Robert Iger
Robert Iger
Robert Allen "Bob" Iger /ˈaɪɡər/is an American businessman and the chairman and chief executive officerof The Walt Disney Company. Before Disney, Iger served as the president of ABC Television from 1994 to 1995 and the president and chief operating officerof Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. from 1995 until Disney's acquisition of the company in 1996. He was named president and COO of Disney in 2000, and later succeeded Michael Eisner as CEO in 2005, after a successful effort by Roy E. Disney...
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We're seeing a great shift in how consumers spend money, and our business models need to be flexible. It used to be said that content was king, but the consumer is king.
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It's vital for a company such as ours to be incredibly vigilant in terms of the consumer, ... Consumers today, using great technological tools, have many more choices in terms of how they spend their time, what they consume in terms of media and they do so in many different places on many different devices.
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Consumers have a lot more authority these days and they know that by using technology they can gain access to content and they want to use the power that they have... We can't stand in the way and we can't allow tradition to stand in the way of where the consumer can go or wants to go.
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We're not looking to abandon them, we're not looking to betray them, we're not looking to do anything that is designed to harm their business. At the same time, what we can't do is we can't let a fear of that relationship being challenged or creating tension with them get in the way of following consumers who are going to other places. We just can't do that.
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With this merger we have a unique opportunity to offer Disney shareholders ownership in a new radio leader that will be well positioned for long-term success.
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would step up and participate as is their right.
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We believe that, barring the unforeseen -- a significant downturn in the market -- the ABC network will likely be profitable in '05,
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That's what it's about, more than anything else, more than financials, more than technology, more than growing globally.
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Over time, viewers will come back to 'Millionaire' in higher levels than they are watching today,
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We are not predicting that the rating phenomenon will remain as high as it was, but nevertheless we did bring in substantial advertising revenue from it. We believe that the show is still and will continue to be strong.
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It's going to be seen by, I'm told, as many as a billion people, which is tremendous,
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it's rare that there are content issues for our product.
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The return of our NABET-represented employees and the closing of what has been a difficult period for all concerned - one that I wish could have been avoided - is a very welcome development.
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Not only did he stand down and get out of the way, but he supported me all along, ... Michael has been exceptional in how he handled this transition.