Disney Company is in the throes of a major leadership shift, with newly minted CEO Bob Chapek asserting more authority as the longtime leader he replaced, Bob Iger, prepares to surrender his executive chairman role for emeritus status at year-end.The two men’s once-warm relationship has grown strained, according to four insiders.
This tension comes as Chapek has overseen a 2020 reorganization that centralized the media company’s content distribution and ad sales.At the corporate level, Iger has moved “much more into the background than he was a few months ago, even on the creative side,” insiders say.
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