Disney names Josh D'Amaro, head of its theme parks and consumer products division, as CEO, replacing Bob Iger, effective March 18; D'Amaro joined Disney in 1998
Disney names Josh D'Amaro, head of its theme parks and consumer products division, as CEO, replacing Bob Iger, effective March 18; D'Amaro joined Disney in 1998
Dana Walden named president and chief creative officer of the company — The Walt Disney Co., after a more than two-year saga …
A look at WBD's reasons behind rebranding HBO Max to Max; Netflix executives were surprised to see Disney's Josh D'Amaro at Netflix's upfront and afterparty
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Q&A with Netflix's Ted Sarandos on his 25-year anniversary at Netflix, his cameo on Apple TV+ series The Studio, competing with suppliers like Disney, and more
In a few weeks, Ted Sarandos will make his acting debut — playing Ted Sarandos. The co-CEO of Netflix is lampooning himself …
A look at YouTube's origins, growth, and domination as the platform turns 20, including an interview with CEO Neal Mohan, who is nearing 10 years at the company
and a threat,” he says. “YouTube showed us how powerful viral video could be.” He still thinks “Lazy Sunday” was a primary reason Google bought YouTube. https://variety.com/... Simon Owens / @simonowe...
An interview with Epic CEO Tim Sweeney about how the company became “financially sound”, Unreal Engine 6, building a “persistent universe” with Disney, and more
Just over a year ago, Epic Games laid off around 16 percent of its employees.
Disney announces that Safra Catz, CEO of Oracle, is departing its board of directors after six years
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A profile of Lanny Smoot, Disney's first and only research fellow who holds 100+ patents and has built an omnidirectional HoloTile Floor to let users walk in VR
106 right now. He is the only the second Disney employee ever inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. The first? Walt Disney himself. [image] @wired : Lanny Smoot builds realistic, extendab...
Sources: Linda Yaccarino pitched her vision for Twitter/X to talent agencies in LA and met with Disney, in a bid to bring stars and influencers to the platform
Social media app's new chief meets with agents at leading talent agencies amid controversy over rebranding to ‘X’
WeMeta: the median price per square meter of land in Decentraland has dropped from ~$45 in 2022 to $5 in 2023, as the hype around the metaverse has receded
but Lyft's New CEO Has It Worse Mastodon: Mike Elgan / @MikeElgan@mastodon.social : Word of the moment: “meh-taverse” — https://www.wsj.com/... Matt Navarra / @mattnavarra@mastodonapp.uk : The Metav...