From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is The Business.

Ron Bergman is grateful that Netflix gave Glass Onion a theatrical run,

even though it was just for a week on only 600-odd screens.

But the Israeli producer hopes that the experiment will move the needle.

Believe me, I'm not going to argue.

Of course, I would want the movie to be in 3,000 screens,

but I recognize what Netflix is. You know, it's a step. And who knows, depending how this goes,

what it means for other movies or other streamers in the future, I think everybody's going to be

looking at this experiment. Ram Bergman talks about the beginnings of his fruitful partnership

with director

Ryan Johnson, the surprising amount of freedom Disney gave them on The Last Jedi. And without

disclosing numbers, he shares why the Netflix and Ives Out deal was really, really good. About

half a billion dollars worth of good. But first we banter, stick around. It's the business from

KCRW. I am joined by my associate

and banter, Matt Bellany. Hello, Matt. Hi there. So, of course, we're going to talk about Disney.

Disney has attracted the attention of corporate raiders, two 80-year-olds. This isn't the first time

Disney has attracted corporate raider attention when Bob Chappick was the CEO.

During that relatively short tenure, Dan Loeb, another difficult and well-known dissident shareholder,

approached. They worked at a deal. And Dan Loeb said, okay, I'll let it go for now and keep it

on you, I assume. Then Nelson Peltz, who has been around for decades, emerged, and he started

this when Bob Chepic was still in the chair. It only came to light after Bob Chepic had been

fired and Bob Iger returned. So what might have seemed a compelling argument, Nelson

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