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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 5591586" data-attributes="member: 48469">Nicely timed political play but they weren’t going to build it anyway.[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/19/23729642/disney-plus-hulu-remove-pull-shows-willow-streaming-bob-iger[/URL]“This wave of content removals follows a rough couple of years for Disney’s economic outlook. The company <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/8/23590901/disney-layoffs-earnings-streaming-bob-iger" target="_blank">laid off 7,000 employees</a> and announced plans to <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/27/23574154/disney-reorganization-bob-iger-layoffs" target="_blank">restructure key parts</a> of the business earlier this year. Disney has also been <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/10/23633800/disney-comcast-hulu-buyout-streaming-share-agreement" target="_blank">hesitant to buy out</a> Comcast’s 33 percent stake in Hulu as it intended in 2019, and recently announced the closure of its absurdly expensive <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/18/23729114/disney-star-wars-galactic-cruiser-hotel-shutting-down" target="_blank">Star Wars-themed hotel experience</a>.”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 5591586, member: 48469"] Nicely timed political play but they weren’t going to build it anyway. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/19/23729642/disney-plus-hulu-remove-pull-shows-willow-streaming-bob-iger[/URL] “This wave of content removals follows a rough couple of years for Disney’s economic outlook. The company [URL='https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/8/23590901/disney-layoffs-earnings-streaming-bob-iger']laid off 7,000 employees[/URL] and announced plans to [URL='https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/27/23574154/disney-reorganization-bob-iger-layoffs']restructure key parts[/URL] of the business earlier this year. Disney has also been [URL='https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/10/23633800/disney-comcast-hulu-buyout-streaming-share-agreement']hesitant to buy out[/URL] Comcast’s 33 percent stake in Hulu as it intended in 2019, and recently announced the closure of its absurdly expensive [URL='https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/18/23729114/disney-star-wars-galactic-cruiser-hotel-shutting-down']Star Wars-themed hotel experience[/URL].” [/QUOTE]

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