Hacker News with Generative AI: Disney

FiveThirtyEight Gets the Ax as ABC News Slashes Jobs in Major Shakeup (mediaite.com)
ABC News is shutting down FiveThirtyEight as part of sweeping layoffs at the network as parent company Disney continues broader restructuring and looks to cut about 200 positions, or 6 percent of its workforce.

Media, News, Layoffs, Business, Disney

63 points by gscott 1 day ago | 42 comments

Disney steals art and sells it in their gift shops (youtube.com)

Disney, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Art, Business

11 points by alsoforgotmypwd 6 days ago | 0 comments

Disney+ Ad Policy Change (rossmanngroup.com)
In January 2025, Disney+ updated its Subscriber Agreement to include provisions allowing advertisements in content across all subscription tiers, including those marketed as "no ads" or "ad free."

Streaming Services, Advertising, Disney, Consumer Rights

27 points by instagib 26 days ago | 3 comments

Disney+ loses 700k subscribers following price increase (macrumors.com)
Disney+ lost 700,000 subscribers worldwide in recent months, according to Disney's earnings results for the first quarter of 2025.

Streaming, Disney, Business, Price Increases

75 points by mgh2 29 days ago | 77 comments

The History of Toontown’s SpeedChat (2007) (habitatchronicles.com)
In 1992, I co-founded a company with Chip Morningstar and Douglas Crockford named Electric Communities. We initially did a lot of consulting for various media companies that were looking to leverage the emerging online gaming industry. One of those companies was Disney.

Online Gaming, History, Disney

102 points by thunderbong 40 days ago | 30 comments

Mufasa's 'Bye Bye' shows how Disney villain songs went wrong (polygon.com)
Every day, Disney strays further from the wishing star’s light. And there’s one big reason for that: a staggering lack of animated villains. The studio has only produced a handful of movies with actual villains over the last 15 years, and as Disney fans frequently note, that means we’ve lost a glorious entertainment staple in the Disney villain song.

Disney, Animation, Music, Criticism

31 points by hyperific 66 days ago | 30 comments

Fired Disney employee hacked menu to falsely claim foods did not contain peanuts (nbcnews.com)
A disgruntled former Disney employee is being accused of hacking into menu-creating software used by the company's restaurants to falsely indicate that certain food items did not contain peanuts.

Cybersecurity, Food Safety, Disney, Employee Misconduct

8 points by ceejayoz 127 days ago | 0 comments

Disney Plus and Hulu won't let you sign up through Apple anymore (theverge.com)
If you want to subscribe to Disney Plus or Hulu on your iPhone, you can’t do that anymore.

Streaming Services, Apple, Disney, Hulu

21 points by athousandsteps 136 days ago | 31 comments

Is Disney Bad at Star Wars? An Analysis (hollywoodreporter.com)
High budgets, scrapped projects, fan backlash. It’s been 12 years since Disney bought 'Star Wars' and its galaxy far, far away arguably has too many broken toys.

Star Wars, Disney, Movies, Entertainment, Analysis

3 points by presbrey 150 days ago | 2 comments

Disney ditching Slack after massive July data breach (bleepingcomputer.com)

Data Security, Cybersecurity, Disney, Slack, Business

11 points by el_duderino 167 days ago | 3 comments

Inside-Out 2 Was the Hit Pixar Needed, but the Laid-Off Employees Are Hurting (ign.com)
From the outside, Pixar’s narrative is a clear story of redemption: after an undeniably tough few years – battered by COVID-19 theater shutdowns, two Hollywood strikes, and a couple of box office disappointments – the studio needed a win, and that win was Inside Out 2.

Animation, Disney, Business, Film Industry, Labor Issues

5 points by tetraodonpuffer 171 days ago | 1 comments

Paraguay Loves Mickey, the Cartoon Mouse. Disney Doesn't (nytimes.com)
One is a colossus spanning theme parks, merchandise and movies, with 150 Academy Awards, 225,000 employees and annual revenue of nearly $90 billion.

Paraguay, Disney, Entertainment, Culture, Business

177 points by howard941 172 days ago | 129 comments

Why Disney Hates Star Wars Fans [video] (youtube.com)

Disney, Star Wars, Entertainment, Fandom

3 points by Rinzler89 182 days ago | 0 comments

DirecTV Says Will Fight "As Long as It Needs to" in Carriage Dispute with Disney (hollywoodreporter.com)

Television, Disney, Lawsuits, Media

9 points by rntn 184 days ago | 0 comments

DirecTV Users Lose Access to Disney Networks Including ESPN and ABC (wsj.com)

DirecTV, Streaming Services, Disney, Television, Sports

3 points by bookofjoe 185 days ago | 2 comments

Families Are Going into Debt for Disney Vacations (nytimes.com)