Ovitz &#39;fell out with Eisner from start&#39;
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Michael Ovitz, the former Hollywood powerbroker, yesterday said the first cracks appeared in his stormy relationship with Walt Disney chief and former boss Michael Eisner even before his appointment as president of the company was announced in 1995.
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Michael Eisner of Walt Disney has become the sphinx of the media world, with shareholders and foes trying to decipher his comments regarding whether he&#39;ll try reclaim the chairman&#39;s
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GEORGETOWN, Del., Nov. 18 -- When Walt Disney Co. chief executive Michael D. Eisner and Disney President Michael S. Ovitz appeared on "Larry King Live" on Sept. 30, 1996, their corporate partnership was dissolving into an acrimonious disaster.
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When Walt Disney Co. chief executive Michael D. Eisner and Disney President Michael S. Ovitz appeared on &quot;Larry King Live&quot; on Sept.
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Walt Disney Co. chief executive Michael D. Eisner had been on the witness stand for about half an hour on Monday when the subject of former Disney president Michael S. Ovitz finally came up.
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Michael Eisner lashed out at the &quot;clichÃ©d&quot; portrayal of the &quot;real&quot; Hollywood in his fifth and final day testifying in a shareholder suit over former company president Michael Ovitz&#39;s lucrative payout.
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Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Michael Eisner testified Wednesday that he relied on advice from the company's top lawyer in determining that former Disney President Michael Ovitz couldn't be fired for cause.
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GEORGETOWN, Del.  - Former Walt Disney Co.  President Michael Ovitz testified on Tuesday that other company  executives resented him from the start, admitted he knew little  about running a public company and breezily dropped celebrity  names ranging from Janet Jackson to Dustin Hoffman.
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NEW YORK - A lot of people say Michael Ovitz was overpaid at Walt Disney Company. These critics dwell on the superficial, noting, for instance, that he worked at the company just 14 months and was paid $140 million when he quit.
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Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Michael Eisner on Tuesday said Michael Ovitz's troubles were rooted in a sense of elitism, pointing to a corporate retreat at which Ovitz rode in a limousine while other executives piled into a bus.
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Disney CEO Michael Eisner vividly described his side of the painful 1996 breakup with former Disney president Michael Ovitz in testimony at a shareholder lawsuit here Tuesday.
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GEORGETOWN, Del., Nov. 17 -- Lawyers for plaintiffs in a shareholder suit over Michael S. Ovitz's $140 million severance package from the Walt Disney Co. suggested on Wednesday that Disney chief executive Michael D. Eisner may have viewed his former protege as threatening.
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The longtime relationship between Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Michael Eisner and ex-Disney President Michael Ovitz underwent a &quot;slow deterioration&quot; beginning in early 1996 that eventually lead to Ovitz&#39;s
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Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Michael Eisner on Tuesday described a year in which his main job was to control Michael Ovitz, the company's   president who aggravated other staff, became depressed and finally refused to leave the company.
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CEO who once led company to industry glory has found himself under fire in recent years. LONDON -- Michael Eisner, who led the Walt Disney Co.
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Former Walt Disney Co. President Michael Ovitz testified on Tuesday that other company executives resented him from the start, admitted he knew little about running
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The classic power struggle between Walt Disney Co. CEO Michael Eisner and former feared talent agent Michael Ovitz makes for high drama in the courtroom - and apparently on cable.