The long-anticipated collision of two media heavyweights over pay-TV distribution terms is at hand, with Disney on Thursday warning YouTube TV viewers that its networks could vanish next week. The companies’ existing distribution agreement expires at midnight ET next Thursday,

Entertainment giant Disney would be better off shutting down its ABC broadcast network and dealing with the one-off financial hit than attempting to sell off its affiliate network, an investment firm found in its analysis. Needham wrote in a client note ...

A group of 100-plus former ABC News journalists has sent a letter to Disney CEO Bob Iger urging him to make “a concerted effort to defend free speech and press freedom against political intimidation.” The letter, obtained by CNN on Wednesday, soon ...

Tucked amid the outcry over Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension, FCC threats against broadcast licensees, and all the rest, a modest analyst proposal surfaced that would short circuit the possibility of a future repeat of the mess. What if Disney stopped ...

A 10-second bit by ABC comedian Jimmy Kimmel plunged Walt Disney Co. into a full-blown crisis that rippled across America. President Trump, the Federal Communications Commission chief and others were angered this month over Kimmel's remarks about the ...

Following ABC's decision to suspend late-night host Jimmy Kimmel's show "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on Sept. 17, 2025, several posts online claimed its parent company Disney lost nearly $4 billion in valuation overnight. Snopes calculations revealed that ...

The current mess battle between YouTube TV and the Walt Disney Co. provides an opportunity to rethink having paid live television.