'Disney Exec and Bob Chapek Confidante Arthur Bochner Exits
Bob Chapek Confidante Arthur Bochner Exits
continues, following
the return of CEO Bob Iger less than a week ago
The next
exec to exit is Arthur Bochner, Variety has confirmed via a source familiar with the
As first
reported by Puck News, Bochner’s exit is probably not much of a surprise, given
More recently,
Bochner was behind Chapek’s remarks on Disney’s Q3 earnings call
Chapek’s performance
on that call, and a follow-up memo to staff, is believed to have led
Bochner is
the second high-profile Disney exec to depart following Iger’s return to the helm of
The next
day, in a memo to Disney staffers, Iger announced that Kareem Daniel, chairman of Disney
Iger also
shared that restructuring at the media giant would begin “in the coming weeks
Bochner, like
Daniel, was seen as a key lieutenant of Chapek’s, which made both execs’ departures
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