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Plain English with Derek Thompson cover image

Thanksgiving Mega-Pod: Bob Iger’s Power Grab, SBF’s Scandal, and Elon Musk’s Omnishambles

Plain English with Derek Thompson

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Eiger Is in Trouble

Bob Eiger took over in the mid 2000s, I think he took over in 2005. Disney's animated film division was famously floundering. And Eiger acquires Pixar and rejuvenates animated. He then goes on basically the most successful shopping spree in entertainment history. That playbook is going to be very hard to duplicate here. The company has a ton of debt. It's going to struggle to move forward with an acquisition strategy.

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