DISNEY WINS SHAREHOLDERS SUIT
Outgoing Disney CEO Michael Eisner participates in a Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony July 14, 2005. A court decision yesterday cleared the Walt Disney Co. in connection with a lucrative severance package given to former company president Michael Ovitz. Ruminating on Eisner, the ruling judge wrote: "By virtue of his Machiavellian (and imperial) nature as CEO, and his control over (Michael) Ovitz's hiring in particular, Eisner to a large extent is responsible for the failings in process that infected and handicapped the board's decisionmaking abilities. "Eisner," the judge continues, "stacked his (and I intentionally write "his" as opposed to "the Company's") board of directors with friends and other acquaintances who, though not necessarily beholden to him in a legal sense, were certainly more willing to accede to his wishes and support him unconditionally than truly independent directors." . (UPI Photo/Jim Ruymen/File
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NEW YORK, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Nickelodeon said Tuesday it has ordered a second season of 20 episodes of its U.S. stop-motion animated series, "Glenn Martin, DDS."
NEW YORK, March 12 (UPI) -- Kevin Nealon, Catherine O'Hara and Judy Greer have signed on to lend their voices to the new U.S. stop-motion animated comedy series, "Glenn Martin, DDS."
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS , N.J., Feb. 16 (UPI) -- Craig Ferguson, Penny Marshall and Stan Lee have agreed to appear on "CNBC's Conversations with Michael Eisner," the U.S. network announced.
LOS ANGELES, May 19 (UPI) -- The new Web hit "Prom Queen," funded by Michael Eisner's Los Angeles company, has already had 3.7 million views on Myspace.com. The flashy teen-aimed soap opera would fit in nicely on MTV or the CW, but with 80 episodes at just 90 seconds each, its true h
NEW YORK, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Former Walt Disney Co. Chairman and CEO Michael Eisner is host of a new bimonthly, prime-time interview show for CNBC, it was announced Tuesday.
NEW YORK, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Michael Eisner has made an earlier-than-expected departure from the board of Walt Disney Co.
WILMINGTON, Del., Aug. 10 (UPI) -- A Delaware judge gave a highly qualified pass to Walt Disney Co.'s outgoing chief executive for paying a fired executive $140 million.
LOS ANGELES, July 5 (UPI) -- Walt Disney Co. CEO Michael Eisner's tribute to Keewaydin, the Vermont camp where he spent his teenage summers, is staying off the best-seller lists.
LOS ANGELES, March 13 (UPI) -- The Walt Disney Company announced Sunday that Robert Iger will succeed Michael Eisner as chief executive in September, the New York Times reported.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Showtime is planning a movie about the doomed relationship between Disney chief Michael Eisner and former colleague Mike Ovitz, Daily Variety said Friday.
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