After Swift Return, Iger Faces Disney's Long-Term Challenges
Robert A. Iger had been gone from the company for less than a year, but he returns to a very different Disney.
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Robert A. Iger had been gone from the company for less than a year, but he returns to a very different Disney.
Talks for Sunday Ticket are expected to spill into next year, as Apple faces increased competition from Google for the league’s last available TV rights.
After Bob Chapek, the departing chief executive, tried to put a sunny spin on a disastrous earnings report this month, senior Disney leaders began talking about resigning.
The confidence generated by the subscriber growth was offset by widening financial losses for the company’s direct-to-consumer division over all.
The service recently said it was going to take a bigger cut of the money it shared with streamers. At an annual gathering in San Diego, they vented about the decision.