Bob Iger has a record that you can't argue with. He was the one who bought the Star Wars properties on board, got the Marvel properties on board and really transformed Disney into the successful machine that it is now. People are just a bit less impressed by Chepek than they were with Eiger. We've already seen that Disney's stock has gone up a bit since this announcement was made on Sunday night.
Executives have squeezed out Bob Chapek and re-anointed Bob Iger as boss. But the firm’s woes are less about leadership and more about the new economics of Hollywood. We ask why Zimbabwe’s teen mothers find it so hard to stay in school, and what can be done about it. And pigs prove their intelligence, again, by making up after confrontations.
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Runtime: 22 min