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Re:Disney surpasses Netflix in global paid streaming subscri... by Analemma_ on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @06:48PM (#32419413)
Walt Disney made a famous sketch of his business strategy with exactly this point: https://i.insider.com/55a6bb002acae74c2f8b48b8. He'd be pleased to see that, modulo a few updates for changing times (comic strips aren't much of a thing these days), it's still working pretty much exactly as intended.
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Re:Disney surpasses Netflix in global paid streaming subscri... by treespace8 on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @07:14PM (#32419629)
Yes, it all leads back to the park.

The only problem now, is the park isn't big enough! Imagine the amount of money a third park in America would make. (And cost)

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Re:Disney surpasses Netflix in global paid streaming subscri... by nradov on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @07:49PM (#32419905)
Yes I'm surprised that Disney hasn't built a third park somewhere in Texas yet. It seems like they're leaving money on the table. I understand they want to keep the parks somewhat special and aspirational, but the market has grown a lot. There's a huge group of customers in Mexico who would love to visit.
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Re:Disney surpasses Netflix in global paid streaming subscri... by snowwrestler on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @09:04PM (#32420397)
They went pretty far down the path toward building a new park in Virginia. I believe they even acquired land. In the end it failed because of intense regional opposition to it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney's_America

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Re:Disney surpasses Netflix in global paid streaming subscri... by bombcar on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @07:12PM (#32419616)
Disney ducks are still a bit of a thing in Europe I hear.
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Re:Disney surpasses Netflix in global paid streaming subscri... by jks on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @11:47PM (#32421351)
They are very popular in Finland. A bit of news a few years ago was that the Finnish translation of Donald Duck had the largest readership of all weekly publications in Finland.
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Re:Disney surpasses Netflix in global paid streaming subscri... by mleo on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @07:17PM (#32419670)
Disney owns Marvel Comics, and still pretty important for feeding ideas and promotions.
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Re:Disney surpasses Netflix in global paid streaming subscri... by dr_dshiv on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @07:03PM (#32419540)
Wow! 1957. Amazing flow chart.
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