AT&T-Discovery deal highlights media's thirst to be like Netflix
Discovery brings a global footprint with its pan-European television sports network Eurosport, as well as a portfolio of broadcast channels across Europe.
Disneyland fans hail 'greatest feeling ever' as theme park finally reopens
Fans wearing Mickey Mouse ears lined up as Disneyland in California finally reopened Friday, more than 400 days after the pandemic forced an unprecedented closure for the self-styled "Happiest Place on Earth." "It is the greatest feeling ever!" said Momi Young-Wilkins, a 55-year-old mother as ...
Tokyo Disney parks abandon 'ladies and gentlemen' announcements
Since March 18, the two parks have been greeting guests via their in-park announcements with "hello, everyone" to be more inclusive.
Netflix gets to say 'I told you so,' for now
The firm's strategy of spending heaps of borrowed money to produce future programming left it remarkably and uniquely prepared for the COVID-19 crisis.
Disney+ passes 73 million subscribers as streaming takes center stage
Disney on Thursday reported an 82% decline in quarterly operating income, the result of steep losses at its coronavirus-devastated theme park division and the postponement of major movie releases. But Wall Street had already decided that Disney’s overall results for the quarter, the fourth in ...
Tokyo Disney Resort operator to log first annual net loss since listing
Oriental Land Co., the operator of Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea, said Thursday that it is bracing for its first full-year consolidated net loss since its listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 1996. The company said it expects to report a net loss of ...
Disney says it had to work with Chinese government on ‘Mulan’
Walt Disney Co. defended its cooperation with government entities accused of human-rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang region, saying the company had to work with the government in order to make films there. "There are regulations that must be followed by all foreign film production companies ...
