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Disney to cut 7k jobs as it slashes costs and reorganizes

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Disney is a company that has altered out of all recognition of its original thrust. It has lost its way. It used to be the pre-eminent specialist in its field (animated cartoons). Now it is just one of many similar entertainment-company clones. It is no longer specialised, it doesn't have anything special to offer, it won't be around for very much longer.

I think the thing that will kill Disney are the days of past, when every kid watched the same couple Disney movies, are gone.

My kid doesn't watch anything Disney. Random YouTube shit. Is Disney going to buy Blippy and Cocomelon and all the channels where kids play with toys?

Disney has been around for 100 years and owns so much cultural IP, has diversified to movies, parks, cruises, merchandise, and built their own streaming service that is crushing the competition.

They will exist for a very long time.

and owns so much cultural IP

No. That's not cultural IP, that's Disney IP. Disney made a habit of taking stuff that was in the public domain, changing a few things around (even the whole story line) and copyrighted that.

Next time you have the inclination, compare a Disney movie/story/comic that purports to be the same as one of the public domain tales with the original tale. You'll find that the "Disney Creation (c)" is nothing at all like the original.

As an example, compare the original 'Star Wars' franchise from the 1970s with the later Disney knock-offs and see for yourself. As further examples, compare Disney's 'Cinderella' with the original book version, or maybe Disney's 'Alice in Wonderland' that is a weird hodge-podge of TWO of Lewis Carroll's books, 'Alice in Wonderland' and 'Alice Through the Looking-Glass'.

Have you ever been to Disneyland?

Yes, but my kids would much rather go to Ghibliland (that's not a thing, right?), and like exactly zero Disney movies targeted at their age group.

https://ghibli-park.jp/en/

thats about 3% of their workforce according to the article.

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