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Peter Rice Fallout: All Eyes on the Disney Board

Chapek’s fate at Disney will be decided by a board without any outside media or entertainment experience. That could be a problem.

Bob Chapek
Disney CEO Bob Chapek. Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/GettyImages
Matthew Belloni
June 13, 2022

The Walt Disney Co. board of directors is scheduled to meet later this month, I’m told, and I imagine one topic will dominate: What to do with C.E.O. Bob Chapek? I wasn’t the only observer to note how bizarre it was to issue a vote of confidence in Chapek on Thursday as he fired Peter Rice, his top TV and streaming content executive, but not indicate whether Chapek will be retained before his contract expires in 8 months.