Ploy story: a defenestration at Disney
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
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🗓️ 22 November 2022
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Executives have squeezed out Bob Chapek and re-anointed Bob Iger as boss. But the firm’s woes are less about leadership and more about the new economics of Hollywood. We ask why Zimbabwe’s teen mothers find it so hard to stay in school, and what can be done about it. And pigs prove their intelligence, again, by making up after confrontations.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist in London, I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 0:08.4 | And in New York, I'm John Fastman. |
| 0:11.8 | Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:19.0 | In Zimbabwe, there's a shocking rise in the number of young girls dropping out of school. |
| 0:24.2 | A lot of it has to do with teen pregnancy and attitudes about it. |
| 0:28.4 | We ask how to address a problem that has legal, societal, and economic causes. |
| 0:35.9 | And if you've ever wondered what happens to pigs after they fight, or more likely, if |
| 0:40.8 | like most pivia haven't, we'll tell you, they make up. |
| 0:44.8 | It's yet another sign of these muddy creatures surprisingly high intelligence. |
| 0:55.9 | Just up though. |
| 1:03.1 | The story behind some big news from this weekend is starting to trickle out. |
| 1:07.7 | There was, it seems, a boardroom revolt at one of the biggest names in entertainment. |
| 1:12.7 | Also just the stunning development in the business world overnight, Bob Eiger is back. |
| 1:17.8 | At the top of Disney, just two years after retiring from a legendary run, he replaces |
| 1:22.2 | his own successor, Bob Chapich. |
| 1:24.4 | Out with Bob Chapich and in with another Bob, one who's already had a stellar 15-year |
| 1:31.2 | stint at the top of the House of Mouse. |
| 1:34.1 | If you look at today's media landscape, and whether you're in the UK or the United States |
| 1:39.0 | or in many other places in the world, first of all starts with content. |
| 1:42.7 | Content is king. |
| 1:43.9 | And then secondly, get content. |
| 1:45.4 | It's clear why executives wanted the Bob swap. |
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