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Disney CEO Bob Iger opens door to offloading TV assets as linear business struggles

Disney CEO Bob Iger opens door to offloading TV assets as linear business struggles

Disney CEO Bob Iger opened the door for the sale of the company's linear TV assets as the business struggles during the media industry's transition to streaming and digital offerings.Iger appeared on CNBC Thursday, the morning after the company announced it was extending his two-year contract through 2026. Returned at the helm of the company in November after Disney's board of directors ousted Bob Chapek on a two-year contract through 2024 and plans to find a next successor.“After coming back, I realized that the company faces many challenges, some of them self-inflicted,” Iger told CNBC's Faber on Thursday, noting that…
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A Texas soldier ‘voluntarily’ disappeared, says the military.  Then his wife died, and they found him alive.

A Texas soldier ‘voluntarily’ disappeared, says the military. Then his wife died, and they found him alive.

In the days after her husband was reported missing at the Texas Army base where he was stationed, Cam Chamberlain sent a series of urgent Facebook messages to an old friend: When he disappeared, she said, he left her without food or money.She wasn't working, she was separated from her family and her efforts to get help from the military had gone nowhere, two old friends said. "I'm scared," she wrote to Jessica D'Lynn Pyles in a message the friend shared with NBC News. "I'm alone. I just want the pain to go away. I can't take it anymore."Cam Chamberlain.A…
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Two-time Super Bowl-winning coaches Tom Coughlin and Mike Shanahan among Hall of Fame semifinalists

Two-time Super Bowl-winning coaches Tom Coughlin and Mike Shanahan among Hall of Fame semifinalists

Two-time Super Bowl-winning coaches Tom Coughlin and Mike Shanahan and team owners Robert Kraft and Virginia McCaskey were among the 60 semifinalists announced Wednesday for the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2024.The Hall's 12-person Senior Committee trimmed a list of eligible nominated players to 31. Each semifinalist played his last game in professional soccer no later than 1998.Separately, the Hall's 12-person Coaches/Contributors Committee narrowed the list of nominees to 29 semifinalists.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin holds up the Vince Lombardi Trophy after his team beat the New England…
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DeSantis blasts Trump for potentially skipping debate, says he has no ‘right’ to the Republican nomination

DeSantis blasts Trump for potentially skipping debate, says he has no ‘right’ to the Republican nomination

WASHINGTON — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis rebuked former President Donald Trump Wednesday for suggesting he might skip the first Republican presidential debate in August. DeSantis, who launched his bid for the White House in May, said in an interview with conservative radio host Howie Carr that "nobody has a right to this nomination," especially if a candidate skips key events. “You have to earn the nomination, and doing things like the Family Leader event in Iowa, doing things like these debates, are important parts of the process,” DeSantis said, adding that he will go to Iowa for the conservative event…
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