Land of the Giants

About Land of the Giants

Big tech is transforming every aspect of our world. But how, and at what cost? This season of Land of the Giants – The Disney Dilemma – focuses on Disney’s ability to weather the ups and downs of the business cycle and changing tastes and explores what has kept it successful for over 100 years. The entertainment giant has leveraged nostalgia and its intellectual property to build a beloved brand, but after an acquisition spree that included Marvel, Lucasfilm, and 20th Century Fox, can it sustain high quality and brand loyalty on a scale that keeps it growing? Who is Disney now, and can it compete against the tech giants in a battle for our attention and dollars? From Vulture and the Vox Media Podcast Network. New episodes drop every Wednesday.

Publisher

Vulture

Category

business · society & culture · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Jul 2019

Latest episode

14 Aug 2024

Latest episodes

13 of 72 episodes have a transcript.

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   14 Aug 2024TRANSCRIPT

   Disney is a Tech Company?

   Streaming didn’t just change the way consumers watched movies and TV shows, it reconfigured how media giants operated, and how they saw themselves. If tech companies were disrupting old business models, perhaps Disney’s best move was to join the crowd. In our final episode, we look at how streaming has fundamentally changed Disney and prepared the company for the next 100 years of entertainment. Hosted by Joe Adalian (@TVMoJoe) From Vulture and the Vox Media Podcast Network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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   7 Aug 2024TRANSCRIPT

   Disney is Bob Iger's Company

   The Walt Disney Company has been led by eight different men in its century of existence. But few would object to the idea that only three have really mattered. Walt Disney, Michael Eisner, and Bob Iger have all made lasting impacts on the company, but how these executives went out also left an important impression. Why has Disney repeatedly struggled to get succession right – for one leader to pass the torch to a new one? And what do Bob Iger’s latest missteps tell us about why it’s so hard to let it go? Hosted by Joe Adalian (@TVMoJoe) From Vulture and the Vox Media Podcast Network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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   31 Jul 2024TRANSCRIPT

   Disney is a Cinematic Universe Company

   Marvel and Star Wars are the crown jewels of Disney’s empire. They’re the highest-grossing movie franchises in history, with devoted fan bases and expansive IP universes, but right now, both are in a bit of a slump. As Disney asked for more and more content to satisfy its business needs, the creative process suffered, and these once mighty hit-making engines have slowed down. There hasn’t been a Star Wars movie in 5 years and this year, Disney’s only releasing a single Marvel movie - ‘Deadpool and Wolverine.’ How did Disney get here? What will it take to rediscover the mojo? And how can Baby Yoda and a foul-mouthed, fourth-wall breaking Marvel character help get Disney’s IP machine pumping at the box-office again? This episode hosted by Chris Lee (@__ChrisLee) From Vulture and the Vox Media Podcast Network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Inside a recent episode

Disney is a Tech Company?

Published 14 Aug 2024 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Disney had already worked out a fairly lucrative deal in 2010 for Netflix to stream some ABC shows. But now in 2012, Disney was about to make an even bigger deal. Netflix would pay Disney about $300 million a year for the rights to stream the latest Disney movies. Some stuff from the vault, too. For Disney, this was sort of like free money from Netflix, and the company got to be where consumers were. This partnership would allow Disney to stay in its lane. But the deal had some unintended consequences. Disney was licensing movies to Netflix. Here's Bob Eiger talking to Cara Swisher in 2022 during a brief window of time when he was not Disney CEO. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.5 / 5

2,169 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

1,326 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 6 / 100

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