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๐ŸŽง Succession and the Cult of Iger

The storied CEO is venerated like a Silicon Valley founder. And that’s a problem

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How do you follow the all-mighty Bob Iger? In the case of Bob Chapek, you donโ€™t. The current public bake-off for whoeverโ€™s next already has been unsettling, as Richard Rushfield dispels the superhero CEO myth and evaluates how the perception of such actually harms his eventual successor and Disney itself. Plus: Sean McNulty, Elaine Low and Richard analyze the upcoming box office slate and hit the lido deck for a bit of fall TV nostalgia.

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