Rich Ross
is Chairman, The Walt Disney Studios at The Walt Disney Company.
Under pressure, Disney film boss Ross resigns
Walt Disney Studios Chairman Rich Ross (L) and Walt Disney Company President and Chief Executive Officer Bob Iger pose together at the world premiere of Disney Pixar's ''Toy Story 3'' at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California in this June 13, 2010 file photo. LOS ANGELES | Fri ... Read more »
Disney in $200m writedown for 'John Carter'
The writedown deals a blow to Rich Ross, the chairman of Walt Disney Studios, who has been trying to improve returns at the division following a restructuring and a focus on films made under the Disney, Pixar and Marvel brands. The studio has better prospects for the rest of the year... Read more »
Disney: Ex-Warner Bros. chief to run studio
The decision was announced today by Walt Disney Company Chairman and CEO Bob Iger, just over a month after former Disney studio chief Rich Ross resigned in the wake of John Carter‘s box office belly flop, which will cost the company $200 million. Unlike Ross, a former Disney ... Read more »
Michael Babad's business year in review: Winners, losers, laughter... and Muppets
Walt Disney's Rich Ross, who left the company after the disaster that was the film John Carter. Should have stuck to princesses and mermaids. 9. James Doak, the Megantic Asset Management money manager who tried to stop the NDP’s successful campaign to tax Ontario’s rich by likening it to ... Read more »
Breaking News Currents
Friday, April 20, 12:29 PM Walt Disney ( DIS +1.7%) movie chief Rich Ross steps down with no immediate successor named - a move that comes after John Carter became one of the studio's notable flops, but ahead of what should be a summer success from its Marvel unit in The Avengers. This ... Read more »
Rich Ross Disney Ouster Means Refocus on Movies, Not Cross-Promotion
Rich Ross Disney Ouster Means Refocus on Movies, Not Cross-Promotion After three years of bad results, whispering in the Hollywood wings and furrowed brows on Wall Street, the Disney CEO opted for a clean break from a bad decision. The move comes on the heels of the company announcing a ... Read more »
3 Lessons to Learn From Rich Ross’ Disney Departure
Rich Ross, the short-lived and now-departing Walt Disney chairman, was rumored to have a “touch of arrogance” and a flippancy about the ease of running a studio. Arrogance is a tough proposition when you’re great at your job, which he clearly was at Disney Channel, but when you’re in a ... Read more »
Rich Ross and the ‘John Carter’ Debacle – Disney Takes it on the Chin
Everyone at the Walt Disney Company, studio chief Rich Ross most of all, had been braced for bad news around “John Carter.” But few of those observing the company were expecting the swift doomsday sentence handed out by Disney on Monday, that the science fiction tale would lose $200 ... Read more »
Amid turbulent film biz, Disney makes safe chairman choice
gigabarb : More bad news for Facebook, as site crashes http://t.co/tJ7WEVkz After Bob Iger’s bold selection nearly three years ago to have cable TV executive Rich Ross run Walt Disney’s movie studio didn’t pan out, the Disney CEO is turning to a tried-and-true film-business veteran to ... Read more »
Disney studio chief Rich Ross steps down
Disney movie studio boss Rich Ross is stepping down, a month after the fa mily entertainment giant booked a huge loss on the movie "John Carter. " Disney movie studio boss Rich Ross is stepping down, a month after the family entertainment giant booked a huge loss on the movie ... Read more »
ICv2 The Case of the Missing Mogul
After Robert Iger, the Chief Executive of the Walt Disney Company, forced out Rich Ross, who headed Disney’s movie unit, last week some industry analysts speculated that Marvel’s Kevin Feige might get the job, though that now appears increasingly unlikely in spite of the likely success ... Read more »
John Carter Causing Write-down
The write-down is definitely a blow for the chairman of the Walt Disney studios, Mr. Rich Ross, who has continued his efforts of trying to improve the returns they are getting after the restructuring. “You never really know what a budget is for any of these films because Hollywood isn't ... Read more »
Peres Goes to 'House That Shrek Built' – The Shmooze – Forward.com
... top rank cohort of studio execs including CBS CEO Les Moonves, Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton, Universal Studios chief Ron Meyer, Fox Broadcasting Chairman Peter Rice, Walt Disney “Studios Chairman Rich Ross, Fox Filmed Entertainment co-chairman-CEO Tom Rothman, Saban Capital Group’s Haim Saban... Read more »
WORLD PREMIERE CELEBRATION FOR DISNEY'S "PIRATES OF THE ...
... 2011) —The Walt Disney Company is donating proceeds from the highly anticipated World Premiere of Walt Disney Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” to Boys & Girls Clubs of America, it was announced today by Rich Ross, Chairman, The Walt Disney Studios... Read more »
Global Giants: World Premiere Of Disneynature's OCEANS
) Maguy Maccario, Vice President of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation-USA; Bob Iger, President and CEO The Walt Disney Company; Pierce Brosnan, the film's narrator; Demi Lovato, who sings the film's theme song; Rich Ross, Chairman of the Walt Disney Studios; Alan Bergman... Read more »
Save Disney Shows News » Blog Archive » Rich Ross Named ...
Our very own Rich Ross has been selected as the new chairman of the Walt Disney Studios. Ross was the president of the Disney Channel, and has been our #1 recomended target for letters and emails ever since the founding of SDS. But now that Ross is moving on to the film ... Read more »
The Walt Disney Company and Affiliated Companies
Rich Ross NAMED CHAIRMAN OF THE WALT DISNEY STUDIOS ... Books, stage shows, feature films, video games and merchandise featuring original Disney Channel characters have become a critical part of The Walt Disney Company's success in recent years. ... Read more »
The Walt Disney Company and Affiliated Companies
BURBANK, Calif., October 5, 2009 -- Rich Ross, President of Disney Channels Worldwide, has been named Chairman of The Walt Disney Studios, it was announced today by Disney President and CEO Robert A. Iger. Ross will oversee worldwide production, distribution and marketing for the ... Read more »
The Walt Disney Company
As Chairman of The Walt Disney Studios (TWDS), Rich Ross oversees ... Disney Channels Worldwide programming extends into other lines of business for The Walt Disney Company, including the double-Platinum-selling "Hannah Montana" soundtrack, which made history as the first TV ... Read more »
