Josh D'Amaro, who was anointed the next CEO of Disney on Tuesday morning, stayed mostly out of the spotlight today but sat down with David Muir on Disney-owned ABC's World News Tonight alongside outgoing chief Bob Iger to talk about his new gig, AI, working with Dana Walden and more. Asked about…

In March 2014, Disney/ABC TV Group President Anne Sweeney left Disney as the company was nearing a decision on who would replace Bob Iger as CEO. While she was not among the finalists for the job, at the time, Sweeney was the closest a woman had ever gotten to the CEO job at Disney. Twelve…

Disney's incoming chief executive Josh D'Amaro will start at an annual base salary of $2.5 million, payable weekly, with an annual target incentive bonus of 250% of the base salary at the end of each fiscal year. According to filings with the SEC on Tuesday, D’Amaro will receive a long-term…

Disney Experiences Chairman Josh D’Amaro has been elevated to CEO of the Walt Disney Co., capping a closely watched multiyear process of identifying Bob Iger’s successor. Dana Walden, Disney Entertainment Co-Chairman, has been named President and Chief Creative Officer, a newly created…

Disney CEO Bob Iger spoke at length on the prospects of parks and entertainment as they vie for top billing at the company in terms of growth, telling investors on a call after earnings that “we have a healthy competition now in our company in terms of which of those two businesses is going to…

Disney CEO Bob Iger said videos created with OpenAI’s Sora will soon start to appear on Disney+, but he doesn’t see the move affecting the rest of the company’s film and TV pipeline. Speaking on the company’s quarterly earnings call Monday, Iger told Wall Street analysts that the company’s…

The soon-to-depart Bob Iger avoided getting too “nostalgic” during today’s Disney Q1 results call but he did have some words of wisdom for his probable successor, who Bloomberg reported overnight is likely to be Parks boss Josh D’Amaro. “Preserving the status quo” would be a “mistake,” Iger…

Disney’s board of directors will meet next week with the drama over longtime CEO Bob Iger’s successor reaching its final act. A person familiar with the situation confirmed the board meeting to Deadline. The board typically meets in close proximity to the company’s earnings reports. Disney will…

Disney CEO Robert Iger saw his fiscal 2025 pay rise just about 12% to $45.8 million from $41.1 million the year earlier, according to the company's annual proxy statement filed with the SEC. In a letter to shareholders, chairman James Gorman reiterated the board's commitment to naming a…

As the battle between Netflix and Paramount over who will own Warner Bros heats up again, Disney CEO Bob Iger on Thursday strategically stepped in with some opinions of his own. With his eyes on the streaming wars endgame, Iger wouldn’t openly reveal whether he prefers David Ellison’s Paramount…

More than 10 months after the Walt Disney Company pledged $15 million "for initial and immediate response and rebuilding efforts” in the wake of the wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles neighborhoods earlier this year, the House of Mouse is putting Imagineers on the ground and playgrounds in the…

As Disney+ flirts with a new feature that would allow subscribers to create their own AI-generated content within the app, one of the streamer’s real creators is drawing a line. The Own House creator Dana Terrace urged fans of the animated series to “unsubscribe” from the streaming platform and…