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O'Driscoll: Disney issued a cease-and-desist letter to Google over IP usage
“They sent a cease and desist letter to Google Because for unlicensed use of the content.”
Brit Morin aims to build Brit & Co into the next Disney
“For Brit & Co., you know, my vision is to, you know, be the next Disney. I want to build a global brand that is around for, you know, over a hundred years, that has experiences combined into it, that has products and merchandising, and that has content.”
Csathy: Massive media and brand M&A in digital content will continue in 2015
“The proliferation of the multi-channel networks, and we saw accelerating massive M&A in 2014, and I absolutely believe that's going to continue in 2015, because the major media companies, and others, by the way, such as significant brands, are going to want to…”
Disney is a rare legacy media brand broad enough for DTC subscriptions
“Disney is one of the few examples of a company with a, that had a brand that was umbrella that was broad enough that consumers saw value in the brand broadly enough that they were willing to license the content of subscription model. But many, many, many compa…”
Omaze Pitched Disney's Bob Iger With Only Six Employees
“Like we were meeting with Disney and Bob Iger. They didn't know that we were only six people and like, we didn't really even have the tech stack to support. That kind of traffic.”
Lanzone: CBS Interactive funded streaming via CNET revenue 5 years before Disney+
“At CBS Interactive, we ran a portfolio of brands, and we did it by turning around CNET, which was a public company acquired by CBS, and really goosing revenue on CNET to pay for the subscription opportunity that we saw in streaming. And again, this is 20 11, 1…”