How Dana Walden could defy critics and become Disney's first female CEO

In this articleDISDana Walden, co-chair of Disney EntertainmentRich Polk | Getty ImagesIn 1994, a captain of the media and entertainment industry saw something in Dana Walden that made him think she was capable of a bigger role.Thirty years later, that may happen again.That first time, the executive was Peter Chernin, then president of 20th Century Fox Filmed Entertainment and later president and chief operating officer of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Chernin plucked Walden from Fox's corporate communication ...