The WDW News Today Podcast - without News Today · Tom Corless & Eric Morton

The Future of Our Channel in 2026 - The WDW News Today Podcast: Episode 92

·1 hr 1 min·4 clips

WDWNT is splitting into WDWNT POV, News Today, and several new channels.

1. The WDW News Today Podcast focuses on WDWNT's 2026 channel changes and the future of the Disney creator business. 2. Eric Morton hosts with Tom Corliss, who runs WDWNT and explains why the company is restructuring its content. 3. The episode asks what WDWNT is building for 2026 and why the old "free-for-all" channel model no longer fits YouTube. 4. Eric describes how a Disney Destiny video about Loki and Black Panther can send YouTube toward comic-book viewers instead of Disney fans. 5. Tom says WDWNT has a 250,000-plus subscriber base built through news and live streams, but each video is still judged on its own. 6. They argue that firework shows, parades, food reviews, room tours, and vlogs help viewers but can confuse the channel's identity. 7. The first major fix is WDWNT POV, a separate channel for ride POVs, entertainment, room tours, dining reviews, and vlogs. 8. News Today with WDW News Today will remain on this channel, but the upload schedule changes to Monday and Thursday. 9. The podcast stays on Saturdays, with occasional extra videos such as honest reviews or other channel-appropriate pieces. 10. Tom says historical material will move to a history channel, while current vlog-style uploads and future travel content will move to the POV channel. 11. Materially Disney is presented as an ephemera show about objects, memories, original art, and props tied to Disney history. 12. Eric gives examples including a Disney World pin from a grandmother, original concept art for Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, and WestCOT Center material. 13. Disney Decades is described as a 15-minute Thursday game that lets viewers test themselves while learning Disney Parks history. 14. Tom says Disney Decades began on News Tonight and now needs its own home as that show winds down. 15. He says News Tonight's final regular episode will be February 5th and marks the 10th anniversary. 16. Tom frames the change as a way to spread time, effort, energy, and expense across several programs instead of one weekly production. 17. The tone is conversational, self-aware, and practical, with frequent jokes about dad jokes, old-man behavior, and sponsorship-like complaints about glasses and dental work. 18. The format mixes business strategy, listener mail, and digressions about Celebration, Florida, Bio Reconstruct photography, and the WDWNT office room. 19. People who follow WDWNT's YouTube strategy, Disney Parks history, or new channel launches will get the most from it. 20. People looking only for fast Disney news without business discussion may skip it.

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