Disney Nears Advertising Sellout In 10th Year Of College Football Playoff; Season’s Viewership Surge Precedes Expansion Of CFP Field, Negotiations For New Media Rights Deal

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Disney CEO Bob Iger saw his compensation hit $31.6 million in 2023 — down from $45.9 million in 2021, his last prior full year of employment at the company. Iger’s 2023 pay package included $865,385 in base salary, plus 16.1 million in stock awards, $10 million in stock-option awards, $2.14 million cash bonus and $2.48 million in other compensation, according to the company’s proxy statement filed Tuesday with the SEC. His contract with Disney runs through the end of 2026.

Disney CEO Bob Iger’s compensation totaled about $31.6 million for the company fiscal year ended Sept. 30. It includes most of the year. Iger returned to lead Disney in November of 2022.

Bob Chapek, a nearly three-decade Disney veteran who was ousted in 2022 as the media company’s CEO, has been appointed to the board of directors of medical tech firm Masimo.

Apple’s new mixed reality headsets will include thousands of Disney+ TV shows and movies along with four “iconic environments” where users can watch them as the tech giant unveiled more details of its upcoming Apple Vision Pro.

The surprise announcement this week of “The Mandalorian & Grogu” raised a ton of questions about the galaxy of Lucasfilm.

Pixar Animation Studios is planning to reduce its workforce in the coming months, an insider confirmed to Deadline, as part of overall content spending trims at Disney.

News Corp today announced that veteran communications executive Arthur Bochner is set to become chief communications officer and EVP at News Corp. when Jim Kennedy retires later this year.

Disney convened its fourth annual Tech and Data Showcase for advertisers at CES in Las Vegas on Wednesday, kicking it off with affirmation from CEO Bob Iger.

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details of Marvel‘s Echo, which debuts with all five episodes today on Disney+ & Hulu.

The Michigan Wolverines secured their first national title in 26 years on Monday, and 25M people tuned in to see them defeat the Washington Huskies.

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Lev Akabas The 2023-24 College Football Playoff championship game between the Michigan Wolverines and the Washington Huskies is a fitting end to the season in multiple ways. Both teams finished the regular season undefeated and were No. 1 and No.

While “Deadpool 3” might challenge this notion somewhat—especially depending on its-cameos—when franchises change owners or deals end (see Disney buying Fox), often the past is thrown out, and new creators are tasked with starting over. We’re seeing that now with James Gunn’s DC Studios (that will forgo the previous DCEU), we’re seeing it mostly with all the 20th Century Fox Marvel properties that Marvel Studios/Disney will take in a totally new direction (“The Fantastic Four,” “The X-Men”).

ESPN kicked off the year on a high note with impressive audiences tuning in to watch Monday’s showdowns for a spot in the College Football National Championship games.

Blac Chyna is getting very real about a very serious thing that affected her this year.

Tim Chan If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. There’s no better way to kick off 2024 than with a New Year’s Day tradition: college football. College football fans surely know about the so-called “New Year’s Six,” a series of six major Division 1 bowl games hat occur on or around New Year’s Day.

network imposed a ban on drinking alcohol last year.Cooper, host of “Anderson Cooper 360°,” and “Watch What Happens Live” host Cohen, made sure to be on their best behavior when they both downed shots of tequila while on air.The topic surrounding CNN’s alcohol restriction was brought up within minutes after going live from Times Square at 8 p.m., when Cohen, 55, asked Cooper, “Does daddy get his juice?”“Speaking of traditions, it’s the top of the hour. We’ve been here for seven years doing this, and for most of those years, well, at the top of the hour we typically have a toast,” Cohen goes.

There has been one person missing from the CNN New Year’s Eve 2024 celebration, according to fans, and that is Don Lemon!

Happy New Year from everyone at the Daily Record and Sunday Mail. We hope 2024 brings you all lots of treasured moments and lasting memories.

The Royal Family wished people across the nation all the best for 2024 as the hours count down until the bells ring at midnight, as their official Twitter page posted a special message on New Year's Eve.