Shares of the Walt Disney Company jumped today on the news that CEO Bob Iger has extended his contract to July 2019. Iger had planned to step down a year earlier. His imminent departure and the lack of an apparent successor are worrying investors at a time when Disney-owned ESPN and the rest of the legacy cable business are facing challenges from the rise of streaming.
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