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Disney President Reacts to Live-Action Moana Flop, Says It Was an 'Excellent Film' Hit by 'Unusual Circumstances'

Disney president Dana Walden has blamed "unusual circumstances" for the live-action Moana movie's disappointing box office, and defended the project as an otherwise "excellent film."

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Oct 2, 2026 · byIGN

Disney President Casts Doubt on Future of Jimmy Kimmel and Late-Night TV

Disney President Dana Walden wants to make 2 things clear -- she's a huge Jimmy Kimmel fan, and trying to make late-night TV make business sense is no joke. In a chat with Bloomberg's Screentime Thursday, Walden called late-night programming in…

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Oct 1, 2026 · byTMZ

Disney’s Dana Walden on Jimmy Kimmel’s Late Night Future: “It’s a Challenging Daypart”

The host is currently on a one-year contract for his ABC talk show.

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Oct 1, 2026 · byThe Hollywood Reporter

Why Hasn’t Jimmy Kimmel Signed A New Deal With Disney?

Jimmy Kimmel has had an incredibly busy year after being pulled off the air last September by ABC and becoming a free-speech hero in the process. Last month, it emerged he was in talks to renew his deal with Disney ahead of his contract expiring in May. Dana Walden, President and Chief Creative Officer of […]

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Oct 1, 2026 · byDeadline

Disney President Dana Walden on the Future of ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ and Why the Live-Action ‘Moana’ Struggled at the Box Office

Is Jimmy Kimmel returning to ABC next year? Disney president and chief creative officer Dana Walden says she’s working on it. “It’s a very challenging daypart, late-night,” Walden said during her Thursday morning conversation at Bloomberg’s Screentime. “That’s not to say that Jimmy is not doing a phenomenal job, and his ratings are up, but […]

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Oct 1, 2026 · byVariety

Dana Walden Addresses Disney Layoffs: “Technology Set Their Sights On Our Business”

Disney has gone through a number of layoffs this year and is just coming out of a voluntary retirement program. “It is extremely painful,” admitted Dana Walden, President and Chief Creative Officer of The Walt Disney Company. Earlier this week, the Mouse House laid off a couple of hundred employees, largely in areas such as […]

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Oct 1, 2026 · byDeadline

Here's what top Disney execs told employees about its major streaming leadership shake-up

Disney creative chief Dana Walden and streaming head Adam Smith addressed employees after major leadership changes to the direct-to-consumer business.

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Sep 18, 2026 · byBusiness Insider

Adam Smith To Lead Disney’s Direct-to-Consumer As Chairman, Joe Earley Becomes President Of Television Franchise & Content Strategy

Disney’s President and Chief Creative Officer Dana Walden is streamlining the leadership of the company’s direct-to-consumer operation. Six months after she announced Adam Smith and Joe Earley as Co-Presidents of Direct-to-Consumer, both reporting to her, Smith has been named sole leader as Chairman, Direct-to-Consumer, Disney Entertainment. Earley is moving to Disney Entertainment Television chairman Debra […]

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Sep 17, 2026 · byDeadline