Disney's CEO Bob Chapek said Tuesday that he is aiming to reopen its California theme parks with limited capacity by the end of April, and that thousands of furloughed employees will return to work.
Santa Clara County says no thanks to state s Blue Shield vaccine program
By Janie Har
The first group of COVID-19 vaccines arrived in Santa Clara County on Tuesday.
SAN JOSE, Calif. - California’s counties remain skittish over switching up their vaccine delivery systems, with a Santa Clara County official saying the Silicon Valley county will not participate in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to have Blue Shield control COVID-19 vaccine distribution.
Some counties and elected officials are also pushing for Newsom to reconsider a plan to distribute more vaccine to vulnerable neighborhoods, saying that the ZIP codes he planned to use do not capture all the pockets of poverty in the state, including in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Disney+ streaming platform crosses 100 million subscriber milestone
Disney was hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic as theme parks and movie theaters were forced to shut down, but it has impressed Wall Street with the growth of Disney+, which debuted in November 2019
Reuters | March 10, 2021 | Updated 12:32 IST
Walt Disney Co s Disney+ streaming service has signed up more than 100 million paying subscribers around the world in its first 16 months, Chief Executive Bob Chapek said at the company s annual shareholder meeting on Tuesday. Chapek also said Disney hopes to reopen its California theme parks to limited attendance in late April. The parks were closed a year ago due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Disney+ surpasses 100 million subscribers, a bright spot amid pandemic
By Ryan Faughnder
Walt Disney Co. s key streaming service Disney+ has surpassed 100 million subscribers in the 16 months since it launched, Chief Executive Bob Chapek said during the company s annual shareholder meeting Tuesday.
Disney s milestone is a heartening development for a company that has weathered extraordinary challenges because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The subscriber count is up from the 94.9 million accounts Disney reported last month for the quarter that ended in January. And the surge fueled by hits such as The Mandalorian and WandaVision has encouraged the company to spend more on growing its streaming businesses. Disney in December unveiled an aggressive plan to ramp up programming for the service to 100 new titles a year.