12-10-2020 22:29 via uk.finance.yahoo.com

Walt Disney restructures entertainment businesses to boost streaming

Disney said it would manage media and entertainment programming under three separate groups - studios, general entertainment and sports -- and concentrate distribution and commercialization under a global unit.The move came days after activist investor Daniel Loeb urged Disney to forgo a dividend payment and double its programming investment in streaming.Disney shares rose nearly 5 percent in after-hours trading to $130.76.
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