Eisner: Ovitz went into a &#39;downward spiral&#39;
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Disney CEO Michael Eisner vividly described his side of the painful 1996 breakup with former Disney president Michael Ovitz in testimony at a shareholder lawsuit here Tuesday.
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GEORGETOWN, Del. - The terms on the options Walt Disney Co. gave its former president Michael Ovitz when he was hired were less generous than the terms for many other industry executives, a former compensation consultant testified Wednesday.
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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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The classic power struggle between Walt Disney Co. CEO Michael Eisner and former feared talent agent Michael Ovitz makes for high drama in the courtroom - and apparently on cable.
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Michael Ovitz could have been demoted or reassigned for the bulk of his five-year contract at the Walt Disney Co., but it would have done more harm than
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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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Father Leo O&#39;Donovan, a Walt Disney Co. director and Jesuit priest, testified that he believed CEO Michael Eisner had the &quot;proper authority&quot; to boot Michael Ovitz from the company.
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Walt Disney Co. CEO Michael Eisner tried to turn back years of criticism Monday by insisting that he was neither rash nor selfish in hiring friend Michael Ovitz as president in October 1995.
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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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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.  - Walt Disney Co.'s chief  executive Michael Eisner on Wednesday was confronted with notes  in which he called Michael Ovitz "dangerous" and "a caged  animal" as he desperately tried to fire his one-time friend  from the entertainment giant.
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Michael Ovitz wanted a $50 million signing bonus to become president of the Walt Disney Co., but the directors who eventually hired him were not willing
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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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Former Walt Disney (DIS) president Michael Ovitz said his 1996 ouster from the company &quot;tainted&quot; him, a situation he hopes to repair with
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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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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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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.