Bob Iger

'Avengers 2' Is Happening

The Huffington Post | Kia Makarechi | Posted 05.08.2012

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It's the type of story we have to write, but you saw this coming: "Avengers" is officially getting a sequel. Disney announced Tuesday afternoon that t...

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Media Compensation Spikes In 2011

The Wrap Media | Posted 04.20.2012

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The economy was shaky, the home-entertainment industry was in turmoil and Occupy Wall Street was at full boil, but the top media and technology execut...

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Disney To Hire 1,000 Veterans

Posted 03.14.2012

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Disney is continuing to make dreams come true as it prepares to hire 1,000 veterans over the next three years, the company announced Tuesday. Thoug...

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Apple Selects New Chairman

AP | RYAN NAKASHIMA and MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 01.15.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO — Apple Inc. has named Arthur Levinson as its non-executive chairman, a move that rewards the longtime Apple board member who chos...

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Disney CEO Announces When He Plans To Step Down

Posted 12.07.2011

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LOS ANGELES (Lisa Richwine) - Walt Disney Co Chief Executive Bob Iger will step down as CEO in March 2015 after nearly a decade at the helm, setti...

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Disney Pays Tribute To Steve Jobs

Jordan Zakarin | Posted 12.05.2011

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Apple founder, former Pixar chief and Disney Board of Directors member Steve Jobs passed away on Wednesday, with Disney CEO Bob Iger releasing a state...

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Disney CEO: Hulu Owners 'Committed To Selling'

AP | By RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 09.06.2011

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LOS ANGELES -- Online video service Hulu expects to have more than a million paying subscribers by the end of summer, several months earlier than fore...

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Disney CEO: Technology Makes Monopolies Impossible

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 08.02.2011

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Disney CEO Bob Iger is watching the world go digital--and he's pretty excited about it. In a talk with writer Kara Swisher at the All Things Digit...

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Los Angeles Power Couples: The Essential List (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 07.06.2011

Los Angeles loves its stars -- and if they come in pairs, all the better. But this list doesn't focus on couples like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie; in...

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BEYOND LEFT AND RIGHT: Michael Bloomberg's Six Steps For Job Creation

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg delivered a speech on Tuesday outlining six steps to tackle unemployment and spur job creation, ar...

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The New Digital Disney: CEO Discusses The Entertainment Giant's Next Moves

AllThingsD | Kara Swisher | Posted 05.25.2011

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i always enjoy talking digital with Iger--who is pictured above in an interview I did with him in 2006 at the fourth D: All Things Digital conference-...

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PHOTOS: Which Angelenos Made Vanity Fair's 100 Most Influential Moguls List?

Anna Almendrala | Posted 05.25.2011

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Vanity Fair just released their annual list of the hundred most influential moguls in the world, and it's no surprise that Angelenos make up more than...

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Hollywood and Mass Transit: Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime?

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

It's time to celebrate the pro-environment, pro-community, good-for-the-economy and anti-gridlock reality that a positive portrayal of urban mass transit can help create.

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Is Meg Whitman Like Arnold Schwarzenegger? Yes (In the Wrong Ways)

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Whitman hates the comparison with Schwarzenegger, even though obvious, as both she and Schwarzenegger are Republicans, both are super-rich, and neither had any experience in elected office before running.

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Disney Settles 'Alice In Wonderland' Dispute With UK Cinemas

deadline.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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The UK's biggest movie theatre chain Odeon has now ended its standoff with the Walt Disney Co. It joined exhibitors Vue and Cineworld to show Alice In...

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Obama Jobs Summit Will Include Business Leaders: Google, Disney CEOs To Attend

New York Times | JACKIE CALMES | Posted 05.25.2011

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The invitations went out just before Thanksgiving, but by the end of the holiday weekend the White House has confirmed that President Obama's jobs sum...

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Rahm Emanuel Called Media CEOs Personally To Lobby For Obama Airtime

Washington Post | Howard Kurtz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rather than calling ABC, the White House chief of staff phoned Bob Iger, chief executive of parent company Disney. Instead of contacting NBC, Emanuel ...

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Bob Iger: Hulu Could Charge For Content, People Will Pay Online

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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PASADENA, Calif. — Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Bob Iger said Wednesday the Hulu online video streaming site that it now co-owns could one da...

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Disney's Iger: "People Are Going To Pay" For Content Online

WSJ | Julia Angwin | Posted 05.25.2011

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As the media moguls gather here in Sun Valley, Idaho, for their annual schmooze-fest, there is one phrase on everybody's lips as they emerge from thei...

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Celebs And Kids At Charity Event: Ashlee, Sharon Stone, Wahlberg, Miley & More (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Katy Hall | Posted 05.25.2011

The six-month-old Simpson-Wentz child and his parents, Sharon Stone, Denise Richards, Selena Gomez, Mark Wahlberg and a smattering of reality televisi...

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Highest-Paid CEOs For 2008: AP's Top 10 List

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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The 10 highest-paid CEOs for 2008 at Standard & Poor's 500 companies based on calculations by The Associated Press. The analysis includes companies th...

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BusinessWeek: Disney Is The Media Industry's Best Bet For Stability During Financial Crisis

BusinessWeek | Jon Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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The explanation of Disney's performance begins with one simple fact: Among its peers, the entertainment giant derives the smallest percentage of reven...

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Disney's Bob Iger Explains Why ABC Passed On CNN Outsourcing, Why Media Concentration Is "A Joke"

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

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Disney President and CEO Bob Iger said this morning that ABC News decided against partnering with CNN years ago because they were interested in a "tru...

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Dick Van Dyke Again Sings "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"

AP | MICHAEL CIDONI | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — Dick Van Dyke may be 82, but he can still get 14 syllables into a single word. Van Dyke sang "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" ...

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Iger: Disney to Reap $1 Billion Online

AP | RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — The Walt Disney Co. expects to collect $1 billion in revenue from online content this fiscal year, a significant rise from estimat...

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