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Disney CEO Bob Iger has 'very little room for maneuver' as he tackles layoffs, budget cuts, a company reorg, and questions over the future of Hulu and ESPN

This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Disney chief Bob Iger will speak Wednesday on his first quarterly earnings call since returning as CEO. Wall Street wants to see how Disney plans to…

Activist investor Nelson Peltz is suing Florida party planners who worked on his daughter Nicola's wedding to Brooklyn Beckham, claiming he was 'hoodwinked'

This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Nelson Peltz is suing Plan Design Events, a Florida company that worked on his daughter's 2022 wedding to Brooklyn Beckham. Planners are accused of…

News Corp plans to sell real estate giant Move Inc to CoStar for a reported $3 billion

This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. News Corp is in talks to sell Move Inc, the operator of listings site Realtor.com, to CoStar. Move has grown in value since its 2014 acquisition by…

Vox Media is in talks to raise $200 million as it considers asset sales and acquisitions

This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Private equity giant CVC Capital is discussing a $200 million investment into Vox Media. Vox Media, which owns New York magazine, Recode, The Verge…

Netflix insiders applaud new co-CEO Greg Peters, 'the only real visionary' in the C-suite, but scratch their heads over what other exec changes mean for the company

This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Netflix's elevation of Greg Peters to co-CEO shows the importance of its advertising sales effort. The orderly transition was greeted with relief by…

Apple is looking for a top sales executive to spearhead a giant advertising push in sports and streaming. Here are 16 execs who could score the job.

This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Apple is getting ready to unleash an ad presence in sports and streaming. The company is searching for a high-IQ, low-key sales chief under VP of ads…

20 key execs helping David Zaslav build Warner Bros. Discovery into a media powerhouse

This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav has assembled a Discovery-heavy leadership team to transform the company. Zaslav must prove the $43 billion…

In leaked memo one day after Dow Jones layoffs, News Corp CEO urges 'full compliance' with back-to-office schedule for Wall Street Journal, New York Post staffers

This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. News Corp CEO Robert Thomson sends staff memo about the importance of in-person collaboration. Staffers told Insider they fear a return to five days…

Apple TV+ has a new exec leading the business as Apple's VP of Music steps up amid a company reorg

This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Apple Music and Beats VP Oliver Schusser is taking on streamer AppleTV+. The shift comes after VP Peter Stern announced his exit from SVP Eddy Cue's…

Top DAZN exec reveals how the streamer is gearing up to super-serve fans in 2023, moving beyond boxing, and betting big on women's sports

This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Len Blavatnik has invested billions to get sports streamer DAZN off the ground; it's now in 200 territories. DAZN is targeting women's sports for…

Apple is searching for a head of ad sales as its streaming TV and sports ambitions grow

This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Apple has a recruitment firm searching for a top TV and streaming executive to head up its ad sales. The search suggests the company may be…

NBCUniversal layoffs hit TV ad sales teams as resources shift from linear to streaming

This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. NBCUniversal is laying off executives from its ad sales teams today. NBCU parent Comcast reportedly is looking for $1 billion in cuts. Linear TV ad…

Apple is reorganizing its $78 billion Services division as a top exec exits. Here's who's getting more power.

This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Peter Stern, one of Apple's top subscriptions executives, is exiting the company. He reported to SVP Eddy Cue, whose Services division is being…

Inside Amazon, there's chatter, and jokes, about Jeff Bezos coming back as CEO in the midst of massive layoffs and a plummeting stock price

This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Some Amazon employees are calling for Jeff Bezos to return as CEO. Others joked about it. Amazon just announced the largest layoffs in its history.…

Streaming is killing the traditional TV ad sales role

This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. A shift to streaming is shrinking the need for big ad sales teams. Executives say the TV ad business is moving away from relationships to automation.…

No more Newsy: The streaming and broadcast network rebrands as Scripps News under Warren Buffett-backed E.W. Scripps

This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Streaming and broadcast news network Newsy is being scrapped and rebranded as Scripps News. The network will shun opinion in favor of anti-partisan,…

20 top CNN execs who are on the market after Warner Bros. Discovery layoffs in 2022

This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. CNN lost a slew of top people after the Warner Bros. Discovery merger and shutdown of streamer CNN+. Insider identified 20 accomplished pros from…

Reinstated Disney CEO Bob Iger spent months undermining his now-ousted successor Bob Chapek by keeping an office and criticizing his leadership, report says

Disney CEO Bob Iger spent months undermining his successor Bob Chapek, the Wall Street Journal reported. Despite being out, he reportedly kept an office and held meetings with Chapek's staff without consulting him. Iger was reinstated as Disney's CEO…

Reinstated Disney CEO Bob Iger spent months undermining his now-ousted successor Bob Chapek by keeping an office and criticizing his leadership, report says

Disney CEO Bob Iger spent months undermining his successor Bob Chapek, the Wall Street Journal reported.Despite being out, he reportedly kept an office and held meetings with Chapek's staff without consulting him. Returning Disney CEO Bob Iger spent…

Netflix, NBCUniversal, BuzzFeed, Vice, and other media companies have laid off thousands in 2022, and there could be more cuts ahead in 2023

This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. After a year of layoffs across media and entertainment companies, more cuts could come in 2023. A pull-back of advertising tied to the declining…