Showing 1 - 10 of 10 articles tagged "Bob Chapek"

• Posted Thursday 5/12/22 at 1:05AM EDT

  Disney CEO can envision a standalone ESPN streaming service, calling it "the ultimate fan offering"

  “It will be the ultimate fan offering,” Bob Chapek said Wednesday during the call with Wall Street analysts.

• Posted Monday 3/14/22 at 1:27PM EDT

  John Oliver slams Disney CEO Bob Chapek's response to Florida "Don't Say Gay" bill as "bullsh*t" and "actively insulting"

  The Disney CEO told shareholders last week, before his apology, that “when we donate money to different political candidates we...

• Posted Friday 3/11/22 at 2:16PM EST

  Disney CEO Bob Chapek apologizes to LGBTQ employees for his response to Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill, announces a pause on political donations in Florida

  “It is clear that this is not just an issue about a bill in Florida, but instead yet another challenge...

• Posted Thursday 3/10/22 at 9:42PM EST

  Disney TV's animation employees denounce Disney CEO Bob Chapek’s response to Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill as "tone-deaf at best and incredibly dangerous at worst"

  In separate letters, employees of Disney TV Animation and Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution are demanding the company withdraw funding...

• Posted Thursday 11/11/21 at 1:33PM EST

  Disney is in talks for NFL's Sunday Ticket

  Disney CEO Bob Chapek said on CNBC’s Fast Money that the company is “in discussions and negotiations” for Sunday Ticket,...

• Posted Monday 6/14/21 at 11:29PM EDT

  Disney won't consider an ad-supported Disney+

  “We have no such plans to do that," says Disney CEO Bob Chapek.

• Posted Tuesday 3/09/21 at 1:20PM EST

  Disney CEO Bob Chapek defends Gina Carano's firing from Star Wars: The Mandalorian, saying it was about values and not politics

  Chapek said today during a shareholders meeting he doesn’t “really see Disney as characterizing itself as left-leaning or right-leaning” after...

• Posted Tuesday 5/12/20 at 1:48AM EDT

  Disney CEO: The Mandalorian Season 2 is on track to premiere in October

  The Disney+ Star Wars series finished production on its second season shortly before the coronavirus shutdown, says CEO Bob Chapek,...

• Posted Monday 4/13/20 at 8:46AM EDT

  Bob Iger reasserts control over Disney in wake of the coronavirus

  Iger abruptly stepped down as CEO and into the role of executive chairman on Feb.

• Posted Tuesday 2/25/20 at 3:48PM EST

  Bob Iger steps down as Disney CEO, replaced by Disney Parks boss Bob Chapek

  Disney announced that Chapek, chairman of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, will replace Iger, effective immediately.