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Get ready, folks — Disney has just dropped some MAJOR NEWS, and you need to know about it!
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On May 7th, 2025, the Walt Disney Company held its Earnings Call and released its Earnings Report for the 2nd quarter of fiscal year 2025. Disney has dropped updates about streaming with Disney+, the Disney theme parks, and MORE. Let’s dive into all the news right here.
Disney held its Annual Shareholder Meeting on March 20th, 2025, and we heard updates on several different areas of the company and even heard from the shareholders themselves.
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During the voting portion of the meeting, a few different shareholder proposals were discussed, including climate risks to retirement plan beneficiaries — and the proposal to end the company’s participation in the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index.
Disney held its Annual Shareholder Meeting on March 20th, 2025, and gave updates on several different areas of the company — but it wasn’t until the very end that things got interesting.
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CEO Bob Iger participated in a shareholder question and answer session at the end of the meeting and was asked about the company’s plans to address domestic theme park attendance along with price increases. But don’t worry, no price increases have been announced… yet.
Walt Disney Animation Studios production management workers have ratified their first union contract with the studio, per Variety.
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The agreement follows an organizing effort that saw a supermajority of workers vote to unionize in February 2023. It was ratified with 96% voter participation and 93% support.
Recently, The Walt Disney Company announced that its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) standards are changing.
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The company sent a note to employees on February 11th from chief human resources officer Sonia Coleman that outlined how the company’s DEI standards would change. As a result, some of Disney’s staff have commented on their dissent against the changes, according to Deadline.
Disney CEO Bob Iger’s total pay package increased by 30% last year — from $31.6 million to $41.1 million.
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The fiscal year 2024 compensation details were disclosed in the company’s annual proxy report, which comes as Disney begins to ramp up its search for Iger’s successor who will be selected by early 2026.
The Walt Disney Company is experiencing somewhat of an executive shakeup following the announcement of several new appointments for members of the team.
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Disney Experiences Chairman Josh D’Amaro announced the new roles, including a new position to “oversee major events integration” along with new heads for Disneyland Resort, Disney Signature Experiences, and Shangai Disney Resort.
64 Disney employees have lost their homes to the California wildfires, while hundreds more have been evacuated, according to The New York Times.
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Those who have been evacuated included the Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger, who is now overseeing relief efforts for those within the company.
Moana has become a BIG property for Disney. Not only was the first Moana movie a smash hit, but the second movie recently premiered and has broken a lot of box office records.
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We’ve met Moana in the parks. She’s even got her own attraction in EPCOT, Journey of Water — Inspired by Moana. There’s a brand new Moana show on Disney Cruise Line’s newest ship, the Disney Treasure. Moana is EVERYWHERE. However, one animator is now saying that Moana and her story were stolen from his original idea and has filed a lawsuit against Disney, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The Walt Disney Company has been going through quite a few changes lately, and it all started with the return of Bob Iger to his previous position of CEO.
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Overall, the company’s financials have been trending upwards, with Disney finally issuing cash dividends to shareholders in late 2022 after years of being paused. We recently learned just how Disney was doing during the final earnings call of fiscal year 2024, and now, Disney has announced another cash dividend increase for shareholders.
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