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Send us a textIn this riveting episode of iCritic LIVE, we sit down with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist James B. Stewart to dissect the dramatic power struggle between Bob Iger and Bob Chapek at Disney. As the author of "DisneyWar," Stewart brings unparalleled insight into the high-stakes corporate drama that has unfolded at the Magic Kingdom. Join us as we explore the behind-the-scenes battles, strategic maneuvers, and the impact of this clash on Disney's future. Whether you're a Disney fan, a business enthusiast, or just love a good story of corporate intrigue, this episode has it all. Don't miss out on this deep dive into Disney's War of Two Bobs!
“You are the most annoying person I have ever met.” 1 MILLION MONTH continues with UNCUT GEMS. We got back into the swing of things with Danny talking about an upcoming signing at EPCOT, watching STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS and MAESTRO, Proto continuing his Criterion Journey(tm) and slim watching ANATOMY OF A FALL. The uncut episode just for Patrons includes an extra 40 minutes of watch talk, steelbooks and box sets, skin-care, more watch talk, Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark chit-chat, DISNEYWAR, and other stuffs we've been reading. Chapters Introductions (00:00:00) What we watched (00:05:35) Uncut Gems (00:18:33) Your lovely feedback (01:08:33) Next week's pick (01:17:23) Support the 70mm Patreon to join our VHS Village Discord and access exclusive episodes in the 70mm Vault like the 1990s Batman movies, Harry Potter, The Matrix, SHIN Godzilla, West Side Story, Twilight, Moana, and more. Signing up for the Patreon also get your own membership card, member-only discounts on merch, and the ability to vote on future episodes! Don't forget you can visit our website to shop our storefront to buy prints and merch, follow us on Letterboxd, email the show, and much more. 70mm is a TAPEDECK podcast, along with our friends at BAT & SPIDER, The Letterboxd Show, Escape Hatch, Will Run For..., Lost Light, and Twin Vipers. (Gone but not forgotten; Cinenauts + FILM HAGS.)
#108 – Kino Kults filmas ne tikai skatās, bet par tām arī lasa! Jā, mēs ne mirkli nevaram bez kino, tāpēc tēmas, kas saistītas par un ap to, mēdz ielavīties arī mūsu lasāmsarakstos, un šoreiz padalīsimies ar dažiem ieteikumiem, ko palasīt, ja interesē aizkulišu stāsti un ne tikai! Visus ieteikumus atradīsiet arī paša apraksta beigās, lai tas, kas ieintersē, vēlāk ir vieglāk atrodams. Šajā raidījumā: Miniziņas, jo nekas baigi interesants nav noticis streiku dēļ (00:03:10); Ko mēs esam izlasījuši (00:20:00). Montāža: Toms Cielēns. Minētās grāmatas: "Alien", "Aliens" – Alan Dean Foster "DisneyWar" – James B. Stewart "Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent Film", "Easy Riders, Raging Bulls" – Peter Biskind "The Greatest Sci-Fi Movies Never Made", "Tales From Development Hell" – David Hughes "The Grip of Film" – Richard Ayoade "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" – Brian Selznick "The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage" – Nick de Semlyen "The Men Who Would Be King" – Nicole LaPorte "Nothing Lasts Forever" – Roderick Thorp "Radiance" – Catherynne M. Valente "Rebel Without a Crew" – Robert Rodriguez "Steve Jobs" – Walter Isaacson
Abigail Disney made headlines three years ago when she launched a critique on the labor practices of Walt Disney Company that was co-founded by her grandfather Roy O. Disney. Now she pushes that argument further in the documentary The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales that she directed with Kathleen Hughes. Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers interviewed Disney and Hughes as the film was making its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. The film won strong reviews in Variety and The Hollywood Reporter and is still seeking distribution.This conversation references Disney's previous credits as a producer on Pray the Devil Back to Hell; and as a director with Hughes on The Armor of Light. It also touches upon the experiences of Abigail's father Roy E. Disney covered in the book DisneyWar. Hear more of Abigail's critique against the Walt Disney Company in her interview on KCRW's The Business; and her own podcast All Ears with Abigail Disney.
Abigail Disney made headlines three years ago when she launched a critique on the labor practices of Walt Disney Company that was co-founded by her grandfather Roy O. Disney. Now she pushes that argument further in the documentary The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales that she directed with Kathleen Hughes. Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers interviewed Disney and Hughes as the film was making its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. The film won strong reviews in Variety and The Hollywood Reporter and is still seeking distribution.This conversation references Disney's previous credits as a producer on Pray the Devil Back to Hell; and as a director with Hughes on The Armor of Light. It also touches upon the experiences of Abigail's father Roy E. Disney covered in the book DisneyWar. Hear more of Abigail's critique against the Walt Disney Company in her interview on KCRW's The Business; and her own podcast All Ears with Abigail Disney.
Kelly Crow is a staff reporter covering the art market for The Wall Street Journal. She reports on sales at auction houses including Sotheby’s and Christie’s as well as analyzes the funding and art-buying activities of the world’s major museums, art fairs, artists and collectors around the world. Ms. Crow has covered the art market beat for the Journal since 2006. Before joining the Journal in 2005, she wrote for the New York Times, based at the City desk where she helped cover city government, neighborhoods and the Sept. 11 terrorist attack. She also helped Pulitzer-Prize winner James B. Stewart report DisneyWar, a 2005 nonfiction narrative about the Walt Disney Company during Michael Eisner’s final years as CEO of the company. She has helped teach classes at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, where she earned her master’s degree in 2000. Ms. Crow started her career in 1995 at The Edmond Evening Sun in her hometown of Edmond, Oklahoma. She lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.
I recently finished the book I had been reading titled DISNEYWAR and found it to be so captivating/relevant that I wanted to dedicate a podcast episode to it. The book chronicles the goings-on behind the corporate veil of all things in the life of the highest level of management at Disney from 1984-2004, which was […] The post Episode 63: Disneywar first appeared on Andrew Schwab.
On the January 6, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to discuss what they’ve been up to at the Water Cooler. At The Water Cooler: What we’ve been Doing:Jacob has been organizing /Film’s end of the year content. He also signed up for Discovery+. Hoai-Tran is really stoked about her book of crosswords. What we’ve been Reading:Jacob read the first six issues of That Texas Blood, finished Sex Criminals, and has been revisiting the Scott Snyder/Greg Capullo run of Batman. Chris read DisneyWar. What we’ve been Watching:Jacob and Brad watched Wolfwalkers and Hunter Hunter Brad and HT watched Never Rarely Sometimes Always and Freaky Peter watched Cobra Kai season 3, rewatched Made, and has been binge watching Australian Survivor. Jacob watched Bacurau and Tesla. He is also loving the new season of Battlebots and the new spin-off series Battlebots: Bounty Hunters. Brad watched Unpregnant, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Sound of Metal, The Half of It, and Bad Education. Hoai-Tran watched Promising Young Woman, The Painter and the Thief, Sylvie’s Love, The Vast of Night, Shirley, Borat, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, and Kajillionaire. Ben watched The Mystery of D.B. Cooper and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. What we’ve been Eating:Peter ate the best food in Oahu Hawaii’s North shore. Watch the video. Brad tried Homestyle Rice Krispie Treats, Buffalo Wild Wings Lemon Pepper/Pizza Sauce, Fireball Egg Nog, Mountain Dew Major Melon, and Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes. /Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). Send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes, tell your friends and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.
What does Walt Disney have to do with utopia? Is Disney World really the happiest place on Earth? *Links & Resources* National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 Crisis Text Line: text HOME to 741 741 Domestic Violence Helpline: 1-800-799-7233 VictimConnect, a referral helpline for victims of crime: 1-855-484-2846 Make The Connection ( https://www.maketheconnection.net/what-is-mtc/ ) * Walt Disney’s 1966 EPCOT film ( https://youtu.be/sLCHg9mUBag ) (EPCOT comes in at 10:25 if you’re impatient) * Richard E. Foglesong’s Married to the Mouse ( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/980930.Married_to_the_Mouse ) * James B. Stewart’s DisneyWar ( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/414096.DisneyWar ) * Forbes’ Why McDonald’s Employee Budget Has Everyone Up In Arms ( https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2013/07/18/why-mcdonalds-employee-budget-has-everyone-up-in-arms/?sh=1cbefb3d5216 ) * Los Angeles Magazine’s Disney Heiress Says She’s “Livid” About Disneyland Wages and Working Conditions ( https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/disneyland-wages-abigail-disney/ ) * NPR’s Some Disneyland Employees Struggle To Pay For Food, Shelter, Survey Finds ( https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/28/589456403/some-disneyland-employees-struggle-to-pay-for-food-shelter-survey-finds ) Written and produced by Anna Roberts Burning palm tree artwork by Perry Vasquez ( http://www.perryvasquez.com/ ) Intro music by Elliot Middleton Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/failedutopia/donations
Jessica and Melanie discuss the rise, heyday, and fall of Disneytoon Studios with special guest Erika Kurzawa (CastleCravings.com, "Disney Family Sundays"). Disneytoon Studios, under its various names, produced 47 feature films from 1990 to 2015, but even hardcore Disney fans are often unaware that the studio was a separate entity from Walt Disney Feature Animation. Check out this episode for behind-the-scenes stories, scrapped movie ideas, dramatic readings of VHS cover descriptions, and more! Be sure to SUBSCRIBE to stay up to date. And if you enjoyed this episode, we'd love it if you'd RATE or REVIEW to help expand our audience. Thanks for listening!For bonus content, visit us at https://www.instagram.com/cartoonstocastles/ and https://twitter.com/CartoonsCastles. Logo designed by Ashley Taylor - https://loveashleydesigns.tumblr.com/Theme music: “Taste of the French Quarter” by Rob Khurana via Storyblocks.comSOURCES: D23: The Official Disney Fan Club - "Disney A to Z: Disneytoon Studios"https://d23.com/a-to-z/disneytoon-studios/Disney Wiki - "Disneytoon Studios"https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Disneytoon_StudiosThe Hollywood Reporter - "Disney Shuts Down Animation House Disneytoon Studios"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-shuts-down-animation-house-disneytoon-studios-1124168Indie Wire - "Disney Shuts Down Disneytoon Studios in Glendale: Exclusive"https://www.indiewire.com/2018/06/disneytoon-studios-shuts-down-disney-glendale-1201979736/ Los Angeles Times - "Direct-to-Video Family Films Are Hitting Home"https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-04-16-fi-49283-story.htmlLos Angeles Times - "Disney is shutting down Disneytoon animation studios in Glendale"https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-disneytoon-20180628-story.htmlStewart, James B. DisneyWar. Simon & Schuster, 2006.Variety - "Layoffs Hit 'Planes' Producer DisneyToon Studios"https://variety.com/2014/biz/news/layoffs-hit-planes-producer-disneytoon-studios-1201280347/Wikipedia - "Disneytoon Studios"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disneytoon_StudiosWikipedia - "List of animation studios owned by The Walt Disney Company"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animation_studios_owned_by_The_Walt_Disney_CompanyYouTube - "The History of Disney Sequels: A Direct-to-Video Story"https://youtu.be/plm30pT8B7UYouTube - "The Rise and Fall of DisneyToon Studios"https://youtu.be/Ncm3Vp3Uq1IYouTube - "Yesterworld: The Rise & Fall of DisneyToon Studioshttps://youtu.be/Tg73Mj4QX8E
Episode 5: Black Cauldron in which we discuss the heroes journey, when audiences are going to be ready for this movie, our first movies, when a children's show can get dark and the time that Max and I tried to actually kill each other. Ratings: Ash 3, Max 3.5, Ben 4, Mom .5, Dad 1. Avg: 2.4/10 Sources: Kois, Dan (October 19, 2010). "Revisiting The Black Cauldron, the Movie That Almost Killed Disney Animation". Slate. Archived from the original on January 17, 2012. "Ollie Johnston - an interview, part 1" (Interview) (in Norwegian). Interviewed by Jo Jürgens. 1996. "Black Cauldron, The (film)". Disney D23. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Harmetz, Aljean (August 10, 1978). "Disney film far behind schedule". The New York Times. Eugene Register-Guard. Hulett, Steve (December 4, 2014). Mouse In Transition: An Insider's Look at Disney Feature Animation. Theme Park Press. ISBN 978-1-941500-24-8. Hill, Jim (February 9, 2006). ""The Black Cauldron" : What went wrong". Jim Hill Media. Blowen, Michael (August 3, 1985). "'Black Cauldron' A Brew Of Vintage Disney Animation". Boston Globe. Chicago Tribune. Deja, Andreas (February 9, 2013). "Milt Kahl's Black Cauldron". Deja View. Blogger. Stewart, James (2005). DisneyWar (1st ed.). New York: Simon and Schuster. "Cauldron of Chaos, PART 3 - Ink and Paint Club: Memories of the House of Mouse". Peraza, Michael. "Animation photo transfer process". Disney D23. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. "The Black Cauldron". April 24, 2008. Archived from the original on July 6, 2008. Maltin, Leonard (1995). The Disney Films (3rd ed.). Hyperion Books. p. 286. ISBN 0-7868-8137-2. "Filmtracks: The Black Cauldron (Elmer Bernstein)". Filmtracks. May 12, 2012. Hill, Jim (September 10, 2010). "Why For did Disney's "The Black Cauldron" fail to connect with audiences back in 1985?". Jim Hill Media. Goodman, Walter (July 24, 1985). "Screen: Disney's 'Black Cauldron'". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Torme Olson, Karen (July 30, 1998). "August 4 releases (dates subject to change) - Blues..." Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Hahn, Don (Director) (2010). Waking Sleeping Beauty (Documentary film). Burbank, CA: Stone Circle Pictures/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. "The Black Cauldron 25th Anniversary DVD Review". DVDDizzy. JP. "The Black Cauldron (1985)- JPBox-Office". Jpbox-office.com. Johnston, Ollie; Frank Thomas (1993). The Disney Villain. New York: Hyperion Books. p. 173. ISBN 1-56282-792-8 Alexander, Lloyd (January 26, 1999). "Lloyd Alexander Interview Transcript". Scholastic. Archived from the original on January 21, 2012. "Chronology of Walt Disney World (1990-1994)". www.islandnet.com. Defunctland: The History of Disney's Scariest Attraction, Cinderella Castle Mystery Tour Cinderella Castle Mystery Tour: 20 Terrifying Years (1986-2006) - 1971 Collective Archived The Black Cauldron - English Longplay
Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist James B. Stewart is the author of the number-one New York Times bestseller Den of Thieves, the story of the most notorious insider-trading ring in financial history; DisneyWar, the boardroom imbroglio about the bitter struggle for control of the secretive corporation; and Blind Eye, the account of a coldblooded doctor who moonlighted as a serial killer. A New York Times columnist and journalism professor at Columbia University, he is a frequent contributor to the New Yorker and is a former editor at the Wall Street Journal. In Deep State, Stewart offers a definitive account of the war between the current President and America's largest law enforcement agencies, which ventures into new and disturbing territory the Mueller probe could not approach. (recorded 10/23/2019)
How would you like to hear a story about... all of the stories? It’s time to learn about Anansi, the trickster figure of Western Africa and the African diaspora. We share a couple of classic Anansi tales, including how the world got stories, how Anansi (accidentally) shared wisdom with the world, and one featuring, of course, death. Our recommendations this week are Cinnamon & Gunpowder, DisneyWar, & Black Culture and Black Consciousness. Sponsors - Mrs. Fields is your destination for fresh-baked holiday gifts. Get 20% off your order of any gift when you go to mrsfields.com and enter promo code SPIRITS at checkout. - Poshmark is the easiest way to buy and sell fashion items from millions of closets across the U.S. Download their app and use promo code spirits5 for $5 off your first purchase. Find Us Online If you like Spirits, help us grow by spreading the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, & Goodreads, and review us on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show. You can support us on Patreon to unlock bonus audio content, director’s commentaries, custom recipe cards, and so much more. Transcripts are available at spiritspodcast.com/episodes. To buy merch, hear us on other podcasts, contact us, find our mailing address, or download our press kit, head on over to SpiritsPodcast.com. About Us Spirits was created by Julia Schifini, Amanda McLoughlin and Eric Schneider. We are founding members of Multitude, a production collective of indie audio professionals. Our music is "Danger Storm" by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
Meredith and Kaytee are back in your earbuds for a show that ended up having heavier subject matter than we'd expected. You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us (and a surprise vocal appearance by Meredith's Boston Terrier, Cooper - oops!) and we'll go over a few of the books we’ve finished reading lately. Then we’ll chat about what’s next up on the TBR pile. This episode includes an accidental foray into non-fiction books, because we have a lot of words about them this week! Next, we both discuss the ways we keep track of our reading: spreadsheets, journals, and apps. We finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to put into every reader’s hands: something that has consistently ranked on our favorites list or been well-beloved by the people in our lives that we’ve convinced to read it. Perhaps it will become one of your favorites as well. Time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down! . . . . . 4:44 - Elephant and Piggie by Mo Willems Raising Readers bookish moment 7:15 - Bring Me Back by B.A. Paris 8:05 - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 8:07 - The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena 8:09 - Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris 12:24 - Stretched Too Thin by Jessica Turner 12:58 - A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy by Sue Klebold 15:58 - Columbine by Dave Cullen 17:06 - Bad Blood by John Kerryrou 18:11 - DisneyWar by James B. Stewart 20:13 - So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo 21:59 - Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge 23:09 - Raving Fans by Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles 24:31 - The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni 25:22 - Every Note Played by Lisa Genova 25:35 - Still Alice by Lisa Genova 25:43 - Love Anthony by Lisa Genova 27:32 - Sophie Kinsella 28:20 - @anovelfamily on Instagram #readwhatyouown 28:33 - Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi 28:57 - The Best Yes by Lysa TerKeurst 29:11 - Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel 29:16 - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel 29:37 - To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee 30:22 - Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon 41:27 - I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes 44:40 - The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton 44:52 - Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*
PNR: This Old Marketing | Content Marketing with Joe Pulizzi and Robert Rose
In this episode of #ThisOldMarketing, Joe and Robert discuss Instagram's move to duplicate Facebook's algorithm, making it ever clearer that Instagram will be "pay to play" for most brands. Scott Brinker releases the 2016 Marketing Technology Landscape, and to our surprise, there are almost double the amount of companies from last year. Rants and raves include a look a Disney while this week's TOM example is WeWork Creator Magazine. This week's stories: The Death Of Instagram For Brandshttp://techcrunch.com/2016/03/20/the-death-of-instagram-for-brands/?ncid=rss The Marketing Tech Landscapehttp://marketingland.com/infographic-marketing-technology-landscape-113956We’re At A Tipping Point Against Ad Supported Journalismhttp://mediashift.org/2016/03/are-we-at-a-tipping-point-against-dominance-of-ad-supported-journalism/SPONSOR - GoToWebinar and "5 Steps to Attract Your Target Audience to Your Next Webinar" - http://bit.ly/gotowebinar-attract-audienceRANTS AND RAVESRoberthttp://www.cmo.com.au/article/596632/how-mattel-getting-back-its-creation-brand-roots/ THIS OLD MARKETINGwework creator magazinehttps://creator.wework.com
This week Team MMOM does a deep dive on the book DisneyWar by James B. Stewart. Looking at the book affords the Team the opportunity to closely examine the Eisner era. Kip has the Backpage.