Major League Baseball’s president Bud Selig is retiring after this season, sources say Disney chairman and CEO Bob Iger is the front runner for his replacement. At this time it is just a rumor, but this could possibly affect Disney and Star Wars down the road.
Disney boss Bob Iger is firmly in Major League Baseball’s potential lineup of new commissioner candidates, according to sources. The Disney chairman and CEO — who oversees ABC and ESPN as part of his role — is a favorite of the league’s succession committee, sources say, which is trying to find a replacement for Bud Selig before he steps down at the end of his contract Jan. 24.
We’re told one sticking point in appointing Iger is that his contract with Disney lasts until the middle of 2016. He has indicated that he’ll move on from the media conglomerate after that.