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Saturday, November 1, 2025
TopicWalt Disney Co.

Topic: Walt Disney Co.

Trump celebrates, Obama condemns talk show host Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension

While standing alongside British PM Keir Starmer, Trump called Kimmel untalented and denounced him for saying a 'horrible thing about a great gentleman known as Charlie Kirk.'

135-yr-old National Geographic magazine lays off its last 19 staff writers, may go off newsstands

This is the second round of layoffs in the past nine months, and the fourth since the magazine saw a series of ownership changes.

Disney+ Hotstar offers free streaming of cricket tournaments for mobile users

The decision to lift the paywall comes after Hotstar lost the streaming rights for IPL cricket tournament to Reliance Industries’ Jio Cinema earlier this year.

Disney to cut 7,000 jobs to save $5.5 billion in costs & make streaming business profitable

Disney is the latest media company to announce job cuts in response to slowing subscriber growth and increased competition for streaming viewers.

What is ‘golden parachute’ that may entitle Twitter executives fired by Musk to millions

Tesla chief Elon Musk fired three of Twitter’s top executives including CEO Parag Agrawal. Historically, golden parachutes have been used as a safeguard against hostile takeovers.

‘Asia a great proxy for other markets’ — Netflix on fixing its subscription crisis

Streaming platform to curb spending, while maintaining investments in Asian market, producing local films and creating partnerships with wireless operators to reach potential customers.

Her father in prison, Uighur activist wants Disney to apologise for Mulan

Jewher Ilham hopes Disney can publicly condemn the concentration camps, and use part of profits from filming in China to help Uighur refugees.

Locked down India to get one more streaming service as Disney launches this week

The new streaming platform is crucial for Disney to advance its position in India, where its Hotstar is already a leader thanks to the popularity of cricket.

The big advantage Netflix has over the world’s largest media companies

Strong overseas presence puts Netflix well ahead of streaming rivals such as Disney+ and HBO Max, which is due to be released in May.

Hollywood studios can’t quit Netflix — even if they want to

Despite Walt Disney parting ways with Netflix, under their current deal, every movie released between January 2016 & December 2018 will be back on Netflix starting around 2026. 

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Why is going to law school so popular again?

In a recent survey of law school admissions officers, 94% said the current political climate in the US played at least a moderate role in the increase.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.