Disney let go of Marvel Entertainment Chairman Isaac “Ike” Perlmutter Wednesday as part of a massive round of layoffs.
Disney let go of Marvel Entertainment Chairman Isaac “Ike” Perlmutter Wednesday as part of a massive round of layoffs unveiled earlier this week, following the Marvel Entertainment head’s unsuccessful attempt last year to organize a hostile takeover of Disney’s board of directors....
[+]Disney informed Perlmutter over the phone Wednesday that he had been laid off, just two days after the entertainment giant reportedlyIn that phone call, Disney officials told Perlmutter that Marvel Entertainment, a subsidiary of Disney focused on consumer products around the so-called Marvel Cinematic Universe, and run separately from film producer Marvel Studios, was “redundant” and that Disney plans to incorporate it into the company’s larger business units, sources told...
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