Re:Disney CEO Bob Iger immediately steps down from CEO position
by jcranmer on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @07:34PM
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COVID-2019 is going to hit everybody more or less to the same degree. The only people who are going to be significantly damaged by it are those who bet everything on doing good in 2020 (which is still more likely to be seen as bad luck than poor skill), or those who manage to absolutely screw the handling up.
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Re:Disney CEO Bob Iger immediately steps down from CEO position
by LatteLazy on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @08:36PM
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Disney will likely gain from it: what better time to be selling digital subscription services than when everyone is locked up in their houses and schools are closing?
Re:Disney CEO Bob Iger immediately steps down from CEO position
by jcranmer on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @10:16PM
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Given that a lot of people who would be interested in Disney's subscription service probably already have it, I don't think there's likely to be a major increase in subscriptions due to coronavirus-induced shutdowns.
People cancelling their trips to Disney parks and cruises will likely hurt them a lot. If people start cancelling spring break en masse, or this lasts long enough to affect the summer season, the lost ticket sales will be painful.
Re:Disney CEO Bob Iger immediately steps down from CEO position
by nojvek on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @08:08AM
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Disney parks in China where they’ve invested billions are prolly already feeling the heat.
Re:Disney CEO Bob Iger immediately steps down from CEO position
by mantap on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @10:01PM
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On the other hand, if you can't go to work, you can't earn money. If you cant earn money you probably will be spending the money you have on living essentials rather than Disney.
Re:Disney CEO Bob Iger immediately steps down from CEO position
by poopmanpoopman on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @09:46PM
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China has 3000+ infected healthcare workers. Can all but guarantee their healthcare system will collapse in the coming weeks. The US's healthcare system won't collapse. Can guarantee that Iran is going to have a much higher death rate than the US. It's going to be insanely different for everyone, depending on how reliant they are on different regions. The task is essentially to nurse pnemonia patients through the infection, providing constant oxygen and other assistance.. Each country will have different capacities to do that. Tons of other factors and the same principle applies.