Topic: Dick Cook

Lionsgate Hiring Help On Distribution Side

The first step to recovery is recognizing you have a problem. Well, Lionsgate has been failing regularly and let's hope this is the first step on...
Dick Cook has been relatively quiet since being ousted as Walt Disney Studios chairman in September 2009, save landing a board seat at Legendary...
Silicon Valley venture capitalist and uber-investor Jim Breyer of Accel Partners was busy inking a $40 million investment in Thomas Tull's...
FRIDAY 6:15 PM: Here's a quick look at how the North American box office is shaping up for this weekend based on today's grosses. Sony Pictures'...
Disney elevates home video head to new movie studio distribution roleMarking a renewed focus on the proliferation of ways that movies are delivered to consumers, The Walt Disney Co. has elevated its home video chief to a new distribution role covering all ...

Disney, Universal name new studio chiefs

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Walt Disney Co and Universal studios unveiled changes at the top on Monday, as Hollywood's worst-performing major houses try to turn things around in a potentially record year at the box office.Disney on Monday said it ...
Disney Channels President Rich Ross named to take over studio chair from ousted Dick CookThe Walt Disney Co. on Monday named Disney Channels Worldwide top executive Rich Ross as its movie studios chairman, following a year of disappointing movie results and the ...
Walt Disney Co's new studio chief Rich Ross has done a pitch-perfect job of putting corporate goals set in 2005 by incoming CEO Bob Iger in motion -- think global, embrace new technology and invest only in products Disney can sell across ...

Disney's Choice

Hollywood was caught off guard Friday when Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger unceremoniously fired the popular Dick Cook as head of Walt Disney Studios, a position he had held since 2002.. Many think it will come down to Rich Ross, head of ...

Disney's studio chief Dick Cook resigns

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Studios Chairman Dick Cook stepped down on Friday from his post to pursue " new adventures" after privately telling staff he felt he no longer fits in at the No. 1 U.S. entertainment company.Cook, who fondly ...