Iger Says Succession Is Disney’s Top Priority After Proxy Fight, Ari Gets $25 Million as Endeavor Mega-Dream Ends and ‘Columbine 2024’ Documents 25 Years of Trauma

Plus: Kiss sells music catalog and IP to Pophouse, Spotify to raise subscription price again this year and Forbes stuffs digital ads meant for dot-com on clickbait site [Bob Iger in front of a Disney+ logo]( [Bob Iger Says Succession Is Disney Board's No. 1 Priority After Proxy Fight Win: 'Treating It With a Sense of Urgency']( By Lucas Manfredi After successfully fending off activist investors Trian Fund Management and Blackwells Capital, Disney CEO Bob Iger says the company’s main priority will now turn to identifying his successor. “Clearly, shareholders are interested in and care very much about succession,” Iger told CNBC’s David Faber on Thursday. “It is the board’s number one priority. They’ve been spending a significant amount of time on that.” [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Ari Emanuel and Egon Durban of Silver Lake]( [What Ari Gets: $25 Million, a Plane and the End of the Endeavor Mega-Dream | Analysis]( By Sharon Waxman It’s sure nice to have friends like Silver Lake managing partner Egon Durban. The deal unwinding the grand vision of Endeavor as a publicly-traded, global entertainment company, the terms of which were announced on Wednesday, includes huge potential paydays for co-founders Ari Emanuel and Patrick Whitesell along with COO Mark Shapiro. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Columbine 2024: 25 Years of Trauma' (Director: Jeff Vespa)]( [‘Columbine 2024: 25 Years of Trauma’ Documentary Chronicles a Teacher’s Eye-Opening Journey Through PTSD]( By Adam Chitwood When teacher Kiki Leyba was first approached about participating in a documentary about his experience with the 1999 mass shooting at Columbine High School, he was a little skeptical. Few quality documentaries have been made about the horrific ordeal, and Leyba was hesitant about whether “Columbine 2024: 25 Years of Trauma” director Jeff Vespa’s approach would be any different. “I always feel a little protective, not necessarily for myself, but I think for our Columbine community,” Leyba explained to TheWrap during an interview ahead of the film’s limited release. But that skepticism quickly dissipated – Vespa wasn’t as interested in rehashing the shooting as he was in exploring the lingering effects of trauma in the years that followed, resulting in a film that proves to be a heartbreaking guide for other survivors. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Kiss in Los Angeles 2020]( [Kiss Sells Music Catalog, IP to 'ABBA Voyage' Creators Pophouse With Eye Toward Digital-Performance Future]( [Spotify]( [Spotify to Raise Subscription Price Again This Year | Report]( [Forbes Logo]( [Forbes Caught Stuffing Digital Ads Meant for Dot-Com on Clickbait 'Ghost' Site | Report]( [Two images from Amazon's Road House and Hulu's Shogun side-by-side]( [‘Road House’ and ‘Shogun’ Hold Strong in Netflix-Dominated Streaming Top 10]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Wrap Pro logo] Discover why entertainment executives and professionals rely on the WrapPRO platform daily for exclusive coverage, analysis, deeper reporting, and access to VIP events & screenings throughout the year. [Subscribe Today]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( TheWrap | 2034 Armacost Ave Los Angeles, CA 90025 [Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe]( [LiveIntent Logo]( [AdChoices Logo](