Disney, Netflix, Spotify Deal With Corporate Culture Reckoning on Top of Sagging Stock Prices

Yahoo Finance2022-06-20

Disney (DIS) CEO Bob Chapek is facing yet another PR problem after the surprise exit of top TV executive Peter Rice, adding to a list of corporate ethos-fueled controversies facing big companies ...

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Ridiculous article by Yahoo Finance. DIS and NFLX stock prices are down so much BECAUSE their leaders caved to "woke" political activists and forgot about their main customer base. They should do their jobs and grow their business for shareholders' benefits.
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DIS and NFLX stock prices are down so much BECAUSE their leaders caved to \"woke\" political activists and forgot about their main customer base. They should do their jobs and grow their business for shareholders' benefits.","listText":"Ridiculous article by Yahoo Finance. DIS and NFLX stock prices are down so much BECAUSE their leaders caved to \"woke\" political activists and forgot about their main customer base. They should do their jobs and grow their business for shareholders' benefits.","text":"Ridiculous article by Yahoo Finance. DIS and NFLX stock prices are down so much BECAUSE their leaders caved to \"woke\" political activists and forgot about their main customer base. They should do their jobs and grow their business for shareholders' benefits.","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":2,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":2,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9040437044","repostId":2244623432,"repostType":4,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":9040579126,"gmtCreate":1655688345665,"gmtModify":1676535685487,"author":{"id":"3577512169946317","authorId":"3577512169946317","name":"Guardian_J","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/d5732d3790ba7ded4910ae093423ed15","vip":1,"crmLevel":7,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"idStr":"3577512169946317","authorIdStr":"3577512169946317"},"htmlText":"Wao","listText":"Wao","text":"Wao","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9040579126","repostId":2244623432,"repostType":2,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":9040549840,"gmtCreate":1655687632480,"gmtModify":1676535685261,"author":{"id":"4092970777728640","authorId":"4092970777728640","name":"SCLIEW","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/5da553e4d3d35db75d1caae023ca8a03","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"4092970777728640","authorIdStr":"4092970777728640"},"htmlText":"666","listText":"666","text":"666","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9040549840","repostId":2244623432,"repostType":4,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"}],"isCommentEnd":false,"newsSizeData":{"likeSize":147,"commentSize":16,"repostSize":0,"favoriteSize":0,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false},"APP":{"userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)","isDev":false,"isTTM":true,"deviceId":"web-server-community-laohu8-v3","version":"4.29.3","shortVersion":"4.29.3","platform":"web","vendor":"web","appName":"ttm","isIOS":false,"isAndroid":false,"isTiger":false,"isTHS":false,"isWeiXin":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"isWeiBo":false,"isQQ":false,"isBaiduSwan":false,"isBaiduBox":false,"isDingTalk":false,"isToutiao":false,"isOnePlus":false,"isHuaWei":false,"isXiaomi":false,"isXiaomiWebView":false,"isOppo":false,"isVivo":false,"isSamsung":false,"isMobile":false},"href":"/m/news/2244623432"}