The Walt Disney Company is a global entertainment and media conglomerate that produces and distributes films, television, and streaming content (including Disney+) under iconic brands such as Disney, Pixar, Marvel, and Star Wars, while also operating world-renowned theme parks, resorts, cruise lines, and sports media through ESPN. The company serves a broad worldwide audience across its three core segments: Entertainment, ESPN, and Experiences.
“A platform that commissions almost none of its own supply now out-watches the company that owns Star Wars, Marvel and ESPN and it got there without a single follower relationship doing the work.”
“A lot of Iger's work at Thrive was with a new unit called Thrive Eternal, which focuses on assets with 'qualities that cannot be replicated by technology.'”
Source→“The Cap Cities/ABC deal brought in ESPN's massive cash flows but also imported a fundamentally different content business”
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