What Disney's new CEO pick tells us about the future of media
In February 2020, Disney announced that it had picked a successor to CEO Bob Iger: Bob Chapek, who was running the company's parks unit. That didn't work out.Six years later, Disney is running it back. This time, it has picked parks boss Josh D'Amaro to replace Iger, who swears he's really leaving Disney for good this time. The most obvious thing to say about D'Amaro's selection is that the parks business he oversees is Disney's most important business — a reliable profit and growth driver.But a counterpo ...