Disney versus Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is far from over. And Disney is the state’s largest private-sector employer, so this is a battle between giants — one that DeSantis clearly welcomes as he plots a run for president.
Chapek’s decision backfired
“Chapek made a decision at the start of the year: Disney was staying out of politics. The strategy was meant in part to help the entertainment giant avoid the culture clashes between executives and employees that have plagued many companies in recent years, said people familiar with his thinking. Instead, it backfired.”
Chapek’s mishandling of the Florida fight “managed to offend both progressives, who wanted the company to do and say more to fight the bill, and conservatives, who wanted Disney to stay out of the debate and now claim it is bowing to liberal agitators within its ranks.”
The view from Florida
>> Christopher Miles, a Miami-based GOP consultant, told Contorno that watching a Florida governor go after Disney was “not a world I expected to be living in a couple of years ago.” But DeSantis, like Donald Trump, has gained popularity by bucking conventional wisdom…
Chapek and Iger at odds
In the wake of the Florida debacle, several Disney employees called Iger “to express their disappointment in Chapek,” Sherman reported. But “while public controversies generate headlines, it’s likely to be Chapek’s internal changes, and how successful they become, that will determine his future as Disney’s CEO.”
Moments of Silence on ESPN
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