US EditionThe untold story of Ron DeSantis vs. Disney
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Disney Was Both Victim and Victor in the Battle With Florida and DeSantis? Bob Iger Spin Is Here Again
Companies know that stories matter… and perhaps no company knows it more than Disney. That’s why a new report from Florida Politics, presenting Disney as both victim of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, as well as victor of the state of Florida’s attempts to stomp them out, is worthy of extreme skepticism. One might consider that this is an attempt to stamp the “official narrative” on a story that looks far more like Disney having lost in almost ev…
The untold story of Ron DeSantis vs. Disney
In a war against Gov. Ron DeSantis, Disney fought fire with fire. Disney hired Holtzman Vogel, a powerhouse law firm that performed millions of dollars of work for the DeSantis administration, to help Disney outmaneuver the state. Holtzman Vogel did not want anyone to know it was helping Disney for fear of DeSantis’ retribution, one Disney lawyer said under oath. That’s just one revelation in court depositions recently obtained by Florida Politi…
Court Docs Reveal Walt Disney World Slowed Magic Kingdom Expansion Plans During Fight With DeSantis
A newly published deposition shines some light on how Walt Disney World slowed development plans as the new Central Florida Tourism Oversight District took over at the behest of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. DeSantis retaliated against The Walt Disney Company back in 2022 when they opposed his “Don’t Say Gay” bill amidst his presidential ambitions. As part of that retaliation, DeSantis took over the former Reedy Creek Improvement District and i…
Disney World Expansion Stopped by State Government Action : Disney Fanatic
Seven hundred pages of court depositions do not usually make for compelling reading. This particular set of 700 pages is an exception. Credit: Inside the Magic Florida Politics reporter Gabrielle Russon spent months obtaining and working through court records from the Disney-DeSantis legal dispute, and what she found rewrites the conventional understanding of what that fight was actually about. The public version of the story was a governor pick…
State Intervention Freezes Disney’s Expansion Momentum
We have been following the Disney-DeSantis saga since it started, and we thought we had a pretty good handle on what actually happened. Turns out we did not know the half of it. Credit: Inside the Magic Florida Politics reporter Gabrielle Russon just published an investigation based on 700 pages of court depositions from the legal dispute between Disney and the DeSantis-controlled board that replaced Reedy Creek. And what is in those pages is ge…
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