Executive chairman Robert Iger will forgo his entire salary amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
11.03.2020 - 18:07 / deadline.com
By Peter White
International Co-Editor
Bob Chapek has defended ABC News objectivity in his first public address as Disney Chief Executive.
In the first question at The Walt Disney Company’s annual meeting of shareholders, held in Raleigh, North Carolina, was about the company’s news division, referencing recent revelations from Project Veritas.
Chapek revealed that his first trip after being handed the role of CEO was to ABC News in New York. He said he was “overwhelmed” by the division’s
Executive chairman Robert Iger will forgo his entire salary amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
By Jill Goldsmith
By Ted Johnson
Disney has joined the list of companies implementing sizable pay cuts for senior executives amid the upheaval caused by the coronavirus crisis.
Disney has joined the list of companies implementing sizable pay cuts for senior executives amid the upheaval caused by the coronavirus crisis.
Meghan Markle is narrating a Disney documentary, and she scored the new gig all on her own.It was previously assumed that Prince Harry pitched his wife to Disney CEO Bob Iger at the premiere of The Lion King in London in July 2019.Disneynature documentary Elephant is set to premiere on Disney+ on April 3, 2020.Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry have now stepped down as senior members of the royal family, and they've recently moved to Los Angeles, too.
Hulu is now offering the free 24-hour ABC News Live streaming channel to its on-demand subscribers in a bit of corporate synergy under their common parent, Disney.
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ABC News' Kaylee Hartung opened up about testing positive for the coronavirus during Wednesday's episode of Good Morning America. Hartung spoke to Robin Roberts from her home in Los Angeles, where she is currently quarantined.
ABC News reporter Kaylee Hartung has tested positive for the coronavirus.
Today show co-anchors Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie on Monday morning announced that an NBC News employee who works on the third hour of the television franchise has tested positive for the coronavirus. A few hours later, ABC News president James Goldston announced that a Los Angeles-based employee who has been covering the virus outbreak in Seattle has tested positive for the virus, according to a memo obtained by The Hollywood Reporter.
An ABC News employee who works out the division’s Los Angeles bureau has tested positive for having coronavirus, the latest in a series of TV-news personnel to be stricken with the virus as it spreads across the United States.
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For the last three weeks, ABC News chief medical correspondent Jennifer Ashton says she's been on the air "around the clock" covering the spread of thenovel coronavirus, which has now infected more than 1,000 people in the United States. But, in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter this week, she paused to assess just how challenging the outbreak has been to cover.
After Bob Iger stepped down as Disney CEO and was replaced by Bob Chapek, the former Disney Parks, Experiences and Products chairman on Wednesday told investors he was both thrilled and awed at becoming the studio's seventh CEO.
By Ted Johnson
ABC News spends heavily on top anchors like George Stephanopoulos and David Muir. Now it’s investing in the studio that houses so many of them.