TOPIC: Roy Disney and Stanley Gold, former directors of the Walt Disney Co., are questioning Michael Eisner's succession plan to retire as chief executive in September 2006, according to an article by USA Today. They requested Disney's board to dismiss Eisner by next spring, as they do not agree with...
Disney's board of directors expects to find a replacement for outgoing CEO Michael Eisner by June and will retain an executive search firm to that end. Meanwhile, the board reiterated its support for Eisner, whose tenure ends in ... Disney's board of directors expects...
It's hard to say which was more startling: the rapid collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime in Baghdad or Disney chief Michael Eisner's abrupt about face on the merits of digital technology. Given that Saddam's fall was ultimately just a matter of tim It's hard...
Byline: Vince Calio BURBANK, Calif. - Pension executives see little magic in Walt Disney Co.'s appointment of Robert A. Iger as chief executive officer of the entertainment giant. Officials at several pension plans had wanted Michael Eisner to Byline:...
MARK HAINES, CNBC ANCHOR: All right. At this -- in just a moment the pulse rates of the people who run Denison University are going to go up because I think for the first time ever they will have two graduates on- screen at the same...
BURBANK, CALIF. -- The Walt Disney Co. said in a securities filing that it paid top executives Robert Iger and Michael Eisner about $10 million in salary and bonuses in fiscal 2005. BURBANK, CALIF. -- The Walt Disney Co. said in a securities...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Sean Harrigan, President of the California Public Employees' Retirement System CalPERS issued the following statement today about the retirement of Michael Eisner, Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company:
Michael Eisner's battle to stave off a shareholder revolt at Walt Disney suffered a setback on Wednesday when the largest US public pension fund declared that it would not vote to re-elect the media group's chairman and chief executive.The California Michael Eisner's battle to stave off...
Snow White is being threatened by pirates. Speaking before a joint committee of Congress last week, Walt Disney Co. chairman and CEO Michael Eisner said Disney's plans to release the 1937 animated classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on DVD ...
Big losses have caused long faces at the happiest place on earth. Can Michael Eisner put things right? Big losses have caused long faces at the happiest place on earth. Can Michael Eisner put things right?
BOSTON -- Spark Capital today announced that it is leading the $12.5 million Series B financing of Veoh Networks, Inc., the first truly independent internet television network. Spark leads an investor syndicate that includes Time Warner, Michael Eisner and Shelter Capital. As part of the investment, Spark Capital Managing Partner...
NEW YORK--Michael Eisner and Steve Case, arguably the two most scrutinized media executives on the planet over the past few months, appeared at an industry conference last week and basically pleaded for their jobs. There has been massive spec ...
The odd thing about Disney annual meetings is that many shareholders bring their children. And the kiddies beseech Disney executives to autograph their annual reports. General Motors, this isn't. Fast forward to this week's annual meeting in ...
If The Walt Disney Co. CEO Michael Eisner sounded a little more pleased with himself than usual on the media giant's fiscal second-quarter conference call May 11, he had more than enough ammunition to back the feeling. Eisner--approaching his ...