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February 13, 2004
Replace Michael Eisner?
I'm not sure if anyone out there has been paying attention to this, but there has been a lot of attention being give to Disney CEO Michael Eisner's job security. A couple months ago, Eisner forced Roy Disney to leave the board of directors, and Stan Gold resigned from the board in protest. Ever since, these two guys have been trying to get Eisner fired, and it has been suggested that Steve Jobs also wants Eisner out. As a result, Jobs had very high demands when Pixar and Disney were in negotiations, so no deal was made and Jobs later threw some insults at Disney's affinity for Peter Pan remakes. It is suggested that Pixar would re-open negotiations if Eisner were gone. Now, Comcast publicly announces a Disney buyout offer and says that Eisner privately rejected the offer a week ago without even consulting anyone else at Disney. All of these things are in addition to Disney's many recent struggles including its theme parks, ABC channel, and movie animation division. It if were up to me, Eisner would be out of there.
Posted by Raj Doshi at February 13, 2004 10:37 AM