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Published · transcript-backedBen Gilbert: belief
10 Aug 2026 Acquired Disney: The Renaissance and the Empire
“The Disney brand has something to lose. And so if you have a bunch of bombs in a row, I think less of the Disney brand, which again takes away your compounding competitive advantage.”
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- Ben Gilbert
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- belief
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- 10 Aug 2026
- Publisher
- Acquired
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…Yes. The Netflix brand doesn't mean anything to anyone. The Netflix brand is the button that I push on my TV when I wanna watch stuff. And sometimes it's great stuff, but if it's not great stuff, whatever, it whizzes by. I don't think one way or another about Netflix. The Disney brand has something to lose. And so if you have a bunch of bombs in a row, I think less of the Disney brand, which again takes away your compounding competitive advantage. Advantage by being Disney, whereas if you release a bunch of great things in a row, even if they're more spaced out over time and you're really judicious with it, which is not congruent with the streaming operating model, then it can really add to the brand bucket of the Disney brand. Disney has this compounding asset that is at risk when going head-to-head with Netflix. Yep, yep, yep. So that's all the strategic tradeoffs on the Disney film and TV side. Then there's the whole cable ESPN side of the house.…
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