Robert Iger plans to maintain Disney's hiring freeze and said he will focus on profitability at the company's streaming services rather than new subscribers
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’s Chief Executive Robert Iger told employees in a companywide town hall meeting that he will give priority to creativity and that he will chase profitability over growing subscriber numbers at Disney’s streaming services.about one week ago after the board of directors ousted Bob Chapek. Mr. Iger, who was Disney’s CEO from 2005 to 2020, was met with applause when he was introduced at the Monday town hall and he responded by saying he thought he might cry.
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