Disney's Eisner: TV Interview with 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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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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When Walt Disney Co. chief executive Michael D. Eisner and Disney President Michael S. Ovitz appeared on &quot;Larry King Live&quot; on Sept.
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Yesterday Walt Disney CEO Michael Eisner was speaking about his interview with Larry King in September 1996, during which he denied any tensions in Disney boardroom giving praises to Disneyâs President Michael Ovitz, while in fact persuading other
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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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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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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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Former Walt Disney Co. president Michael Ovitz insisted Tuesday that he worked tirelessly to better the company but frequently ran into resistance from CEO Michael Eisner and a handful of senior executives who refused to report to him.
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Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Michael Eisner on Tuesday said Michael Ovitz&#39;s troubles were rooted in a sense of elitism, pointing to a corporate retreat at which
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Michael D. Eisner, the chief executive of the Walt Disney Company, played down his decades-long relationship with the former Disney president Michael S. Ovitz
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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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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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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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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 Tuesday said Michael Ovitz's troubles were rooted in a sense of elitism, pointing to a corporate retreat at which Ovitz rode in a limousine while other executives piled into a bus.
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Walt Disney Co.&#39;s former top legal adviser testified Tuesday that Michael Ovitz was a &quot;total failure&quot; as Disney&#39;s president in part because he didn&#39;t fit into the Disney way of doing business and because he failed to ease the burden on chief executive
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Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Michael Eisner testified Thursday that he told Disney&#39;s directors he was hoping to &quot;trade&quot; president Michael Ovitz to Sony Corp.