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With skinny bundles, Disney hopes to fatten profits

Feb 6, 2025
These smaller, cheaper streaming packages often focus on sports or news, and are meant to appeal to consumers tired of bloated, expensive cable subscriptions.

Disney's dreams come true: a profitable streaming service

Nov 14, 2024
The media giant reported $321 million in operating income for its streaming services in the fourth quarter, just two years after they were losing more than $4 billion.
Disney's streaming services include Disney+, Hulu and ESPN.
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Arbitration agreements are hiding in those terms and conditions you don't read

Aug 23, 2024
We're all signing arbitration agreements all the time, without even knowing it — just by signing up for a streaming service or joining a gym.

Theme park attendance hits a dip

Aug 9, 2024
Attendance at parks like Disney and Universal is slowing after a surge, and as consumers get more cautious with spending.

Make-A-Wish works to cut backlog of "wishes" to Disney World

Jun 5, 2023
The pandemic drastically slowed down the number of critically ill children the Make-A-Wish Foundation could send to its top destination.

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Want to perform your own version of "The Little Mermaid"? These sisters will sell you a tail

May 26, 2023
Disney’s live-action "The Little Mermaid" is expected to bring in big bucks at the box office — and for the real-life mermaid industry, which is an actual thing.
Twin sisters Bryn Decker and Abby Roberts take photos and videos of professional mermaid Danielle Houston in their newest tail design, "Ariel's Melody."
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If ESPN goes to streaming, what happens to cable?

May 19, 2023
Leaders at Disney, which owns ESPN, say it’s an inevitability that the cable channel will migrate to streaming. Such a move would shake up the cable industry.
The CEO of Disney, which owns ESPN, has called the migration of ESPN to streaming “an inevitability.” Above, ESPN College Gameday hosts in 2020.
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