Disney Shareholders' Vote Likely to Force End to Eisner's Reign, Experts...

The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  March 7, 2004 ;     787 words ...Mar. 7--Michael Eisner has wielded almost unchecked power over...rebuke will make it extremely difficult for Eisner to continue portraying himself as a legitimate...leader. The shareholder rebellion has left Eisner as an emperor without clothes, some said...

Eisner TV Legacy Cloudy; Despite Success in Cable on His Watch, Veteran...

TelevisionWeek;  September 13, 2004 ;     787 words ...Byline: Jay Sherman When Michael Eisner turns in his company ID on Sept. 30, 2006...television, the picture is not as bright. Mr. Eisner can lay claim to acquiring and growing...A&E and History Channel. But Mr. Eisner has also overseen ABC as it has wallowed...

Disney's New Drama: Dissension; Angry Shareholders Turn Harsh Spotlight on...

The Washington Post;  March 1, 2004 ;   Frank Ahrens;   787 words ...Almost as much as Mickey Mouse, Michael D. Eisner has been the public face of the Walt Disney...Walt Disney. But, for the past 20 years, Eisner has been as familiar a centerpiece as Cinderella's Castle. That may be changing, as Eisner is under withering attack from Wall Street...

Eisner Continues Defense of Hiring, Firing; Disney CEO Says He Wasn't...

The Washington Post;  November 19, 2004 ;   Ben White;   753 words ......Disney Co. chief executive Michael D. Eisner and Disney President Michael S. Ovitz...the relationship during the interview. Eisner said that if given the chance he would...not to have this kind of gossip here," Eisner said on the show. Under questioning on...

Disney's Eisner Defends Ovitz Hire; CEO Says He Kept Directors Informed

The Washington Post;  November 16, 2004 ;   Ben White;   588 words ...Walt Disney Co. chief executive Michael D. Eisner had been on the witness stand for about half...Ovitz finally came up. Did he know Mr. Ovitz, Eisner's attorney asked. "I've heard of him," Eisner said, sending a wave of laughter through the...

Will Eisner repeat perf?(Michael Eisner)

Daily Variety;  November 17, 2004 ;   Shprintz, Janet;   735 words ......are several things Disney CEO Michael Eisner has not done as a witness in the shareholder...colleague a little midget. To the contrary, Eisner has been affable during two days of direct...and he has worn a Mickey Mouse tie. But Eisner hasn't been cross-examined yet. With the...

Eisner: Miramax will still wear Mouse ears.

Daily Variety;  February 14, 2005 ;   McClintock, Pamela;   758 words ...MINNEAPOLIS -- Mouse House chief exec Michael Eisner didn't mention his looming exit once when...relationship will be with Miramax going forward, Eisner said. Friday's demure shareholder gathering...organized a shareholder revolt against Eisner that resulted in him being stripped of...

Eisner Faces Uncertain Tenure at Disney, Golden Parachute at End.

The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  February 22, 2004 ;     787 words ...Byline: Harry Wessel Feb. 22--Michael Eisner's board of directors may have given him...members had no other choice but to back Eisner when they rejected a takeover bid from...interests of shareholders, however, could doom Eisner's tenure. Comcast's bid is low now, Sonnenfeld...

Eisner move may boost Disney shares.

The Orange County Register (Santa Ana, California) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  September 12, 2004 ;     787 words ...Sep. 12--Michael Eisner's decision to retire as chief executive...trying to push him out, analysts said. Eisner, 62, doesn't plan to step down until...strategic direction unlikely. Because Mr. Eisner will remain in his role for two more...

Eisner to retire from Disney.

Washington Times (Washington, D.C.);  September 11, 2004 ;     787 words ...Byline: Chris Baker Sep. 11--Michael D. Eisner, the chief executive who helped turn the...yesterday to retire in two years. Mr. Eisner, in a letter to Disney's board of directors...smooth and easy, he wrote. During Mr. Eisner's tenure, Disney revived its dormant animation...

How Eisner saved Disney - and himself. (Michael Eisner)(Walt Disney Co....

Newsweek;  August 14, 1995 ;   Meyer, Michael McGuire, Stryker;   787 words ...THIS IS A GUY WITH A BUM HEART? Michael Eisner, chairman of the Walt Disney Co., clinched...Angels, No. 1 in the American League West? Eisner took even less time to buy a stake in...said one awed negotiator. Three hours? Eisner, these days, seems to have become a demon...

Bel-air Bohemian: Lisa Eisner has a celebrated eye for fashion and...

W;  December 1, 2004 ;   Bagley, Christopher;   787 words ...In 1985, when Eric Eisner spotted Lisa Norris at a holiday party...much, and very little, has changed. Lisa Eisner, 47, is now a photographer, art-book...jungle of a garden, is a monument to Eisner's unique brand of sublime eclecticism...

Eisner makes clean break.(Michael Eisner quits Walt Disney Co.)

Daily Variety;  October 7, 2005 ;   Goldsmith, Jill;   447 words ...Michael Eisner's really outta there. The former CEO ankled...as chief executive of the media giant. Eisner no longer provides any services for the...meeting of shareholders, which is when Eisner had said he planned to step down. A Disney...

THE ELVIS OF THE INKWELL CARTOON PIONEER WILL EISNER BRINGS HIS ART TO...

Rocky Mountain News;  January 12, 2004 ;   Erika Gonzalez, Rocky Mountain News;   787 words ...Revered comic book artist and author Will Eisner has been called the Elvis of the industry...indelible mark on the medium. To some degree, Eisner has used his position as a bully pulpit...more than 60 years of spreading the word, Eisner's message has finally hit the mainstream...

A tale of two Mikes: despite Ovitz misdeeds, Eisner says he couldn't fire...

Daily Variety;  November 17, 2004 ;   Goldsmith, Jill;   787 words ...Walt Disney CEO Michael Eisner insisted Tuesday that his memos blasting...professional pressures to name a deputy Eisner all clouded my basic instinct that I...on as president if I weren't there, Eisner told a Delaware court. Eisner's own...