Disney

Disney
Disney are a multinational mass media corporation based in California. Known for their films, shows, theme parks and merchandise.

Disney owns:
National geographic, Lucasfilm, Pixar, Fox, Marvel, ESPN

Disney is one of the biggest companies in the world worth $103.957 billion and makes up to 68 billion annually and is the biggest entertainment company in the world.
Their biggest film return was Avengers endgame with a revenue of $2.799 billion
Disney spent the most money on Star Wars the force awakens and their most expensive animated movie is Tangled.
Disney's biggest flop was Turning red that lost 240 million on the investment of 175 million
Disney's biggest upcoming films are a live action Snow white, Moana 2 and Mufasa.

Disney+ has been so successful by relying on already their very large loyal customer base that will want to watch Disney's catalogue of films and tv shows. It is also successful due to the large amount of releases that are Disney+ exclusives that will bring in more people who either fans of franchises under Disney may want to see the next installment. As Disney owns everything on their platform they don't need to negotiate external contracts to be allowed to have shows on their platform, this means they have an advantage over Netflix which may have to remove tv shows or movies due to an ending contract that could result in subscription loss. 



Clay Shirkey
He suggests there is no longer an audience in the traditional sense of the word. He suggests instead of being dictated in the media we consume, modern audiences embrace new media through the internet to entertain and create new identities.

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