Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner Supports Bob Iger in Board Proxy Fights, Says Disrupting Iger is ‘Playing With Fire’

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In a statement to DealBook, former CEO of The Walt Disney Company Michael Eisner expressed his support for current CEO Bob Iger and Disney executives amid proxy fights with Trian Partners and Blackwells Capital for Board of Directors seats. Michael Eisner Supports Bob Iger Michael Eisner was CEO from 1984 to 2005. When internal and … Read more

23 Years Later: A Retrospective of Renovations at Disney California Adventure

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Facing a slew of design flaws from its start, Disney California Adventure has had to undergo numerous refurbishments and renovations to be the alluring draw it is today. Under the direction of Michael Eisner, Disney California Adventure began as a means of concentrating potential California visitors to Disneyland’s neighboring park to avoid losing them to … Read more

Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner Comments on Upheaval The Walt Disney Company

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No one really knows what former Disney CEO Michael Eisner thinks about another former CEO Bob Chapek or the direction of The Walt Disney Company, but based on a recent Twitter post, we might have a better idea. The day after Chapek was fired and Bob Iger was back in the CEO’s seat, Eisner tweeted, … Read more

Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner Comments on Bob Chapek & Bob Iger, Supreme Court Blocks COVID-19 Vaccine or Test Mandate for Large Workplaces, and More: Daily Recap (1/13/22)

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We bring you a lot of stories every single day, and sometimes it’s hard to keep up. So in case you missed anything from our feed, we’ve rounded up all our stories in one place to get today’s news at a glance. Here is your Daily Recap for Thursday, January 13, 2022. Walt Disney World Magic … Read more

Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner Comments on Bob Iger and Bob Chapek

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In a new interview with CNBC, Michael Eisner, former CEO of The Walt Disney Company, talked about Disney’s switch from Bob Iger to Bob Chapek as CEO. “I am a big fan of Disney,” Eisner said. “I am a fan of both Bobs. Yes I hired him [Chapek]. Is he the same executive as I … Read more

Discover a Star-Studded Gala Opening at the Disney-MGM Studios With this Star Tours Grand Opening Press Itinerary from 1990

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With Disney Parks around the world closed for the foreseeable future, WDWNT is dipping into our archives of vintage parks materials for a look back into parks history! And in celebration of Hollywood Studios Appreciation Week, all this week, we’re peeking into the studio vault with items from the early years of the Disney-MGM Studios! Get … Read more

EDITORIAL: Michael Eisner Was the Greatest CEO in the History of The Walt Disney Company

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In 1923, the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio was founded by Walter Elias and Roy Oliver Disney. In the decades that followed, the animation studio would evolve into something far different and far larger than either of them could have ever expected. However, as the old adage goes, time waits for no man, and the reigns … Read more

EDITORIAL: Epcot – A History of Compromise, and What That Means for the Epcot of the Future

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Author Foreword: With the official closing of Club Cool, Innoventions, the Fountain of Nations, Fountain View, and the Mickey & Friends Character Spot, many are grieving the loss of Epcot icons they knew since childhood and possibly the original spirit of the park as a whole. In an editorial I wrote last year, as rumors … Read more