Disney’s new CEO faces first challenge
Financial Times
— · 10min
The US and Iran traded fire in the Strait of Hormuz, and Anthropic formed a more than $1.5bn joint venture with Wall Street groups including Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman and Goldman Sachs.
Plus, the FT’s Anna Nicolaou explains whether Disney’s chief executive can handle the latest challenge thrown by the Trump administration.
Mentioned in this podcast:
https://www.ft.com/content/7ec081ca-3b1d-4fbe-b29a-a3b0b08efc41?accessToken=zwAAAZ6O1Awxks9-wIHKOx1PvtOymqOwsI78QdPmXBZ5BUtPdNOaAMfwhN5XhAE.MEUCIAhzcK1JEc0jQZs_dcnaLAQYuua1lU1FfzrjLSFGmQNrAiEAw-lGTdDVG73jJnRjhslrseVy6zSNTn11KimvRuYnnXc&segmentId=7d4bcc2e-e664-92ba-62e3-5590579f1902" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">US to ‘guide’ stranded ships out of Strait of Hormuz, says Trump
https://www.ft.com/content/01b31619-66ff-4a9d-8927-533296ae2b51?accessToken=zwAAAZ6O1TH7ks8BsxYZZv9KndOJJ1Mylq4rUc82dIAo8LpBi9OmQ6q4iv_6nwE.MEUCIAWWX4yL6RHxPx3LVJHA3uXR2BHQT9-bnCnCKKRX3wjrAiEAiLEy2mXkaxeVGxwPoWr3NqUEe2EhdeQ1TRnWPaJdO6M&segmentId=7d4bcc2e-e664-92ba-62e3-5590579f1902" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Blackstone and Goldman among backers for $1.5bn JV with Anthropic
https://www.ft.com/content/e65c1679-054b-4f74-9a00-c7f084de5784?accessToken=zwAAAZ6O1Awxks9-wIHKOx1PvtOymqOwsI78QdPmXBZ5BUtPdNOaAMfwhN5XhAE.MEUCIAhzcK1JEc0jQZs_dcnaLAQYuua1lU1FfzrjLSFGmQNrAiEAw-lGTdDVG73jJnRjhslrseVy6zSNTn11KimvRuYnnXc&segmentId=7d4bcc2e-e664-92ba-62e3-5590579f1902" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Trump vs Kimmel: inside Disney chief Josh D’Amaro’s baptism of fire
https://www.ft.com/content/36748028-f0ba-418b-a643-aab88afffa9f?accessToken=zwAAAZ6O1TH7ks8BsxYZZv9KndOJJ1Mylq4rUc82dIAo8LpBi9OmQ6q4iv_6nwE.MEUCIAWWX4yL6RHxPx3LVJHA3uXR2BHQT9-bnCnCKKRX3wjrAiEAiLEy2mXkaxeVGxwPoWr3NqUEe2EhdeQ1TRnWPaJdO6M&segmentId=7d4bcc2e-e664-92ba-62e3-5590579f1902" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‘Plastic shock’ hits Asia as Iran oil crisis strangles supplies
Note: The FT does not use generative AI to voice its podcasts
Today’s FT News Briefing was hosted and edited by https://www.ft.com/marc-filippino" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Marc Filippino, and produced by Katya Kumkova and Saffeya Ahmed.
Our show was mixed by Sam Giovinco.
Additional help from Michael Lello.
Our executive producer is Topher Forhecz.
Cheryl Brumley is the FT’s Global Head of Audio.
The show’s theme music is by Metaphor Music.
https://www.ft.com/content/57ba52e2-1648-4706-b410-e2723f4eea49" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com
Hosted on Acast.
See https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy for more information.