Ovitz Fired for Management Style, Ex-Disney Director Testifies
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A former director at Walt Disney testified that the president, Michael Ovitz, was fired because his management style differed sharply from the chief executive's.
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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.
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Description: In a closely watched trial in Delaware, former Hollywood agent Michael Ovitz took the stand yesterday to defend his tenure as president of the Walt Disney Company in the mid-&#39;90s.
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The former director of the Walt Disney Company who helped negotiate the contract of Michael S. Ovitz, its former president, said the uproar after Mr.
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LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK  - The trial of a lawsuit by  Walt Disney Co. shareholders who accuse the board of directors  of rubberstamping a deal to hire Michael Ovitz in 1995 and then  giving him $140 million in severance pay will open on  Wednesday, putting a spotlight on standards for corporate  responsibility.
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A lawyer for Michael S. Ovitz, the former president of the Walt Disney Company, argued Wednesday that his client should be excused as a defendant in a lawsuit
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LOS ANGELES  - It was unusual but not  unprecedented for the head of the Walt Disney Co. compensation  committee to be negotiating an employment contract that his  group would eventually approve, former committee chair Irwin  Russell testified at the trial surrounding Michael Ovitz's  contract and severance.
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GEORGETOWN, Del.  - Walt Disney Co.'s chief  executive Michael Eisner on Wednesday was confronted with notes  in which Michael Ovitz was called "dangerous" and "a caged  animal" as he desperately tried to fire his one-time friend  from the entertainment giant.
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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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Michael Ovitz, Walt Disney Co.&#39;s former president, said Friday he was mistaken in his previous testimony that his annual bonus was tied to Disney chief executive Michael Eisner&#39;s bonus.
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Michael Ovitz, Walt Disney Co.'s former president, defended his $140 million severance package Wednesday, saying he asked the entertainment giant for a "guarantee" in his contract when he left the talent agency he founded.
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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.
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GEORGETOWN, Del.  - Michael Ovitz said he fought  and begged to stay on at Walt Disney Co. until his good friend  and boss Michael Eisner pushed him out, the former Disney  president, now at the center of a shareholder lawsuit,  testified on Wednesday.
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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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GEORGETOWN, Del. - Michael Ovitz, Walt Disney Co.&#39;s former president, said Thursday it was &quot;common knowledge&quot; while he was at Disney that he was receiving payments for selling his stake in the talent agency he co-founded.
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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 S. Ovitz found himself on the defensive late Wednesday about his continuing relationship with the talent agency he had left for Disney.