Embattled Disney head reportedly endorses successor
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Michael Eisner reportedly has told Walt Disney Co. directors that company President Robert Iger is his &quot;preferred choice&quot; to succeed him as chief executive of the media
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Michael Eisner plans to step down as  Walt Disney Co.'s chief executive when his contract expires in  September 2006, the Wall Street Journal said on Friday.
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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 entertainment and media worlds are buzzing about the pending search for Michael Eisner&#39;s successor as CEO of Walt Disney. But as Disney&#39;s 11-person board meets
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Disney Chairman George Mitchell on Tuesday called Chief Operating Officer Robert A. Iger the only internal candidate to replace Michael D. Eisner as chief executive officer but
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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.
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Directors at Walt Disney nominated Michael Ovitz to serve on its board for three years at a 1996 meeting just weeks before forcing him out of his job as president, Ovitz told a Delaware court yesterday.
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Walt Disney Co.'s directors nominated Michael Ovitz to serve on its board for another three years at a meeting just weeks before forcing him out of his job as president, evidence showed on Friday at the trial of a suit brought by shareholders.
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Walt Disney Co. chief executive Michael Eisner acknowledged Monday that he and former company President Michael Ovitz were good friends.
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Walt Disney Co.&#39;s chief executive Michael Eisner will leave the giant entertainment company in 2006 when his contract expires, a newspaper reported Friday.
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By Bloomberg News. Michael D. Eisner, the chief executive of Walt Disney, kept board members abreast of the negotiations to hire the talent agent Michael S. Ovitz as the company&#39;s president
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Former Walt Disney Co. President Michael Ovitz defended his tenure in the job, testifying that efforts to improve and expand the No.
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The Walt Disney Co. DIS.N board  of directors on Tuesday said it expected to find a chief  executive to succeed Michael Eisner by next June and would  consider both outside executives and Disney President and Chief  Operating Officer Bob Iger for the position.
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Michael Eisner has told Walt Disney Co. directors that company president Robert Iger is his "preferred choice" to succeed him as chief executive of the media giant, according to a newspaper report published Sunday.
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Michael Ovitz initially wanted a signing bonus of $50 million to join Walt Disney Co. as its president in 1995, a compensation expert who advised Disney during negotiations with Ovitz testified Tuesday.
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Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Michael Eisner said he expects to leave the board when he steps down as CEO in 2006, ending speculation that he would switch roles and become chairman of the company.
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Microsoft Corp. has turned to an executive at The Walt Disney Co. to fill a vacancy created when the software maker fired its chief information officer.