As well as ending up with Pixar, Mr Iger is also getting a close nike lebron 8, ionship with Steve Jobs, who founded Pixar and is the boss of Apple. Mr Jobs had a spectacular falling out with Mr Eisner, but
will now join Disney's board and become its largest individual shareholder. He could provide valuable advice to Mr Iger as he navigates a route through technological change.
Pixar's films have contributed over half of Disney's profits from its studio kobe 6, 1999, says Merrill Lynch, an investment bank. But their co-production agreement ends this year. Meanwhile, many of Disney's own animation films for children did badly in recent years. The firm has struggled to move away from hand-drawn cartoons to computer-generated images. Buying Pixar means that Mr Iger has at a stroke re-established Disney's pre-eminence in animation. That is vital, because the company needs a flow of new characters Nike Air Max 90 supply its theme parks, its cable-TV programmes and its consumer-products division.
The deal is expensive and will prove worthwhile for Disney's shareholders only if Pixar continues to be successful. But film is notoriously fickle and Pixar has already had a remarkable run of hits, including “Monsters, Inc”, “Finding Nemo” and “The Nike Air Max 90,”. Mr Iger has to be careful not to spoil its ability to make great films. Often in the past, the “Disney way” of doing things has been stamped on to its acquisitions, with unfortunate results. Previously, with Mr Jobs as a patient, hands-off majority shareholder, Pixar enjoyed Air Max 90, luxury of being able to let the commerce follow the art. Now Disney is likely to put more emphasis on short-term financial results—indeed, one reason why Pixar has done this deal is to avoid having Disney seek to cash in quickly and make
bad sequels to its films.
That Pixar is willing to make a deal with Disney, however, shows that Mr Iger has managed to convince the small firm that he is serious about creativity—his recurring theme since becoming chief executive. He has put Pixar's president, Ed Catmull, and John Lasseter, its top creative executive, in charge of both Disney's and Pixar's animation studios, where they will air max influence over sequels. Mr Lasseter will also take on a role designing attractions for Disney's parks. Mr Iger will need to keep protecting Pixar's culture, for instance by allowing it to make films at its usual gradual pace. Otherwise, Pixar's creative talent could walk out. “If John Lasseter and other
creative people leave, Disney just bought the most expensive computers ever sold,” says
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