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Is Disney Cutting Too Deep?

By Demitri Kalogeropoulos - Apr 12, 2013 at 4:05PM

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NYSE: DIS

The Walt Disney Company

Market Cap

$190B

Today's Change

(-1.11%) -$1.16

Current Price

$103.14

Price as of May 19, 2022, 8:00 p.m. ET

Cost cuts are ramping up at the House of Mouse.

Disney (DIS -1.11%) has joined a handful of other content producers that are slashing costs these days. Fool contributor Demitrios Kalogeropoulos discusses this trend, and what what it could mean for Disney shareholders.

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