A few choice quotes from around the horn: The revolt succeeded at the company’s annual meeting last year in Philadelphia, when 45 percent of the votes cast were withheld from Mr. Eisner and the board stripped him of his chairman’s title. Five months later, Mr. Eisner announced he would not renew his contract past 2006.New… Read More »Around the Horn on SaveDisney’s Announcement
One of the things I like about Eisner is that behind the facade of a tough, often out-of-touch, back-stabbing, Hollywood executive is the soul of a privileged white kid who spent his summers at camp for privileged white kids. Michael thinks that’s why everybody likes him. In fact, he’s written a book about it and… Read More »Eisner admits he’s no Hemingway
Disney has just announced huge stock options for the incoming CEO, CFO team of Bob Iger and Thomas Staggs. What remains to be seen is will this duo find in each other the creative pairing that made Eisner and Wells, Walt and Roy, so successful in their CEO/CFO partnerships. Here’s a great post from "how… Read More »Iger, Staggs next Eisner & Wells?
The Lawsuit filed by the folks at SaveDisney.com is being allowed to go forward by a Delaware Judge. The suit alleges members of the company’s board of directors made false statements to shareholders about the search for a successor to Chief Executive Michael Eisner. Roy E. Disney and Stanley P. Gold claim they would have… Read More »Lawsuit to invalidate board election goes forward
According to the BBC, not only has Pixar tripled their sales they’re back in talks with the Disney Company now that Bob Iger is in and Eisner is out. Of course all that may be in jeopardy again as the ousted Disney board members (Roy Disney and Stanley Gold) sue to have the appointment overturned… Read More »Pixar Possibilities
Barb, CelebrationInfo.com, continues her detailed look at the life of a Disney fan in Celebration. This week — the endless pie buffet. WebMikey, a previous guest author here, finally gets around to reviewing some of his Disney books starting with The Art of Finding Nemo. Muppets.com, did I mention Muppets.com was nominated for a webby, … Read More »Round up
CNN picks up the story of Jim Hill’s booting from Disneyland as a result of his rogue tours. More bad publicity for Disney. (Update: btw, just thought I’d point out that Jim Hill is technically not a blogger but is in fact online magazine. CNN calling Jim a blogger has erked some people.) Meanwhile Jim… Read More »Roundup
A new article in Slate ponders Eisner’s legacy and what he did to turn a struggling movie studio and themepark company into the entertainment giant it is today.