Disney’s Chief Compliance Officer Out Amid Layoffs

Succession star Brian Cox has lined up a new gig now that he's wrapped up with Logan Roy.

A Lanarkshire rowdy who tried to throw a police officer down a flight of stairs has avoided a prison sentence.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed scheduled payments including State Pension, Universal Credit and Carer’s Allowance which are due on the May Day bank holiday next Monday will land in bank accounts this Friday, April 28. Payments from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) such as Child Benefit and Tax Credits will also arrive early.

Kirkcudbright Summer Festivities charity shop manager Avril Swan organised a fashion show on Sunday featuring volunteer staff modelling clothes from the outlet.

Kirkcudbright Community Tennis Club is offering new and exciting tennis taster sessions this spring.

Dumfries and Galloway College is set to be hit with a double whammy of industrial action.

Crossmichael Heritage Centre at the church hall has opened for the summer season.

A Dalbeattie man is getting ready to walk 100 miles for a cause close to his heart.

Peter Andre has heaped praise on his wife Emily for her parenting style and also candidly opened up about his own childhood with his parents in Australia. The Mysterious Girl singer, 50, branded NHS doctor Emily, 33, "smart" and "sensible" and said she'd helped him to find "the simple part" of himself again following his crazy rise to fame. In a new interview with The Times, Peter said of his wife Emily: "She's smart and sensible and organised, and she makes me see things very differently.

Peter Pan, also expressed that he 'realized that before today I have never truly loved anything in my life' in his post's caption. Sumpter held Lucy Snow close to his chest in the first snap from the photoshoot. The performer shares his daughter with his wife Elizabeth Treadway, whom he married last year.

Chris Evans used his friendship with Ana de Armas to recruit her for their movie 'Ghosted' after Scarlett Johansson dropped out. Chris and Ana star in the new Apple TV Plus action movie but director Dexter Fletcher has revealed Scarlett had originally been cast to play the female lead partly because of her longtime friendship with the actor - and when she had scheduling issues, Chris had to bring in another of his female pals. Fletcher told The Hollywood Reporter: "I was lucky enough to get on well with Chris and meet him, and he was like: 'Look, Scarlett is a great friend.

Former EastEnders star Kellie Shirley has exclusively introduced her adorable baby boy, who she and husband Phil Davies have named Ezra Cillian. And during her OK! shoot told us all about her birth story. The 41 year old actress, who welcomed her third child on World Book Day in March, had a planned C-section as she developed group B streptococcus, known as strep B, during pregnancy.The bacteria can sometimes be passed on to the baby during labour and make them unwell, so Kellie wanted to err on the side of caution.

EastEnders scenes as things become too much for her. Amy has faced a lot of challenges recently, having battled with her mental health and turning to self harm. After a dangerous situation that left her hospitalised, she sought help and was prescribed medication and EFT to help with her anxiety.

Lauren Jauregui labelled Elon Musk a "clown" after her blue tick was reinstated by Twitter. The 26-year-old singer blasted the billionaire businessman - who bought Twitter for $44 billion last year - after her blue-tick status was restored by the platform. Lauren - who shot to fame as part of Fifth Harmony - wrote on the micro-blogging site: "Wait a minute now [laughing emoji] y’all do you really think I paid for this??? [laughing emoji] thank you for my blue check back but I guarantee I didn’t pay, unless Elon took up my tab too [laughing emoji] (sic)" Elon previously announced plans to introduce a subscription service for blue ticks.

Two teenagers have been charged alleged vandalism at Linlithgow Palace.

Leading pundit Micah Richards is utterly convinced Ange Postecoglou will earn more A-list links with Chelsea monitoring him.

A group of East Kilbride school children were buzzing to hop on board Clyde 1's Kool Ride to School this week.

Reliance Industries’ Indian content arm Jio Studios is teaming with Indian filmmaker Nagraj Manjule to make a Marathi-language film about India’s first Olympic medallist, freestyle wrestler Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav (a.k.a. Khashaba). 

Kele Okereke joined Hayley Williams and the rest of Paramore to perform a cover of Bloc Party‘s ‘Blue Light’ in London last night (April 23).The show, which took place at the O2 Arena on April 23, was Paramore’s last in the UK as part of their 2023 UK and Ireland tour with Bloc Party. The show was also an additional date at the O2 Arena after what was originally meant to be the tour’s last stop in Birmingham on April 22.To commemorate the last show of their UK run, Hayley Williams and co.

A man who stabbed a former work friend more than 20 times as he slept has been jailed for life. Lewis Robinson, 30, launched a horrifying knife attack on Saiyed Mashhadi in at his home on July 27 2022, LancsLive report.

Former Coronation Street star has been applauded by the likes of Gemma Atkinson and Adam Thomas as he shared an emotional health update months after suffering a mini stroke.

It was the Christmas before Covid struck when Jeff came to terms with it – he could no longer look after his wife by himself. The retired clinical scientist, who had worked for the NHS, became a carer for his wife, Teresa, after she was diagnosed with dementia in 2014 at the age of 66.

EXCLUSIVE: Disney’s international teams are braced for layoffs and content cuts.

For the first time, Bob Iger is speaking out and addressing the ongoing battle between the company and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. He also answered a frankly bizarre question about the company’s so-called “woke agenda,” both with the kind of poise and composure that made him such a favorite of his employees as well as the shareholders, during the Disney Shareholders meeting.“Let me if you don’t mind let me address this issue which I haven’t really done much publicly. But I’d love the opportunity just to put it all in perspective.

Bob Iger is back, debonaire, relaxed, articulate and talking up Disney IP via video in front of Walt Disney Word, where the company appears to have outmaneuvered Ron DeSantis for control. He also fianlly spoke his mind on the simmering feud, telling the company’s virtual annual shareholder meeting today that the governor’s apparent “retaliation” against Disney for exercising a right to free speech “is not only anti-business, but anti-Florida,” given the jobs, taxes, resources and revenue Disney provides the state.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Returned CEO Bob Iger made a rare public comment about Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ moves to “punish” Disney for its position against Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” Bill last year during the company’s annual shareholders meeting Monday, calling the decision “not just anti-business, but anti-Florida.” “It seems like he’s decided to retaliate against us,” Iger said, referring to DeSantis’ power struggle with Disney in Florida, the home of Disney World, in an attempt “to punish a company for its exercise of a constitutional right.” “That seems really wrong to me,” he added. “We’re currently planning now to invest over $17 billion Disney World over the next 10 years,” Iger said, noting that Disney estimates this will lead to 13,000 new jobs within the company and “thousands of indirect jobs” in the state, thus bringing in more taxes for Floriday.

Disney’s former head of communications Zenia Mucha is advising TikTok as the beleagued company fights calls to shut it down in the U.S. on security concerns, Deadline has confirmed. It’s already banned across the Federal government with President Biden recently ramping up demands that the global app’s Chinese parent sell the U.S. business to a company Stateside, or see it vanish.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Zenia Mucha, formerly Disney’s top spokesperson for almost two decades, was recruited to be part of the team that coached TikTok’s CEO for his congressional hearing earlier this month, according to a new report. In addition to Mucha, TikTok tapped former Obama advisers David Plouffe and Jim Messina to prep Shou Zi Chew, CEO of TikTok, for more than a month before Chew’s March 23 appearance before the House Energy and Commerce Committee — which observers said only reinforced anti-TikTok attitudes among both Republican and Democratic lawmakers concerned about the app’s Chinese ownership by parent company ByteDance. TikTok did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Mucha could not be reached for comment.

co-hosted a D23-themed podcast, “D23 Inside Disney,” along with Oh My Disney’s Sheri Henry. News of the ouster came from six separate sources with knowledge of the situation.

Disney has eliminated a small business unit focused on exploring the metaverse, part of its initial efforts to reduce its workforce by about 7,000 employees.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor As part of a companywide cost-cutting effort, Disney has axed its cross-divisional Next Generation Storytelling & Consumer Experiences group, which encompassed the Mouse House’s metaverse ambitions. The elimination of Disney’s Next Generation Storytelling & Consumer Experiences group, led by company veteran Mike White, affects about 50 employees, Variety confirmed. The news was first reported by the Wall Street Journal. A Disney rep declined to comment. The shutdown of Disney’s metaverse group came Monday with the first wave of the company’s move to slash 7,000 jobs under interim CEO Bob Iger, which is part of its attempt to reduce $5.5 billion in costs. Following this week’s layoffs, there will be a larger second round of cuts next month, Iger told employees in a memo Monday. A final round of layoffs will hit “before the beginning of summer,” according to Iger.

the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.The metaverse team, per WSJ, was tasked with “fiinding ways to tell interactive stories in new technological formats using Disney’s extensive library of intellectual property.” It employed approximately 50 people, all of whom have been let go, according to WSJ. However, the division’s boss, former Disney consumer products executive Mike White, remains with the company in an undetermined capacity.Representatives for Disney didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment from TheWrap.The move comes just over a year after Disney created the division under former CEO Bob Chapek.

Details are starting to emerge about the first wave of Disney layoffs. It involves a consolidation of production operations across Disney TV Studios, Hulu and Freeform and the shutdown of the studio operation’s Creative Acquisition department.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor Disney will begin layoff notices this week for more than 7,000 staffers whose positions will be eliminated as part of a deep cost-cutting effort that will be felt across all of the company’s key divisions. Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed Monday morning in a memo to employees that the layoffs will come in three waves, starting today. Iger disclosed the plan to significantly cut Disney’s overhead with massive staff reductions on Feb. 8. The cuts are expected to hit across the board and hit senior management levels as well as lower-level executives. “The difficult reality of many colleagues and friends leaving Disney is not something we take lightly. This company is home to the most talented and dedicated employees in the world, and so many of you bring a lifelong passion for Disney to your work here,” Iger wrote. “That’s part of what makes working at Disney so special. It also makes it all the more difficult to say goodbye to wonderful people we care about. I want to offer my sincere thanks and appreciation to every departing employee for your numerous contributions and your devotion to this beloved company.”

Disney CEO Bob Iger has confirmed the first of three rounds of layoffs is starting this week as the company looks to reduce its workforce by about 7,000 employees.

Schiffer added. The forced reduction or ending of remote work is becoming a higher priority not only for Apple but for a range of entertainment and media companies – from Disney, where Bob Iger’s return heralded more demands to get bodies back at desks four days a week, to Amazon, which has told staffers they must show up three days a week starting May 1, to Warner Bros.