Roy Disney ends Save Disney Campaign
Someone check if it is snowing in hell. According to a message on the SaveDisney.com site, Roy E. Disney and Stanley Gold have dropped their fight against the Walt Disney Company board, Eisner, and Bob Iger (the incoming CEO). Roy is rejoining the company as Director Emeritus and a consultant. Both have expressed confidence in future CEO Bob Iger and are ready to move forward toward a positive future between the Disney family and the Disney Company. All pending lawsuits have also been dropped.
I hope we’ll hear further how Iger plans to bring the company (but specifically Animation and the Themeparks) out of the tailspin Eisner has caused over the last 12 years. Last year’s ABC success is the only evidence we have of Iger’s ability to find a positive direction for The Walt Disney Company. Shows like Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and, forbid me for saying this, Dancing With the Stars, show signs of hope. So now, we can only sit back and hope that Roy and Stanley know what they’re doing. If real change remains to be made, we have just lost our knights in shining armor.
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