BURBANK, Calif. (December 8, 2022) – Today, Disney+ made its highly-anticipated, ad-supported subscription offering available in the U.S., with more than 100 advertisers across all major categories at launch.
BURBANK, Calif., June 9, 2022 The Walt Disney Company has named Dana Walden as Chairman, Disney General Entertainment Content, it was announced today by Bob Chapek, Chief Executive Officer, The Walt Disney Company.
Ice Age and Rio, in its 2019 acquisition of Fox. Though Disney already owned two animation studios, Pixar and Walt Disney Animation, originally it seemed like Blue Sky would remain running. However, due to financial hardships caused by the covid-19 pandemic, Disney has now decided three’s a crowd and will close the studio as well as let go of its 450 employees.
“Given the current economic realities, after much consideration and evaluation, we have made the difficult decision to close filmmaking operations at Blue Sky Studios,” a Disney spokesperson told Deadline, which broke the news.
According to that piece, “Disney will be working with the employees at the Greenwich, CT-based animation house to explore open positions at the other internal studios.”