Disney's Eisner: TV Interview About Ovitz Was Dumb
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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.
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Shareholders suing Walt Disney Co.'s  board of directors on Thursday portrayed Michael Ovitz as a dishonest and erratic executive who should have been fired instead of walking away from his job with &#36;140 million in severance pay.
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Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Michael Eisner on Monday downplayed his supposedly close friendship Michael Ovitz, the executive whose brief and tumultuous tenure
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GEORGETOWN, Del.  - Shareholders suing Walt Disney  Co.'s  board of directors on Thursday portrayed Michael Ovitz  as a dishonest and erratic executive who should have been fired  instead of walking away from his job with $140 million in  severance pay.
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In a interview on CNN&#39;s &quot;Larry King Live&quot; in September 1996, Michael D. Eisner, chief executive of the Walt Disney Company, praised its former president, Michael S. Ovitz.
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GEORGETOWN, Del. - Walt Disney Co. (DIS) Chief Executive Michael Eisner on Monday played down his friendship with former Disney President Michael Ovitz, whose brief and tumultuous tenure as president of
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Michael Ovitz, Walt Disney Co.'s former president, testified Tuesday that he was undercut a number of times by Disney Chief Executive Michael Eisner as he tried to expand the entertainment giant's business.
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Former Walt Disney director Robert AM Stern said the company made a &quot;wise investment&quot; when it fired Michael Ovitz in 1996 and paid his $140 million severance to end his 15-month tenure.
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Walt Disney Co.&#39;s board of directors went on trial on Wednesday, on shareholder accusations that it merely rubberstamped a decision to hire Michael Ovitz and allowed
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Former Walt Disney Co. Director Richard Nunis testified today he deferred to Chief Executive Michael Eisner&#39;s decision to fire ex-President Michael Ovitz and give him a $140 million severance package.
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Walt Disney chief executive Michael Eisner told a court yesterday that the troubles of his former colleague Michael Ovitz were rooted in a sense of elitism, pointing
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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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GEORGETOWN, United States : Walt Disney chief Michael Eisner portrayed his friend Michael Ovitz -- fired after 15 months as company president with a 140 million dollar severance package -- as an executive unable to adapt to Disney&#39;s corporate culture.
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GEORGETOWN, Del. - Walt Disney Co. CEO Michael Eisner discussed the possibility of hiring Michael Ovitz as president with two directors and a major shareholder as early as May 1995 - almost five months before
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Michael S. Ovitz found himself on the defensive late Wednesday about his continuing relationship with the talent agency he had left for Disney.
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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
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Michael S. Ovitz, the disgraced former president of Walt Disney, last week told his side of the story about his controversial tenure at the company in the mid-1990's.