Bob Iger Once Thought Apple And Disney Merger Would Have Happened If His Friend Steve Jobs Lived: 'I Think We Would Have Gotten There'

Bob Iger wanted to merge Disney with Apple and he thought Steve Jobs would have done it if he were alive. That said, Iger revealed he never brought up the idea to Jobs. What Happened: In his 2019 ... Read More

Bob Iger Thinks “Woke Disney” Critics Don’t Even Know What “Woke” Means

Bob Iger has a message for those criticizing Disney ... Reporters from The Washington Post, Axios, and Vanity Fair have recently been rejected, though blanket bans, à la 2016, don’t appear ... Read More

Bob Iger: Disney's Job Is "Not to Advance Any Kind of Agenda"

Iger's comments reiterate the CEO's remarks at a Nov. 29 Dealbook summit where he noted, "Creators lost sight of what their No. 1 objective needed to be … We have to entertain first. It's not ... Read More

Bob Iger’s Invincible Era Is Over

By Alex Weprin Media & Business Writer If Bob Iger were a Marvel ... In his 2019 memoir The Ride of a Lifetime, Iger recalls how he pitched a skeptical Steve Jobs on the deal. Read More

Bob Iger on “Woke” Disney Criticism: “A Lot of People Don’t Even Understand Really What It Means”

By Alex Weprin Media & Business Writer With the Nelson Peltz proxy fight in the rearview mirror, Disney CEO Bob Iger ... to do our jobs the way we feel they need to be done.” Iger also brushed ... Read More

Jobs Report

The Bureau of Labor Statistics said more than 300,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy in March. The highest number of new jobs in nearly a year. America’s employers delivered another ... Read More

Bob Iger Once Thought Apple And Disney Merger Would Have Happened If His Friend Steve Jobs Lived: 'I Think We Would Have Gotten There'

The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE:DIS) CEO Bob Iger once wanted to merge the Mouse House with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), but the idea fell by the wayside due to Steve Jobs's death. What Happened ... Read More

Bob Iger: Disney’s Job Is “Not to Advance Any Kind of Agenda”

CEO Bob Iger said that the company is not out to “advance any kind of agenda,” but rather is focused on entertainment. “Our job is to entertain first and foremost, and by telling great ... Read More

Bob Iger Once Thought Apple And Disney Merger Would Have Happened If His Friend Steve Jobs Lived: 'I Think We Would Have Gotten There'

The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE:DIS) CEO Bob Iger once wanted to merge the Mouse House with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), but the idea fell by the wayside due to Steve Jobs's death. What Happened: In his 2019 ... Read More