Staci D. Kramer
May 10, 2011 7:47 PM
Disney (NYSE: DIS) CEO Bob Iger used the corporately correct equivalent of ‘take the needle out of your arm’ when an analyst on today’s earnings call expressed dismay that the Disney Interactive Media Group wasn’t close to break even yet: “We didn’t specify that we’d get toward break even. I…
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Staci D. Kramer
May 10, 2011 4:16 PM
The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) brought in more than $9 billion in revenues last quarter but that number—and earnings—were lower than most analysts expected. The Disney Interactive Media Group, which has been going through an overhaul that includes strenuous cost cutting and layoffs, more than doubled its losses to…
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Staci D. Kramer
Mar 17, 2011 4:56 PM
Jimmy Pitaro is bringing on one of his top content execs from Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) days to remake the Disney (NYSE: DIS) brand online. As SVP of Disney.com, Mark Walker will be responsible for product development, marketing, programming and operations for Disney.com and other Disney-branded sites. He’ll report to Pitaro,…
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Staci D. Kramer
Mar 14, 2011 11:58 AM
In January, Disney (NYSE: DIS) Interactive Media Group quietly laid off around 200 staffers on the video games side following a review by new Co-President John Pleasants. Today, it’s Jimmy Pitaro’s turn, paidContent has learned, with nearly 80 employees on the online side losing their jobs. DIMG had nearly 4,000…
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Andrew Wallenstein
Feb 17, 2011 3:00 PM
The new chiefs at struggling Disney (NYSE: DIS) Interactive Media Group pledged to put the division in the black by 2013 at an investors conference for the conglomerate Thursday in Anaheim, Calif. Making their first public appearance since joining Disney last year, co-president John Pleasants and James Pitaro offered a…
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Andrew Wallenstein
Dec 17, 2010 12:05 PM
It’s over for Paul Yanover at Disney (NYSE: DIS) Online. The chief architect behind the rebuilding of Disney.com is leaving to “pursue new opportunities outside the company,” as he told staffers Friday morning in an internal e-mail (full memo below).
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Staci D. Kramer
Sep 24, 2010 12:27 AM
Another late-night departure announcement from a top Disney (NYSE: DIS) exec. The last one was the Labor Day memo from David Westin about leaving ABC News. This time it’s Steve Wadsworth, longtime head of Disney’s internet operations, sending word that “for many reasons now is the right time for me…
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Staci D. Kramer
Jul 1, 2010 8:25 PM
What is it with Disney (NYSE: DIS) and summer game deals? Three years ago, Disney Interactive acquired sought-after virtual world Club Penguin for $350 million, looking for a path into a growing online game area. Now, for an undisclosed sum, it’s picked up Tapulous, the profitable developer of some of…
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Rafat Ali
Jun 4, 2008 10:32 PM
Disney (NYSE: DIS) is merging its digital media unit Walt Disney Internet Group with its video gaming unit Disney Interactive Studios (DIS), into a new unit called Disney Interactive Media Group, we have learned. This new unit will be led by Steve Wadsworth, who was the president of WDIG prior…
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