News The Walt Disney Company Board of Directors Extends Robert A. Iger’s Contract as CEO Through 2026

[Dranth]

Eisner specifically demanded that Wells clearly be #2 as a condition of his joining Disney.

Sure, but he reported to the board, not directly to Eisner.

Also, it has been awhile since I read Disney Wars, but I seem to remember Wells essentially volunteered to be "number two" as he agreed with Eisner that it made sense to have just the one public face even if they were closer to equals with split responsibilities.

 

[MickeyCookies]

If he's selected it'll be Chapek times ten. Please no.

Perhaps I’m just in a bad mood today, but I can’t help but think Iger is intentionally picking these bad candidates so that in the history books, he looks better than them. His ego can’t take the hit of a better predecessor

 

[Bob Harlem]

EA has a 5 story office in downtown Orlando (they do Madden there) so Wilson could pop over to WDW from there on a side meeting.

 

[Nubs70]

Technically, yes. But they effectively ran the company together.

Who were happy in their respective roles and areas of influence. Will Bob be happy with just the financial side of the operation or does he need a taste of the creative.

How about Bob in charge of the solely the creative half?

 

[Stripes]

Who were happy in their respective roles and areas of influence. Will Bob be happy with just the financial side of the operation or does he need a taste of the creative.

How about Bob in charge of the solely the creative half?

Iger is not staying. And you can take that to the bank.

I think they may explore having D’Amaro and Walden co-lead the company in some form, whether that be the co-CEO route (Netflix) or the CEO/President route (Eisner/Wells).

 

[hopemax]

On one of these thread, I mentioned how Disney reaches kids and realizing it's not the way it used to be. If you believe that movies, legacy television, cable television are declining in their ability to capture younger customers, you look to what is. YouTube and gaming. So I can totally see how EA gets pulled in.

I would also like to add that if movies are becoming less effective at creating new franchises to exploit, you have to explore new mediums in which to create. And theme parks are one of those mediums! Theme Park IP *is* Disney IP.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Perhaps I’m just in a bad mood today, but I can’t help but think Iger is intentionally picking these bad candidates so that in the history books, he looks better than them. His ego can’t take the hit of a better predecessor

Iger's not hand-picking someone this time around. The Board was very embarrassed about not doing their due diligence with Chapek.

 

[Disney Analyst]

Iger is not staying. And you can take that to the bank.

I think they may explore having D’Amaro and Walden co-lead the company in some form, whether that be the co-CEO route (Netflix) or the CEO/President route (Eisner/Wells).

That or they use one in-house creative, and bring someone from the outside to be more of the business / finance person. A Walt / Roy dynamic.

 

[TsWade2]

Even though I want Disney to have Co-CEOs of Disney like Walt and Roy and Eisner and Wells, but I don‘t want Dana Walden, Josh D’Amaro, and Dave Wilson.
Walden is too political and she’ll most likely be disqualified. Disney can’t afford to have a political woman as CEO.
Josh D’Amaro has good moments, but he’s the parks guy and not professional enough to be CEO.
And Andrew Wilson, I‘ve heard he’s a terrible CEO and a total wokester. And Disney can't afford to have a CEO who is a wokester. Who do I think think should be the next CEO of Disney?.........I don't know. I used to think Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs as the Ce-CEOs, but I kind of let them go. So I don't know who should be the new CEO DIsney, but DIsney has to do it right! Someone not political, or parks guy, or a wokester.

 

[Stripes]

That or they use one in-house creative, and bring someone from the outside to be more of the business / finance person. A Walt / Roy dynamic.

I think Dana Walden is the most likely candidate to succeed Iger. She has some of the most impressive creative chops in the industry and a great relationship with talent. She has that same powerful effect that Iger does and is plainly very intelligent. If she was appointed CEO, she would be phenomenal.

The criticism against her is that she lacks business and parks experience. That’s where Josh D’Amaro has skills that would complement hers.

 

[Stripes]

Walden is too political and she’ll most likely be disqualified. Disney can’t afford to have a political woman as CEO.

Walden is not too political. She just understands Hollywood politics.

 

[BrianLo]

You claim not to be a bob-ite…and yet stil repeat his taglines and splain away every failure under the watch.

That’s what he has wanted all along: immunity and worship from his cult.

I said the guy bathes in snakeoil…for 15 years. Both under my current SWR muse and my old evil twin LOL. Ask around…there are witnesses that have not yet been silenced.

Fact: Iger should have been fired already…he came back as “saviour” for a problem he created and hasn’t delivered. Billions lost to investors - which is all that matters for Disney now because HE took them that way.

They are a manifestation of an ego cult. Just not a good one

You are doing that thing where you are putting words into my mouth again…

Almost none of those things I have claimed, they are things you constantly assign to me because you are confused about my position. Which is often more objective data that you seem to spin into my endorsement.

I’m not endorsing Bob Iger remaining. I think his last ‘exit’ from the company was erratic and said so the very day it was announced. But I also think the EA CEO is clearly the worst if he’s even half responsible for EA’s consumer choices.

 

[TsWade2]

After re-reading the article from Variety: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/com...is-not-a-front-runner-source-says/ar-AA1tXDRv I’ve found out that despite of Andrew Wilson being a potential candidate, he’s not a front runner. Phew! Thank goodness!

 

[Serpico Jones]

I think Dana Walden is the most likely candidate to succeed Iger. She has some of the most impressive creative chops in the industry and a great relationship with talent. She has that same powerful effect that Iger does and is plainly very intelligent. If she was appointed CEO, she would be phenomenal.

The criticism against her is that she lacks business and parks experience. That’s where Josh D’Amaro has skills that would complement hers.

People say Dana Walden has all these great creative chops but all she’s managed to do is produce a bunch of shows that no one watches. I don’t get it.

Universal‘s Donna Langley is a much better choice.

 

[Chi84]

If Disney wants a female at the top

That’s a bit insulting, don’t you think?

 

[Stripes]

People say Dana Walden has all these great creative chops but all she’s managed to do is produce a bunch of shows that no one watches. I don’t get it.

If Disney wants a female at the top Universal‘s Donna Langley is a much better choice.

You might want to do some more research on Walden. Under her leadership Disney and Fox Television have produced a ton of fantastic and very popular shows.

I think James Gorman wants to find the best person to lead Disney, irrespective of their gender.

 

[Serpico Jones]

You might want to do some more research on Walden. Under her leadership Disney and Fox Television have produced a ton of fantastic and very popular shows.

I think James Gorman wants to find the best person to lead Disney, irrespective of their gender.

Go watch the studios panel from D23 and tell me if you want the person in charge of all that mess leading the company.

 

[Stripes]

Go watch the studios panel from D23 and tell me if you want the person in charge of all that mess leading the company.

That would be Alan Bergman…

And actually I’m quite excited for Disney’s film slate. Not every movie, granted, but most. And the production quality of that show was phenomenal. I mean Disney humiliated Comic-Con‘s Hall H with that presentation.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Go watch the studios panel from D23 and tell me if you want the person in charge of all that mess leading the company.

Disney content walks away with record number of Emmys and Oscars and other awards.

That's what you're calling a 'mess.'

 

[peng]

I think Dana Walden is the most likely candidate to succeed Iger. She has some of the most impressive creative chops in the industry and a great relationship with talent. She has that same powerful effect that Iger does and is plainly very intelligent. If she was appointed CEO, she would be phenomenal.

The criticism against her is that she lacks business and parks experience. That’s where Josh D’Amaro has skills that would complement hers.

Yeah I do agree with Walden's creative chops are the best out of the candidates so far as her division is the most competent creatively in Disney at the moment. And a lot of said shows are really big hits for Disney, so out of the internal canidates she's the best. D'Amaro has presentation chops that Walt/Eisner had, but that's it, creative output of the parks has been bad and a lot of the parts of the parks divisions have gone through massive brain drains under his reign, films division has been floundering for the most part and is the least risk taking part out of the company. Only obvious person outside of the company that seems like a good fit is Donna Langley, as she's been running Universal well and turned it into a hit factory.

Disney content walks away with record number of Emmys and Oscars and other awards.

That's what you're calling a 'mess.'

I agree with the TV division being in a good creative place, the film state, especially the main Disney studios slate, isn't that good. Yes, Searchlight still exists and the Fox related films did really well this year, but I did notice that Searchlight's slate was a lot less full this year compared to previous years and the main Disney studio hasn't produced a big live action IP since the 2000s.