Anonymous ID: 0c0e35 April 13, 2020, 7:07 a.m. No.8777740   🗄️.is đź”—kun

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Story came about from an email Iger sent to the NYT:

 

Mr. Iger, who has always carefully managed his image, told me in an email, there was no more than met the eye.

 

“No surprises … nothing hidden … nothing different or odd to speculate about ….,” he wrote, ellipses and all.

 

In fact, people close to Mr. Iger and the company said in interviews that the real question wasn’t whether he saw the crisis coming — but whether his focus on burnishing his own legacy and assuring a smooth succession left him distracted as the threats to the business grew. No big media company is more dependent on its customers’ social and physical proximity than Disney, with its theme parks and cruise lines. Few have been hit harder by the pandemic.

 

And now, Mr. Iger has effectively returned to running the company. After a few weeks of letting Mr. Chapek take charge, Mr. Iger smoothly reasserted control, BlueJeans video call by BlueJeans video call. (Disney does not use Zoom for its meetings for security reasons.)

 

The new, nominal chief executive is referred to, almost kindergarten style, as “Bob C,” while Mr. Iger is still just “Bob.” And his title is “executive chairman” — emphasis on the first word.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/business/media/disney-ceo-coronavirus.html