The legacy of Disney’s Bob Iger is hanging in the balance over the Fox deal
Bob Iger, Disney’s CEO, saw Comcast’s $65 billion bet (paywall) on 21st Century Fox, and raised it. Disney, which agreed to buy Fox six months ago, upped its bid for Rupert Murdoch’s media empire by more than a third, to $71.3 billion in cash and stock Wednesday (June 20). Comcast offered $35 in cash per…