per subscriber in the 1980s. In 2023, ESPN's monthly carriage fee was $9.42 per subscriber,...
Bob Chapek, chief executive officer of Disney, speaks at the 2022 Disney Legends Awards during Disney's D23 Expo in Anaheim, California, Sept. 9, 2022.Mario Anzuoni | ReutersIn his first public comments since Disney fired him as CEO in November 2022, Bob Chapek told CNBC he sees no reason for...
President and C.E.O. of Warner Bros. Discovery David Zaslav speaks during the New York Times annual DealBook summit on November 29, 2023 in New York City.Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesWarner Bros. Discovery has gone "pencils down" on a potential acquisition of Paramount Global, halting talks after several months...
The "Bobs" from the film Office SpaceSource: 20th Century Fox | YouTubeListening to Warner Bros. Discovery Chief Executive Officer David Zaslav speak on Friday's fourth-quarter earnings calls, I couldn't help but think of a scene in the movie "Office Space."An employee named Tom meets with two consultants, both named...
The exterior of the Warner Bros. Discovery Atlanta campus is pictured after the Writers Guild of America began their strike against the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. May 2, 2023.Alyssa Pointer | ReutersWarner Bros. Discovery missed analyst targets for both profit and revenue in...
A Major League Baseball logo at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, May 22, 2022.Ronald Martinez | Getty ImagesIt's been about a week since Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery and Fox announced a new joint venture to offer live sports outside the traditional cable bundle, and pay TV distributors are still...