Josh D’Amaro used his first quarterly earnings call to talk up Disney +’s place as the “centerpiece” of the Magic Kingdom’s digital future.
The Mouse House’s new CEO said an ongoing initiative to make Disney+ to first port of call for Disney customers and fans in most scenarios was already taking shape under his leadership.
In practice, this means “Disney+ becomes the primary relationship between Disney and its fans – the place where everything comes together,” D’Amaro said during the company’s quarterly earnings call. The long-tenured exec stepped up in March from running Disney’s parks business to succeed Bob Iger as CEO.
The Disney+ and Hulu streaming businesses powered Disney’s financial results in the January-to-March period, pushing them ahead of Wall Street analysts’ expectations.
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D’Amaro called the parks Disney’s “physical centerpiece,” and predicted Disney+ would “serve as the immersive, interactive digital centerpiece of the company.” Over time, he added, “You’ll see those…