Disney president says deal with Pixar unlikely
117225
NEW YORK A Walt Disney executive says it&#39;s &quot;unlikely&quot; the company will strike a new distribution deal with Pixar Animation Studios.
514139
Michael Ovitz said on Tuesday that Walt Disney Co. would have made a string of dazzling deals and shrewd strategic moves during his brief tenure as the company&#39;s president
570864
Michael Ovitz staunchly defended his efforts as president of the Walt Disney Co. on Thursday in between biting exchanges with the attorney representing shareholders in a &#36;140 million lawsuit.
442377
As Walt Disney Co. directors meet today to start grappling with the process of replacing Chief Executive Michael Eisner, one man who has not roamed the halls in eight years is casting his shadow over the discussions.
262574
Michael Eisner may have quelled speculation about his future, but the board of Walt Disney will have to answer several questions about the company's future.
680758
Walt Disney Chairman George Mitchell said he was asked to become company president before the job was offered to Michael Ovitz, disputing testimony by CEO Michael Eisner.
581284
Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Michael Eisner on Monday downplayed his supposedly close friendship with Michael Ovitz, saying he was "amused" by the executive whose rocky tenure as the company president has landed both men in a shareholder lawsuit.
759369
Former Walt Disney Co. president Michael Ovitz insisted Tuesday that he worked tirelessly to better the company but frequently ran into resistance from CEO Michael Eisner and a handful of senior executives who refused to report to him.
18455
Moviegoers will likely look past Mel  Gibson's off-screen behavior when they view his new film  "Apocalypto," said Dick Cook, chairman of Walt Disney Studios,  the film's distributor, on Thursday.
163513
Michael Ovitz was a consummate dealmaker who just couldn&#39;t adjust to the corporate culture or financial strategy of the Walt Disney Co.
176802
The chief executive of Delta Air Lines Inc. said Thursday a tentative pact the company has reached with its pilots for $1 billion in concessions doesn&#39;t mean the struggling carrier is out of the woods in terms of avoiding bankruptcy.
445701
âAs to the future, I rule nothing in or nothing out,â the president said, though his spokesman indicated that he thought it unlikely.
93913
The head of InterActiveCorp talks about the confusion that the company's setup provokes and whether he would consider becoming the chief executive at Disney.
219131
GEORGETOWN, Del.  - 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.
453528
Walt Disney Co. chief executive Michael Eisner, who successfully fought off a shareholder attempt to oust him, unexpectedly offered his resignation from the entertainment company he&#39;s led for two decades - but he will go in his own time.
90120
GEORGETOWN, Del.  - Michael Eisner, the chief  executive of the Walt Disney Co., on Thursday said it was  "stupid" to appear on a national television show in 1996 to  show his support for Michael Ovitz and conceded he was less  than candid with the public during the interview.
201465
It was probably a slip of the tongue. Speaking to an investor conference on Sept. 30, Walt Disney (DIS) President Robert Iger noted that it was the end of Disney&#39;s fiscal year -- adding: &quot;And what a year it has been.