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Article: Eisner Still in Charge; Disney Shareholders Re-Elect Board; Book Stirs Iger Doubts.(TV Currents)(Michael Eisner of Walt Disney Co. )
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- February 14, 2005
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Byline: Jay Sherman
A year after The Walt Disney Co. CEO Michael Eisner was publicly embarrassed during a bruising battle with shareholders over his leadership of the media giant, it was clear during last Friday's annual meeting in Minneapolis that he has regained control of the company he has led for more than 20 years.
Mr. Eisner was overwhelmingly re-elected to serve on Disney's board. Only 8.6 percent of the votes cast withheld their support for him to serve another year as a Disney director. It was quite a switch from 11 months ago, when the controversial executive received a 45 percent no-confidence vote from shareholders-the highest on record for ...