Disney CEO lays out early plan for digital future


FILE PHOTO Bob Chapek chief executive of Walt Disney Co speaks at the 2022 Disney Legends Awards during Disneys D23 Expo in Anaheim California U.S. September 9 2022. REUTERSMario AnzuoniFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: Bob Chapek, chief executive of Walt Disney Co, speaks at the 2022 Disney Legends Awards during Disney's D23 Expo in Anaheim, California, U.S. September 9, 2022. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo

(Reuters) - Walt Disney Co on Sunday sketched the contours of a plan for how the entertainment, theme parks and consumer products conglomerate will use technology to enhance storytelling for the next 100 years.

Speaking backstage at the company's biennial D23 Expo fan convention with Reuters, Chief Executive Bob Chapek took great pains to avoid what he called the "M-word," or metaverse, despite pushing the company in that direction last year.

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