ROBERT IGER TO REPLACE EISNER AT DISNEY
The Walt Disney Co. incoming Chief Executive Officer Robert Iger, pictured in Hollywood during a ceremony July 2005, is set to replace outgoing CEO Michael Eisner. While Sept. 30 marks the end of the 21-year tenure of Eisner as Disney chief, his successor is wasting no time planning for the future. (UPI Photo/Jim Ruymen/file).....
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