Steve Jobs Reportedly ‘Major Driver’ Behind Disney’s Digital Shift in Mid-2000s

An excerptfrom an upcoming book “Binge Times: Inside Hollywood’s Furious Billion-Dollar Battle to Take Down Netflix” reveals that Steve Jobs, the prolific founder of Apple, was the big reason Disney began its shift to digital content so early in the game. Disney’s first foray into digital content began in 2005, when the company grew frustrated … Read more

Bob Iger Wants a ‘Blank Canvas’ Among Rumors of Returning to Disney, Florida’s Orange County Returns to ‘High’ COVID-19 Tier, & More: Daily Recap (12/21/21)

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We bring you a lot of stories every single day. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up. So in case you missed anything from our feed, we have rounded up all our stories in one place to get the news at a glance. Here is your Daily Recap for Tuesday, December 21, 2021. Walt Disney World … Read more

Steve Jobs 1955-2011

Steve Jobs will be missed in the world of technology, but he also held a unique position in the history of the Disney company: In 1986, Jobs bought The Graphics Group (later renamed Pixar) from Lucasfilm’s computer graphics division for the price of $10 million. After years of unprofitability selling the Pixar Image Computer, it … Read more