Mayer shared his outlook in an appearance at the Yahoo Finance Invest conference in New York.
The 72-year-old top exec is very capable and multifaceted.
He has a lot of range, so he can handle it.
Kevin Mayer, co-CEO and founder of Candle Media and an advisor to Disney CEO Bob IgerPatrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
… You have to be disciplined, and Bobs always been very strategic.
One of the dilemmas in bringing it to market is about where to price it.
The takeaway: Sports fans who really want their sports will pay a lot for it, Mayer said.
Those kinds of cultural mismatches make buyers nervous, he continued.
If you want content for your streaming services, you might always buy it at arms length.
Succession at Disney has historically been a difficult process, Mayer acknowledged.
Stepping back in was something he felt he just had to do.
Were set up for any of them, he said.
