{"id":265372,"date":"2023-12-08T05:19:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T10:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=319927"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:27:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:27:27","slug":"elon-musk-demands-disney-to-fire-its-current-ceo-for-this-ridiculous-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/elon-musk-demands-disney-to-fire-its-current-ceo-for-this-ridiculous-reason\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk demands that Disney fires its current CEO\u2026 for this ridiculous reason"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The controversy surrounding Elon Musk since he bought Twitter is possibly the worst publicity campaign in history. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-controversies-of-x-with-its-logo-a-plagiarism-and-a-bill-of-barely-30-dollars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">It dominates headlines daily<\/a>. And it&#8217;s never for a good cause. This 2023 is becoming very tiresome for him.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Twitter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/dc4321da-9b2e-11e6-b8c8-00163ed833e7\/107793415\/twitter-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Twitter<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Elon Musk has said that Disney boss Bob Iger should be &#8220;fired immediately&#8221;<\/strong> after the company stopped advertising on X (formerly known as Twitter).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Walt Disney is turning in his grave over what Bob has done to his company&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/business-67656437?at_medium=RSS&amp;at_campaign=KARANGA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">said Elon Musk<\/a> in a series of messages against the American entertainment giant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This comes a week after Musk told companies they had joined an advertising boycott against his platform, formerly known as Twitter, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/elon-musk-loses-the-papers-in-an-interview-that-he-j\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">a very polite and pretty &#8220;fuck you&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Disney CEO Bob Iger responds to Elon Musk: <br><br>&quot;I have a lot of respect for Elon and what he&#39;s accomplished. We felt the association with that position and Elon Musk and X was not necessarily a positive one for us and we decided we&#39;d pull our advertising.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CtBZH0awLN\">pic.twitter.com\/CtBZH0awLN<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CitizenFreePres\/status\/1730314856178319565?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What power does Elon Musk have to request the dismissal of Bob Iger?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Iger returned to Disney just over a year ago<\/strong> (less than 12 months after retiring) to lead it through turbulent times when its stock price was plummeting, and the Disney+ streaming service was still generating losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>During his tenure at the company, he has been credited with driving significant acquisitions<\/strong> involving major entities like the animation studio Pixar, comic book company Marvel, Rupert Murdoch&#8217;s 21st Century Fox, and Lucasfilm, the home of Star Wars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These moves, along with theme park openings, contributed to quintupling the company&#8217;s market value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Drops more bombs than a B-52 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wvEfXAk7nN\">pic.twitter.com\/wvEfXAk7nN<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1732766534261436743?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 7, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a post published on Thursday, Musk seemed to refer to the recent box office results of some Disney companies, stating that Iger had launched &#8220;more bombs than a B-52.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The billionaire <strong>also accused Disney of advertising on other social media platforms<\/strong> that allowed controversial materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, during an event held in New York, <strong>Elon Musk lashed out at advertisers who had abandoned X<\/strong> and warned that they would end the social media platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Linda Yaccarino: advertisers fleeing from X are just \u201ctemporarily paused investments\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1EtW9dHqoX\">https:\/\/t.co\/1EtW9dHqoX<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Verge (@verge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/verge\/status\/1726733241065881854?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also accused companies like Disney, Apple, and Comcast, which have suspended advertising on the site, of attempting to blackmail him. &#8220;I don&#8217;t want them to advertise,&#8221; Musk said in response to a question at the New York Times&#8217; DealBook summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/and-now-twitter-advertisers-ask-for-the-head-of-the-new-ceo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">X&#8217;s CEO, Linda Yaccarino<\/a>, who also attended the summit, has reposted what she called a &#8220;frank interview&#8221; by Musk. But, of course, what else would she say? She&#8217;s talking about her boss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk did not like that the largest companies in the world have abandoned Twitter after their latest anti-Semitic controversy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9265,"featured_media":265374,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[1434],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-265372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-elon-musk"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265372"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":315872,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265372\/revisions\/315872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265372"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=265372"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=265372"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=265372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}