Disney backs down after US media boycott

The company took offence to a piece the newspaper wrote about its park in Anaheim, California

The Walt Disney company has ended its ban of the Los Angeles Times newspaper after a backlash from US media.

Last week it emerged Disney had stopped inviting the newspaper to press screenings because they disagreed with an article it published in September.

High-profile organisations and individuals publicly criticised the company's decision. The New York Times and Washington Post vowed to boycott Disney screenings in solidarity with the banned newspaper.


The LA Times went public about their ban in a "note to readers" on Friday, saying it could only review's Disney's Christmas movies after they had been released publicly because the company "declined to offer The Times advance screenings".

Disney responded with a statement explaining their decision. They alleged the LA-based newspaper had "showed a complete disregard for basic journalistic standards" in a two-part piece they wrote about the company's California park and its relationship with the town of Anaheim, where it is based.