The Walt Disney Company has just released the salary and bonuses paid to their executives last year. The Lame duck CEO Michael Eisner received a cushy $10.1 million and remains the companies second largest individual stock holder. Roy E. Disney is the first. Bob Iger, then Disney President and current CEO, earned around $9 million… Read More »It’s good to be the king.
The next Disney Shareholder meeting is in Anaheim, CA on March 10th. What a change from the last four years of Eisner’s reign where the Shareholder meeting was held in out of the way remote locations, sometimes places where the Disney Company had little or no presence (Denver, Philadelphia). What a difference Bob Iger makes.… Read More »Next Disney Shareholder Meeting is in….
Robert Niles postulates that Disneyland has one sure way to combat the current labor shortage problem they’re experiencing, Raise Wages. Because if you pay your employees the prevailing local wage for entry-level service employees you’re going to get average, entry-level service-employee quality from them. And if you pay less, as Disneyland does, you’re going to… Read More »Blog Flume: Disneyland’s labor problem? Low wages and looming strike.
Yesterday marked the second day in a row that key portions of the 192, a main thoroughfare that runs by Disney Property, were shut down due to major criminal acts. Monday featured a string of carjackings and an eventual suicide when escape was no longer possible. Tuesday featured a bank robbery turned hostage situation when… Read More »Hostage Drama Grips Central Florida
I’ve been trying to decide what to think of the latest news from Michael Eisner, the ex-head of the Disney Company. He has announced that he intends to have a Charlie Rose format interview show on CNBC. But don’t worry, he’ll still be able to keep his schedule clear – he’s only filming 6 episodes… Read More »Eisner changes careers
Fortune Magazine profiles Disney CEO Bob Iger and his decidedly forward vision of content, media, and distribution channels. Truth be told, Iger does not worry much about protecting traditional distribution channels. That train has left the station. If you doubt it, Google this: "desperate housewives torrent." What you will find are file-sharing Web sites where… Read More »FORTUNE: Why Bob Iger is a man to watch
"Nothing to see here. Everything’s O.K." seems to be the refrain from management at Disney’s newest themepark, Hong Kong Disneyland. But a continue stream of bad press would indicate otherwise. Now there’s been a shake-up at the top level of the park with park director Don Robinson out (and into the gaming industry) and long… Read More »Shakeup in Hong Kong
Jay Rasulo, recently promoted Chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts worldwide, is also currently the new national chairman of the Travel Industry Association of America (TIA). John Q. Tourist, anonymous author of the Public Diplomocy Watch (a tourist industry blog) notes some of previews and upcoming speach by Rasulo as part of his TIA… Read More »Jay Rasulo: lobbying force