Showbiz Sandbox 600: The Return of Bob Iger at Disney




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Summary: We were just as surprised as everyone else to hear that The Walt Disney Company was firing their CEO Bob Chapek and replacing him with their longtime former head, Bob Iger. Iger is returning to a markedly different media company than the one he left less than a year ago and his second stint as CEO will be measured by how he sets up Disney to survive into the future. Finding the right successor will be one of his top priorities.<br> Meanwhile, we try to unravel how Ticketmaster fumbled the sale of tickets to Taylor Swift’s upcoming concert tour. The company is claiming verified fans were unable to get tickets due to unprecedented demand and automated ticket-buying bots. The incident caused such a stir it even attracted the attention of politicians eager to hold hearings about it.<br> Of course we also cover the week’s top entertainment headlines including why a big book publishing merger is called off, Amazon gets serious about film distribution and Agatha Christie’s “Mousetrap” heads to Broadway.<br> <br> <br> ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Leaps To $676M WW; ‘Strange World’ Inanimate<br> <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/11/black-panther-wakanda-forever-strange-world-matilda-global-international-box-office-1235182165/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://deadline.com/2022/11/black-panther-wakanda-forever-strange-world-matilda-global-international-box-office-1235182165/</a><br> Thanksgiving Box Office: ‘Black Panther 2’ Feasts on $64M as ‘Strange World’ Flops With $18.6M<br> <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/black-panther-wakanda-forever-box-office-strange-world-1235270031/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/black-panther-wakanda-forever-box-office-strange-world-1235270031/</a><br> ‘Glass Onion’ Box Office: How the ‘Knives Out’ Sequel Left Tens of Millions on the Table<br> <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/glass-onion-knives-out-box-office-mystery-1235270204/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/glass-onion-knives-out-box-office-mystery-1235270204/</a><br> China Box Office Tumbles to $8.6 Million Weekend as COVID Infections Rise<br> <a href="https://variety.com/2022/film/box-office/china-box-office-tumbles-covid-infections-rise-1235442932/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://variety.com/2022/film/box-office/china-box-office-tumbles-covid-infections-rise-1235442932/</a><br> Kris Wu Sentenced to 13-Year Jail Term by China Court for Rape and Group Sex<br> <a href="https://variety.com/2022/music/news/kris-wu-jail-term-china-court-1235441809/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://variety.com/2022/music/news/kris-wu-jail-term-china-court-1235441809/</a><br> Oh Yeong-su, ‘Squid Game’ Star and Golden Globe Winner, Indicted for Sexual Misconduct<br> <a href="https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/squid-game-oh-yeong-su-sexual-misconduct-1235441880/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/squid-game-oh-yeong-su-sexual-misconduct-1235441880/</a><br> Amazon Plans to Invest $1 Billion a Year in Movies for Theaters<br> <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-23/amazon-plans-to-invest-1-billion-in-movies-for-theaters" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-23/amazon-plans-to-invest-1-billion-in-movies-for-theaters</a><br> Agatha Christie’s ’The Mousetrap’ Will Make Long-In-Coming Broadway Debut In 2023<br> <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/11/agatha-christie-the-mousetrap-broadway-2023-1235181720/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://deadline.com/2022/11/agatha-christie-the-mousetrap-broadway-2023-1235181720/</a><br> Deal to Merge Two Publishing Giants Is on the Verge of Collapse<br> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/20/books/penguin-random-house-simon-schuster-dea..."></a>