The financially troubled Walt Disney Company has extended CEO Bob Iger’s contract through 2026, adding two years to what had been expected to be a brief return to the spotlight.
Since Iger swooped in last year on a mission to save Disney following the disastrous tenure of Bob Chapek, the woke company appears to have gone from bad to worse as box-office flops keep piling up and the company’s theme parks — once a reliable cash cow — are seeing attendance falter as more families are deciding to stay away.
Politically, Bob Iger has exacerbated Disney’s war with Florida with the two sides now embroiled in messy lawsuits stemming from Disney’s decision to pick a fight with Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) over the state’s Parental Rights in Education Law, which shields public school students from radical gender ideology, including transgenderism, and other forms of LGBTQ…
