Shocker! Peter Rice Exiting Disney; Dana Walden Taking His Post
, the Chairman of Entertainment, Walt Disney Television, will be succeeding him, we hear.
Both are very well regarded execs, and Rice had to spend the past few months fending off wide rumors that Warner Bros Discovery chief David Zaslav would tap him to run the entertainment business for him. When it was clear Zaslav wanted execs to report directly to him, Rice pulled himself out of the running, making this a true shock.
Rice signed a new contract just last summer. Meanwhile, Walden’s contract was up this year, and she had been negotiating a new one with Disney over the past couple of months. Celarly, for Disney CEO Bob Chapek, it came down to choosing between the two executives, and he made his pick.
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