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Hulu's Days as a Standalone App Could Be Numbered

Disney now has full control of streaming service

(Newser) - Disney will pay Comcast's NBCUniversal nearly $439 million for its stake in Hulu, taking full control of the streaming service. The move closes out an appraisal process that's dragged on for a few years. Disney said in November 2023 that it was acquiring a 33% stake in Hulu...

Disney, Universal Sue 'Bottomless Pit of Plagiarism'

Lawsuit says AI company Midjourney refused requests to stop using copyrighted material

(Newser) - "Midjourney is the quintessential copyright free-rider and a bottomless pit of plagiarism," Disney and Universal say in a landmark copyright-infringement lawsuit against the AI image generator. Artists and authors, among others, have sued AI companies that scrape content from the internet and elsewhere to train their software, but...

Disney's Granddaughter Has Beef With Animatronic Tribute

The Disney founder is coming back, and it has nothing to do with cryogenics

(Newser) - Walt Disney's granddaughter doesn't want her grandpa turned into a robot, and she says he wouldn't want that, either. But Disneyland is set to unveil a lifelike animatronic version of the founder this summer as part of the 70th anniversary celebration for the Anaheim theme park. The...

Disney Launches Major Round of Layoffs

Entertainment, marketing, and finance staff hit as cost cuts continue

(Newser) - Major layoffs are sweeping through the Walt Disney Co., hitting hundreds of employees across entertainment and corporate divisions as the media giant escalates its cost-cutting efforts. Most of the cuts are centered in Disney Entertainment, including film and TV marketing, television publicity, casting, and development, Deadline reports. Financial operations...

Disney Will Build a 7th Theme Park
Disney Will Build
a 7th Theme Park
May 7, 2025 10:45 AM CDT

Disney Will Build a 7th Theme Park

This one will be in the United Arab Emirates

(Newser) - If you've managed to go to every Disney theme park on Earth, you'll soon need to head to the Middle East to keep that record intact. Disney will build its seventh theme park, this one in the United Arab Emirates, the entertainment company said Wednesday. The waterfront resort...

After Taliban Killed Man Exposed in Documentary, His Widow Sues

Suit says Taliban killed Afghan mine-clearer Omar Khan after he was featured in film

(Newser) - An Emmy-winning National Geographic documentary about Afghanistan's final days under US occupation is now at the center of a wrongful death lawsuit, after a featured Afghan was identified by the Taliban and killed. The widow of the man who appeared in Retrograde has filed her complaint against the...

Disney Worker Who Messed With Menus Gets 3 Years

After he was fired, Michael Scheuer made some potentially deadly changes

(Newser) - A former Disney employee who made some potentially deadly changes to menus has been sentenced to three years in federal prison. Prosecutors said that after he was fired for misconduct last year, former menu production manager Michael Scheuer hacked into menu-creating software and made changes including "manipulating allergen information...

Is Disney's Snow White Remake a Poisoned Apple?
It's Been No Fairy Tale
for This Snow White Reboot
the rundown
Mar 13, 2025 6:17 PM CDT

It's Been No Fairy Tale for This Snow White Reboot

Stellar opening weekend seems unlikely for Disney flick amid various controversies

(Newser) - Disney's new Snow White movie , out March 21, is a live-action adaptation of the 1937 animated classic, but its dwarfs aren't, er, live. The use of computer-generated dwarfs is just one element that has drawn controversy around the remake, which had a "pared-down" European premiere Wednesday at...

Man Says Disney Stole His Work to Make Moana
Jury Rejects Claim That
Disney Stole Moana
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Mar 10, 2025 5:16 PM CDT

Jury Rejects Claim That Disney Stole Moana

Writer, animator said filmmakers lifted his ideas from 'Bucky the Surfer Boy' script

(Newser) - A jury on Monday quickly rejected a man's claim that Disney's Moana was stolen from his story of a young surfer in Hawaii. The federal jury deliberated for less than three hours before deciding that the creators of Moana never had access to writer and animator Buck Woodall'...

Disney's DEI Shift: New Movie Disclaimers

It's a shorter, vaguer warning now on Dumbo , Peter Pan , other older films amid government pressure

(Newser) - Google , Meta , and PBS are just some of the companies that have announced changes to their diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives amid the Trump administration's push to get rid of such programs and services, and now Disney has joined the mix. The Hill reports the company is tweaking...

Disney Influencer Dies After Medical Emergency at Event

Dominique Brown was just 34

(Newser) - Tragedy once again struck the social media world that swirls around Disney when a young influencer died Thursday night following a holiday event in California. Dominique Brown, 34, experienced a severe allergic reaction at an event hosted by BoxLunch, described by NBC News as a "pop culture merch retailer"...

Disneyland 'Gangs' Struggling to Afford the Theme Park

Social clubs are increasingly settling for different, cheaper gatherings

(Newser) - Times are getting hard for the so-called "social clubs" made up of adults who love to gather at Disneyland (sometimes called Disneyland "gangs" due to their tendency to wear biker vests and dub themselves things like the "Nightmare Crew" ). With the California theme park frequently raising...

IRA Victim's Son Says Disney Series Is 'Cruel'

'I just don't think people realize how hurtful this is,' Michael McConville says

(Newser) - In 1972, the IRA kidnapped and murdered Jean McConville, a widowed mother of 10 in Belfast. Her story is told in Disney miniseries Say Nothing, but one of her children says he does not intend to watch it. Michael McConville, who was a child when his mother was abducted, says...

Disney Cruise Ship Rescues 4 From Catamaran

The Disney Treasure's maiden voyage will be next month

(Newser) - Disney's newest cruise ship won't have its maiden voyage with passengers until next month, but the Disney Treasure picked up four people during an unscheduled stop on Sunday. The cruise ship rescued the four from a sinking catamaran around 265 miles off the coast of Bermuda, ABC News...

Mickey Mouse Was Irked by Kid Left Unattended at Disney

Character scolds apparent father, who was on his phone as boy got knocked down by Mickey

(Newser) - Disney is said to be the happiest place on Earth, but a recent video shot at Disneyland in California revealed one of its main characters getting irked at one of the caretakers visiting there. The Mary Sue reports on a video that's been circulating on TikTok showing a young...

DirecTV Viewers Lose ESPN, Other Disney Channels
DirecTV Deal Restores ESPN,
Disney-Owned Channels
updated
Sep 14, 2024 12:00 PM CDT

DirecTV Deal Restores ESPN, Disney-Owned Channels

Companies were locked in a distribution impasse

(Newser) - DirecTV announced Saturday that it reached an agreement to turn ESPN and Disney-owned channels, including several ABC stations, back on in time for the weekend's college football games and Emmy Awards. The channels had been pulled on Sept. 1, and the satellite TV company filed a complaint this week...

Couple Spent $400K in Failed Bid to Rejoin Disney's Club

Scott and Diana Anderson were booted from the exclusive Club 33 in 2017

(Newser) - Scott and Diana Anderson spent nearly $125,000 a year on their near-constant trips to Disneyland. They've spent roughly three times that in a failed bid to regain their membership to Disney's exclusive Club 33. As the Los Angeles Times reports, the Andersons spent more than a decade...

Actor's Claims Against Weinstein, Disney Move Forward

Allegations that companies failed to protect Julia Ormond now move closer to trial

(Newser) - Julia Ormond's lawsuit accusing Disney, Miramax, and Creative Artists Agency of failing to protect her from Harvey Weinstein is advancing toward trial. On Monday, a state court justice in Manhattan denied the companies' motions to dismiss the lawsuit filed in October under the Adult Survivors Act. Ormond, a 1990s...

Disney Relents, Won't Use Fine Print to Block Widower's Lawsuit

Company said Disney+ trial years ago barred suit over woman's death at restaurant

(Newser) - Disney has reversed course and will not try to block a widower's lawsuit based on the fine print of a long-ago Disney+ trial, reports CNN . The company had initially argued that the man couldn't sue over his wife's allergy death at a Disney restaurant because of legalese...

Man's Free Disney+ Trial Now a Headache After Wife's Death

Company says man whose wife died after eating at restaurant agreed in streaming contract not to sue

(Newser) - A widower suing the Walt Disney Co. over his wife's death in a restaurant at one of the company's Florida entertainment complexes has discovered there's a wrench in his complaint—all because he took advantage years earlier of a free trial of the Disney+ streaming service.
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