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Scott Shepard: Bob Iger's Diminished Disney: Time Shares, Betting Lines, and Inoffensive Retreads

Scott Shepard: Bob Iger’s Diminished Disney: Time Shares, Betting Lines, and Inoffensive Retreads

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In a commentary published at RealClearMarkets, Free Enterprise Project Director Scott Shepard notes that Disney CEO Bob Iger has so abused Disney that its plans to save itself rely on helping people bet on amateur sports, hawking time shares and ...
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How Much Influence Does the Human Rights Campaign Have On Disney Decisions?

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The Walt Disney Company once seemed untouchable. But oh how the mighty Mouse is falling. With Disney profits plummeting, Free Enterprise Project Associate Stefan Padfield explores possible explanations, wading through the muddy swamp of Florida politics and finding a likely ...
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Stefan Padfield: The ‘Hypothetical Conflict’ That May Be at the Root of Disney’s Woes

Stefan Padfield: The ‘Hypothetical Conflict’ That May Be at the Root of Disney’s Woes

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Disney is not doing well. As of July 22, the stock price has fallen 15 percent over the last year, while the S&P 500 is up almost 15 percent. That means Disney is down 30 percent compared to the broader ...
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Bob Iger is Ruining Disney

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Is Bob Iger purposefully trying to ruin Disney?  He seems to be on a self-destructive mission. In a commentary at RealClearMarkets, Free Enterprise Project Director Scott Shepard notes numerous ways the Disney CEO has driven his once-robust entertainment colossus into ...
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Scott Shepard: Bob Iger’s Dark Disney Magic: A Wrecking Ball for Wokeness

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Benjamin Franklin published a tract in London and Philadelphia in 1773 explaining the Rules by Which a Great Empire May be Reduced to a Small One. As good satire, it offered both humor and warning, but apparently the British no more ...
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Disney's Silence Speaks Volumes After Samuel L. Jackson Insults Conservatives

Disney’s Silence Speaks Volumes After Samuel L. Jackson Insults Conservatives

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When actors choose to use their freedom of speech to offend half the country while promoting a movie, shouldn't we expect the company making the movie to feel responsible for damage control? In a commentary published by the Daily Caller, ...
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Stefan Padfield: Is Disney Complicit in Hate Speech?

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Famed actor and producer Samuel L. Jackson effectively told Rolling Stone that conservatives are racist rednecks. In light of the fact that Jackson was promoting his latest Marvel Universe project at the time, does Disney’s silence in response make them ...
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Cosmetic Changes at Disney and Vanguard Don’t Necessarily Signal ESG Retreat

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The fight against ESG will be long and hard – and anyway is just the opening campaign in a much, much longer fight against the leftists’ takeover the of the social, cultural, educational and governmental power centers of western life. The proponents ...
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Bob Iger Returns to Disney as CEO

Bob Iger Returns to Disney as CEO

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Free Enterprise Project Director Scott Shepard appears on NTD News to discuss Bob Iger's return to Disney as CEO and the woke agenda of the company. Watch the full interview below: ...
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In Ian’s Wake Even Disney Gets Corporate Activism Right, For Once

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Sensible, neutral corporate activism efforts are possible. As Florida and the rest of the southeast assess the damage from Ian, even Disney appears to be getting it right. Long before basements had finished drying or residents finished digging out, a ...
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