Disney's sluggish stock threatens to dent CEO Bob Iger's legacy

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Disney's stock is casting a shadow over CEO Bob Iger.

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This chart shows how much streamers like Netflix, Amazon, and YouTube TV are spending on sports

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HOUSTON, TEXAS - DECEMBER 25: Running back Derrick Henry #22 of the Baltimore Ravens and quarterback Lamar Jackson #8 stands on the field with Netflix Christmas jackets on after an NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens, at NRG Stadium on December 25, 2024 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Brooke Sutton/Getty Images)
Netflix began hosting NFL games on Christmas in 2024.

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There's one word that explains why Disney did a huge deal with OpenAI

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People pass the shop front for the media brand Disney Store on Oxford Street interacting with stormtrooper figures from the Star Wars films on 7th May 2025 in London, United Kingdom. The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Walt Disney or simply Disney, is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate.

Netflix has a history of successful self-disruption. Its Warner Bros. Discovery deal will put that to the test.

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 11: Ted Sarandos, Co-CEO, Netflix, attends Netflix's
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarados. The company has shifted its stance on theatrical releases.

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Netflix breaks down how its approach to movie theaters will (and will not) change when it buys Warner Bros.

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 23: (L-R) Kevin Woo, Arden Cho and REI AMI attend the KPop Demon Hunters A Sing-Along Event fan surprise at Paris Theater on August 23, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Netflix)
Netflix put "KPop Demon Hunters" in theaters but doesn't intend to change its broader theatrical release approach.

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Disney CEO Bob Iger wants people to use AI to make their own content for Disney+

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GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN - NOVEMBER 10: Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger looks on prior to the game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field on November 10, 2025 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
Disney CEO Bob Iger talked up AI's potential benefits to the company.

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Netflix's ads chief describes the area of the business she's most excited about and why

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Amy Reinhard, ads president, Netflix
Amy Reinhard is Netflix's ads president.

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Soapy, low-cost micro dramas are exploding in the US, challenging Hollywood streamers like Peacock and HBO

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Photo collage featuring a scene from DramaBox's show Young Elite, surrounded by the DramaBox and ReelShort app icons, a vintage television, and a black empty Hollywood slate board, with floating
Fox and others in Hollywood are moving to capitalize on low-cost verticals.

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Netflix goes big in video podcasters with a new Spotify deal

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Podcaster Bill Simmons
Bill Simmons' podcasts are coming to Netflix.

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Netflix, listen to the data and embrace your inner romantic

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kristen bell and adam brody as joanne and noah in nobody wants this. they're standing outdoors in a string light lit garden, and noah has his arms around joanne and is resting his chin on her head
Kristen Bell and Adam Brody as Joanne and Noah in Netflix's hit "Nobody Wants This."

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