The fight for control of Disney’s kingdom

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🗓️ 2 April 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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CEO Bob Iger is fighting off activist investor Nelson Peltz, who argues the company spends too much on message-based “woke” programming and is campaigning for seats on the Disney board. This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh and Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome shareholders.
0:07.0	Faid, faith, faith, faith.
0:08.0	Wait, what's happening?
0:10.0	Friends, relatives, and a steam chairman?
0:12.0	You're probably wondering what we're all doing here today.
0:14.4	Now, let's begin.
0:16.0	Oh, right.
0:17.0	Disney shareholders are voting on who gets seats on the company board.
0:21.2	Professor Ludwig, why don't you tell our shareholders how they can vote?
0:24.5	Yes, yes, today we're going to use the Van Drake method.
0:28.3	Ludwig von Drake, Moana, and Iron Man have all been dispatched to get out the vote because CEO Bob Iger is trying
0:34.3	frantically to hold off an investment group called Trianne that wants a board seat to make changes
0:40.0	to Disney.
0:41.0	Remember, it's important you vote only for Disney's 12 nominees using the
0:45.1	white proxy card. Do not vote for the Tri-An group or Blackwell's nominees.
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