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Topic: Walt Disney Co.

IIT-Hyderabad alumnus Karandeep Anand becomes Disney’s first-ever CTO

From Azure and Meta to AI chatbots, Anand’s tech journey now leads straight to Cinderella's castle starting 2 October.

Marvel’s visual team cut in Disney layoffs. Decline started with quantity over quality

The team behind Marvel Cinematic Universe films such as Avengers and Black Panther has been cut in Disney layoffs. Last year, Marvel boss hinted at a problem of 'quantity over quality'.

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.

On Camera

Why diplomacy alone won’t work anymore for India-Bangladesh ties

For observers of India-Bangladesh ties, a relationship invested heavily in people-to-people connections, a shift in political understanding creates a dilemma.

India’s electronics & engineering exports to China surge by 40%, but trade deficit persists

For New Delhi, the recent gains offer some support for a years-long effort to expand manufacturing and secure a bigger role in global supply chains.

At Tejas trainer handover, Rajnath warns delays can lead to ‘technology obsoletion’

HAL finally closes 2010 Tejas order but work remains on Mk1A and the first delivery is unlikely before IAF chief retires end of October.

Let’s keep Pakistan, Bangladesh out of our politics. It undermines India’s strategic interests

India is caught in a trap of its own making. While BJP may find it convenient to play on insecurities, it gives Pakistan and Bangladesh leverage.