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The job cuts follow similar moves by US tech giants dialing back from a hiring spurt that began during the height of the pandemic.
\"I do not make this decision lightly,\" Iger said on a call to analysts after Disney<\/a> posted its latest quarterly earnings.
In its 2021 annual report, the group said it employed 190,000 people worldwide, 80 percent of whom were full-time.
\"We are going to take a really hard look at the costs for everything that we make, both across television and film,\" Iger said.
\"Because things in a very competitive world have just simply gotten more expensive.\"
The storied company founded by Walt Disney<\/a> said its streaming service saw its first ever fall in subscribers last quarter as consumers cut back on spending.
Subscribers to Disney+<\/a>, the streaming archrival to Netflix<\/a>, fell one percent to 161.8 million customers on December 31, compared to three months earlier.
Analysts had broadly expected the decline, and the Disney share price climbed more than five percent in post-session trading.
\"There are still big challenges ahead for Disney,\" Insider Intelligence principal analyst Paul Verna said in a note to investors.
\"Its traditional TV business is eroding, its streaming operation is not yet profitable, and it's facing pressure from an activist investor to rein in costs and plan for a post-Iger succession.\"
Disney is also going to look at the volume of content it makes and the pricing of its streaming services, Iger told analysts.
\"We were in a global arms race for subscribers,\" Iger said of Disney+ early days as a challenger to Netflix and Amazon Prime.
\"I think we might have gotten a bit too aggressive in terms of our promotion; and we are going to take a look at that.\"
- More 'Frozen' - Disney remains devoted to blockbuster franchises that include recent Marvel super hero film \"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,\" and has sequels in the works to hit animation films \"Frozen\" and \"Zootopia,\" Iger said.
It remains to be seen whether the layoffs and corporate restructuring will appease critics and set Disney on more solid footing, Verna cautioned.
Across its vast entertainment empire that includes theme parks, film studios and cruise ships, the Disney Group saw revenues of $23.5 billion for the three month period, better than analysts predicted.
Iger, who stepped down as CEO in 2020 after nearly two decades helming the storied company, was brought back after the board of directors ousted his replacement Bob Chapek. It was disappointed in his ability to rein in costs.
Chapek was also singled out for centralizing power around a small group of executives who made important decisions on content despite having little Hollywood experience.
Iger's new stint as CEO is facing major headwinds, including a campaign by activist investor Nelson Petz who is demanding major cost-cutting after he said Disney overpaid to buy the 20th Century Fox movie studio.
Disney is also caught in a spat with Florida governor Ron DeSantis who is looking to wrest back control of the area around Walt Disney World that has until now been controlled by the entertainment giant.
The politically conservative DeSantis, who is tipped as a possible US presidential candidate, is furious at Disney for criticizing a state law banning school lessons on sexual orientation.
Disney+'s struggles come as its archrival Netflix has emerged from its own rough patch and announced a solid boost in new subscribers for the end of last year.
In its own effort to rein back costs, Netflix has begun a campaign to stop password sharing among its hundreds of millions of global subscribers.
On Wednesday, Netflix revealed it had begun to crack down on password sharing in Canada, New Zealand, Portugal, and Spain as it continues to roll out its new policy worldwide.
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裁员遵循类似的举动,美国科技巨头拨号从招聘的高度大流行期间开始冲刺。
“我并非轻易作出这个决定,”伊格尔分析师的电话会议上表示迪斯尼发布了其最新的季度收益。
在2021年度报告中,该集团表示,全球雇佣了190000人,其中80%是全职。
“我们将努力看看成本为我们做的一切,都在电视和电影,”伊格尔说。
“因为事情仅仅在一个竞争非常激烈的世界变得更加昂贵。”
的公司建立的华特迪士尼表示,其流媒体服务在用户首次下降最后一个季度作为消费者削减支出。
订阅者迪斯尼+流媒体竞争对手网飞公司12月31日股价下跌百分之一,至1.618亿客户与三个月前相比。
分析师普遍预计下降,迪斯尼在热身交易中股价上涨超过百分之五。
“迪斯尼方面仍然面临着巨大的挑战,”内幕情报首席分析师保罗·弗娜给投资者的报告中表示。
“传统电视业务是侵蚀,流媒体业务尚未盈利,它面临着来自激进投资者的压力控制成本和计划post-Iger继承。”
迪士尼也要看的内容就和流媒体服务的定价,伊格尔告诉分析师。
“我们在全球军备竞赛的用户,”伊格尔说迪斯尼+早期Netflix和Amazon Prime的挑战者。
“我想我们可能已经有点过于激进的推广;我们要看一看。”
——更多的“冻结”——迪士尼仍致力于大片,包括最近的惊奇漫画超级英雄电影“黑豹:Wakanda永远,”和有续集作品达到动画电影“冻结”和“Zootopia,”伊格尔说。
还有待观察是否裁员和公司重组将安抚批评者和迪斯尼更稳固,弗娜警告说。
在其庞大的娱乐帝国,包括主题公园、电影制片厂和游船,迪斯尼集团收入235亿美元的三个月期间,优于分析师预期。
伊格尔,他在2020年辞去首席执行官后近二十年稳住传奇公司董事会赶下台后带回他的继任者鲍勃·伯克。失望于他的能力来控制成本。
伯克还指出把权力集中在一小群高管作出了重要决定内容尽管好莱坞的经验。
伊格尔的新担任首席执行官正面临重大阻力,包括活动维权投资者纳尔逊一楼是谁要求主要削减成本后他说迪斯尼出价购买20世纪福克斯电影工作室。
迪士尼也陷入了争吵和佛罗里达州州长罗恩DeSantis希望夺回控制权的迪斯尼乐园周围地区直到现在被控制的娱乐巨头。
政治上保守DeSantis,谁是美国总统候选人,愤怒在迪斯尼批评是一个州法律禁止学校的功课对性取向。
迪斯尼+的斗争作为其竞争对手Netflix出现了来自自己的难关和宣布一个坚实的提高为去年年底新用户。
在自己的努力控制成本,Netflix已经开始停止之间的密码共享其全球数亿用户。
周三,Netflix显示它已经开始打击密码共享在加拿大、新西兰、葡萄牙和西班牙,因为它继续推出新政策。
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