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For Sale Mar 27, 2026 at 12:34 AM

Disney’s new CEO faces three major disasters in his first week on the job

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https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/disney-ceo-openai-fortnite-epic-b2945799.html
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Sasquatchgoose Mar 27, 2026 +42
Meh. Disney will be fine.
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EdmontonBest Mar 27, 2026 +14
The shareholders demand growth now!
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TeslasAndComicbooks Mar 27, 2026 +5
I mean, they haven’t had it in a while. In 2021 their stock price was almost $190 and today it closed under $95. I’m not for “forever growth” but at the same time they at least need to keep investors interested.
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Hopeful-Pickle-7515 Mar 27, 2026 +1
Well since Trump take presidency they have lost $20 from $115 to $95. The first big drop was during duties war with China last year, the second one when Disney recognize that domestic Parks were not going to grow as much as expected because International tourism to the US was drastically falling due to Trump International and migration politics and the third big drop with Iran war. So this can not be make responsability of Bob Iger or this new CEO
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mr_eugine_krabs Mar 27, 2026 +19
Michael Eisner was a quirky guy and had many business failures but he understood the core of disney magic and the importance of hand drawn animation and the characters that were brought to life by it. That stinking Ai deal was a spit in the face to over 100 years of animator’s blood and sweat and i have no hope for the next a****** in charge.
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cinemacatscoffee Mar 27, 2026 +14
*puts Iger back in charge*
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kissingdistopia Mar 27, 2026 +12
Defrost Walt.
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maclua Mar 27, 2026 +5
Plus the Disneyland Abu Dhabi project is probably going to be rethought or at least delayed
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little-bird Mar 27, 2026 +1
> Disneyland Abu Dhabi  🤮 ugh I didn’t know they were planning this but apparently [they’re going ahead with the park](https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinereid/2026/03/17/disneyland-abu-dhabi-still-going-ahead-says-theme-park-boss/)
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slawnz Mar 27, 2026 +1
The AI thing is not a disaster, it’s a blessing. If you watch D’Amaro’s video message to shareholders sent out the day he took over as CEO, he labours the point that he values *human* creativity. He does not mention AI once. I believe he is happy to walk away from this.  I also believe OpenAI couldn’t have implemented sufficient safeguards to manage Disney IP without it backfiring. Even a single user prompt leading to an inappropriate action would have triggered a legal response from Disney’s lawyers. 
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8JHF8 Mar 27, 2026 +1
None of this is on Disney. If they want a different AI partner, there are plenty who will take the opportunity. These aren't disasters.
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