Eisner Regrets Praising Ovitz on &#39;Larry King&#39;
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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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Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Michael Eisner testified Tuesday that he discussed individually with directors bringing on Michael Ovitz as the entertainment giant&#39;s president and reviewed the details of his
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A dedicated Law &amp; Order fan called last week to complain that the long-running NBC series wasn&#39;t the same without Jerry Orbach.
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That&#39;s the case with Disney (DIS:NYSE - news - research) CEO Michael Eisner, who reportedly plans to retire in Sept. 2006. The longtime and often embattled boss of the media company plans to step down when
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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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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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GEORGETOWN, Delaware It was at his mother&#39;s funeral in the summer of 1996 that Michael Eisner, the chief executive of Walt Disney, knew he had to dismiss the president he had hired just 10 months earlier.
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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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Oct-28-2004 - A shareholder suit brought about by outrage over the severance package paid to former President Michael Ovitz is unveiling some deep dissention in the House of Mouse, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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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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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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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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Walt Disney Co.&#39;s multimillion-dollar contract with Michael Ovitz was unreasonably generous and one of the most lucrative ever, a compensation expert testified
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Michael D. Eisner, chief of Disney, downplayed his decade-long relationship with Michael S. Ovitz, the former president of Disney, as he began testifying in a shareholder lawsuit.
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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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ORLANDO, Fla. - Michael Eisner&#39;s fighting back. The embattled Disney boss is gearing up to defend his hiring and firing of former Hollywood superagent Michael Ovitz as Disney&#39;s No.
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LOS ANGELES Without Michael Eisner at the helm of Walt Disney, will Harvey Weinstein and Steve Jobs stay as partners? That is the question on the minds of analysts and Hollywood executives after Eisner, the