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Article: ROTH, IGER ASSUME EXPANDED RESPONSIBILITIES AT THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY

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April 16, 1996
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BURBANK, Calif., April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The responsibilities formerly held by Dennis Hightower, retiring president of Disney Television and Telecommunications, have been reassigned as part of the ongoing integration of The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) and Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., it was announced today by Disney Chairman and CEO Michael D. Eisner and President Michael S. Ovitz.

Joe Roth, chairman of Walt Disney Motion Pictures, becomes chairman of The Walt Disney Studios. In addition to his existing responsibilities for all live action motion picture production and worldwide film marketing and distribution, he will now assume responsibility for Walt Disney and ...

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