Bob Daly Steps Down as AFI Board Chairman After 17 Years — SkimNews
Get the Culture newsletter
Daily culture — film, music, books, the trends and ideas worth your attention. Free.
- Bob Daly is resigning as AFI Board Chairman after 17 years, with his departure taking effect at the October 21 board meeting where a successor will be discussed.
- Daly first joined the AFI board in April 1981, accumulating 45 years as a trustee before his exit.
- A representative for AFI said Daly is stepping down in order to pass the torch to the next generation.
- Daly began his career at CBS, where he spent 25 years before joining Warner Bros in 1980 as chairman and co-CEO alongside Terry Semel for nearly two decades.
- Under Daly and Semel, Warner Bros posted 16 consecutive years of record earnings, according to the institute.
- Daly later served as chairman and CEO of the Los Angeles Dodgers, the MLB club then-owned by News Corp, and chaired the Save the Children board for five years.
- AFI President and CEO Bob Gazzale said no single person has had a greater impact on the institute's preservation, celebration, and education work over the past 40 years.
Why it matters: Daly's exit closes the longest leadership tenure in AFI's modern era — 17 years as chairman and 45 as a trustee — and triggers a board search at the October 21 meeting that will shape the next phase of the institute's preservation, education, and celebration programs.
Ask SkimNews
