{"id":1962657,"date":"2023-07-02T11:17:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-02T15:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disneys-disastrous-weekend-could-get-worse-after-major-update-in-150m-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2023-07-02T11:20:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-02T15:20:13","slug":"disneys-disastrous-weekend-could-get-worse-after-major-update-in-150m-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disneys-disastrous-weekend-could-get-worse-after-major-update-in-150m-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney&#8217;s weekend woes may worsen with a significant update in a $150M lawsuit."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdisneys-disastrous-weekend-could-get-worse-after-major-update-in-150m-lawsuit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1962657&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Disastrous Weekend for Disney: Lawsuit and Box Office Flop<\/h2>\n<p>A disastrous weekend for Disney could be a sign of things to come.<\/p>\n<p>In a Friday court filing, attorneys for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/johnny-depp-enacts-revenge-disney-company-made-big-mistake-dropping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Disney<\/a> employees suing the company for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-usps-cheating-workers-out-of-pay\/\" title=\"Report: USPS cheating workers out of pay\">allegedly underpaying<\/a> its female employees sought to expand the matter into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disneys-disastrous-weekend-could-get-worse-after-major-update-in-150m-lawsuit\/\" title=\"Disney's weekend woes may worsen with a significant update in a 0M lawsuit.\">class-action lawsuit involving current<\/a> and former employees as well, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2023\/06\/disney-discrimination-lawsuit-pay-equity-class-action-bob-iger-1235427415\/\">Deadline<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The suit accuses Disney of treating its female employees as \u201ccheap labor,\u201d according to one attorney representing the suit\u2019s two plaintiffs, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2019\/04\/walt-disney-studios-sued-over-alleged-gender-pay-inequality-1202588121\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deadline<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The two women named in the suit as plaintiffs are seeking relief that would provide allegedly stolen back wages from those the company discriminated against.<\/p>\n<p>Disney is calling the suit \u201cmeritless,\u201d pledging a vigorous defense against the claims it discriminates against its female employees.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit is only the latest of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/desantis-threatens-putting-prison-next-disney-park-woke-giant-counters-sick-dark-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Disney\u2019s<\/a> woes.<\/p>\n<p>The giant\u2019s new feature film from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-harrison-ford-hamill-and-lucas-mourn-chewbacca-actor-mayhew\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indiana Jones<\/a> franchise is underperforming \u2014 to the tune that cinema experts are projecting it as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-box-office-duds-that-became-cult-classics\/\" title=\"9 Box Office Duds That Became Cult Classics\">box office dud<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny\u201d is on pace to rake in less revenue than its predecessor in the franchise (which was released in 2008), according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2023\/06\/30\/nolte-disneys-indiana-jones-5-opening-day-worse-than-the-flash-flop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Breitbart<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The film \u2014 which had a hefty production cost of $300 million \u2014 underperformed the other greatest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zack-snyders-justice-league-is-well-worth-the-wait-and-the-four-hours-it-takes-to-watch-it\/\" title=\"Zack Snyder\u2019s Justice League\u00a0Is Well Worth The Wait \u2014 And The Four Hours It Takes To Watch It\">box office flop<\/a> of the summer, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-audiences-creeped-cgi-resurrection-christopher-reeve-flash\/\">The Flash<\/a>,\u201d and may eventually lose money if the interests of audience aren\u2019t captured.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cFlash\u201d was the biggest box office flop of the year until now, two weeks later. The new \u201cIndiana Jones\u201d did as bad as \u201cFlash\u201d its opening day, $24 million, and it cost $100 million more. Congratulations Disney Corp. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f6oYxq87Fq\">pic.twitter.com\/f6oYxq87Fq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Philosopher_Jay (@Philosopher_Jay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Philosopher_Jay\/status\/1675300960799801344?\">July 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>ESPN Layoffs and Stock Downgrade<\/h3>\n<p>Business difficulties are already imposing a cost at one of Disney\u2019s liberal media divisions.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN terminated the employment of about 20 of its on-air personalities over the weekend \u2014 with longtime employees ignominiously receiving the ax from the network, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/media\/2023\/06\/30\/espn-layoffs-list-todd-mcshay-suzy-kolber-steve-young\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sports Illustrated<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Veteran employee Suzy Kolber confirmed her layoff in a tweet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Today I join the many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-sacred-cows-woke-espn-reportedly-dumping-20-major-on-air-talents-in-latest-round-of-layoffs\/\" title=\"'No Sacred Cows': ESPN Reportedly Axing 20 Top On-Air Talents in Latest Layoffs\">hard-working colleagues<\/a> who have been laid off.<\/p>\n<p>Heartbreaking-but 27 years at ESPN was a good run.<\/p>\n<p>So grateful for a 38 yr career!<\/p>\n<p>Longevity for a woman in this business is something I\u2019m especially proud of.<\/p>\n<p>Next step- a project that gives back.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/URitozP0LQ\">pic.twitter.com\/URitozP0LQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Suzy Kolber (@SuzyKolber) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SuzyKolber\/status\/1674825386050437130?\">June 30, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>ESPN has consistently lost subscribers in 2023, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportspromedia.com\/news\/espn-fox-sports-cable-tv-subscribers-customers-us-households-decline-nielsen\/?zephr_sso_ott=EKwQsm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sports Pro Media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One financial analysis company downgraded Disney\u2019s stock last week, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/markets\/disney-stock-downgraded-streaming-theme-park-growth-fears\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox Business<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The company has also seen its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/going-last-laugh-desantis-reportedly-set-thwart-disneys-last-minute-poison-pill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">legal privileges<\/a> in Florida challenged amid its opposition to Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019 education policies.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/disneys-disastrous-weekend-get-worse-major-update-150m-lawsuit\/\">Disney&#8217;s Disastrous Weekend Could Get Worse After Major Update in $150M Lawsuit<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>underpaying its female employees and seeks to include current and former employees in a class-action lawsuit. This development could indicate a troubling future for Disney, as it faces potential legal consequences for its alleged discriminatory practices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":666,"featured_media":1962658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1962657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1962657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/666"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1962657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1962657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1962658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1962657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1962657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1962657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}