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February 6, 2020 06:30 pm

Disney CEO apologizes after elementary school is fined for Lion King showing




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Disney CEO Bob Iger is personally apologizing to a parent-teacher association group after a California elementary school was fined for buying a physical version of The Lion King and playing it during a fundraising event.


“Our company [Disney] apologizes to the Emerson Elementary School PTA and I will personally donate to their fund raising initiative,” Iger tweeted this morning.


The case is a bizarre one. Emerson Elementary School in Berkeley, California, was fined $250 by licensing firm Movie Licensing USA for playing the movie during a “parent’s night out” fundraiser that raised $800, according to CNN. The fundraiser was set up to help out teachers and bring more money into the school, according to a tweet from the Emerson PTA.




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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/6/21126503/disney-lion-king-pta-california-fine-licensing-bob-iger-apology

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