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Happily Ever After

On YouTube as “Why Disney Can’t Get Rid of Bob Iger”

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Corrections and updates

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The Sunday night

  1. The Walt Disney Company

    The Walt Disney Company Board of Directors appoints Robert A. Iger as Chief Executive Officer

  2. SEC

    Disney Form 8-K, Chapek’s employment terminated without cause

  3. The Walt Disney Company

    Disney Board extends Bob Chapek’s contract as CEO for three years

  4. CNBC

    Disney blindsided Chapek with CEO decision after reaching out to Iger on Friday

  5. Variety

    Ex-Disney CEO Bob Chapek says Bob Iger ran ‘relentless three-year campaign’ to fire him

  6. Deadline

    Former Disney CEO Bob Chapek memoir ‘Behind the Castle Walls’ gets fall release date

The kingdom

  1. The Walt Disney Company

    Disney to acquire Pixar

  2. The Walt Disney Company

    Disney to acquire Marvel Entertainment

  3. SEC

    Disney to acquire Lucasfilm, press release exhibit

  4. SEC

    Disney completes acquisition of 21st Century Fox, press release exhibit

The king who would not leave

  1. SEC

    Trian Partners presentation on Disney, with Iger’s contract extensions

  2. The Walt Disney Company

    Thomas O. Staggs named Chief Operating Officer of The Walt Disney Company

  3. CNBC

    Thomas Staggs, heir apparent to Disney’s Iger, steps down

  4. TechCrunch

    Disney streaming exec Kevin Mayer becomes TikTok’s new CEO

Two chairs

  1. The Walt Disney Company

    Bob Chapek named Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company

  2. SEC

    Disney Form 8-K exhibit, the leadership transition

  3. CBS News

    Disney World and Disneyland are closing amid coronavirus pandemic

999 days

  1. The Walt Disney Company

    The Walt Disney Company announces strategic reorganization of its media and entertainment businesses

  2. Deadline

    Disney strikes back over Scarlett Johansson’s ‘Black Widow’ lawsuit, reveals her $20 million payday

  3. Fortune

    Disney CEO Bob Chapek caves to pressure over company stance on ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill

  4. Fortune

    Disney board voices support for CEO after firing of TV content head Peter Rice

The coup

  1. SEC

    Disney fiscal Q4 2022 earnings release, streaming loss of $1.474 billion

  2. TechCrunch

    Disney is increasing the price of its ad-free Disney+ subscription to $10.99

  3. CFO.com

    Christine McCarthy and the executives who turned on Chapek

  4. NBC News

    Disney’s wildest ride: Iger, Chapek and the making of an epic succession mess

The king returns

  1. The Walt Disney Company

    The Walt Disney Company Board of Directors extends Robert A. Iger’s contract as CEO through 2026

  2. SEC

    Trian’s proxy statement in the Disney board fight

  3. Fortune

    Disney shareholders just handed Nelson Peltz a stinging defeat, voting by a ‘substantial margin’ for Bob Iger’s board slate

The book against the record

  1. Harvard Business Review

    Bob Iger on power, succession, and leading Disney through upheaval

  2. CNBC

    Ex-Disney CEO Bob Chapek says he raised concerns with the board ‘weekly’ during Iger power battle

The date still open

  1. The Walt Disney Company

    Josh D’Amaro named next Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company

  2. SEC

    Disney Form 8-K exhibit, the new CEO and Iger’s role to 31 December 2026

  3. Deadline

    Disney CEO succession drama-free for first time in recent history

  4. Puck

    Bob Iger vs. the Bob Iger book

Interviews quoted in the film

  1. CNBC Television

    Disney’s former CEO Bob Iger: I want to spend more time on creative

  2. Bloomberg Television

    Why Disney’s Bob Iger stepped down as CEO

  3. CNBC Television

    Exclusive: CNBC’s exit interview with Disney’s Bob Iger on why he’s leaving, his career, what’s next

  4. CNBC Television

    ‘Extremely awkward’: inside the rift between Disney’s Chapek and Iger

  5. CNN

    Bob Iger named Disney CEO in shocking development

  6. CNBC Television

    Bob Iger: I felt a sense of obligation to return to Disney as CEO

  7. CNBC Television

    Disney’s succession saga: Bob Iger’s wild ride to return as CEO

  8. New York Times Events

    Bob Iger, Disney’s C.E.O., on how the movie business is changing

  9. Graham Bensinger

    Michael Eisner on Bob Iger and Disney’s future

  10. Bloomberg Television

    Bob Chapek interview on his memoir

  11. CNBC Television

    Former Disney CEO Bob Chapek on why he wrote his new memoir: ‘I had to get the truth out there’