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Split Decision
BREAKING NEWS
Disney splits CEO, chairman jobs.
off ap wire
PHILADELPHIA - The Walt Disney Co.'s board voted late Wednesday to split the roles of chairman and chief executive, hours after shareholders delivered a stinging rebuke by withholding 43 percent of their votes for CEO Michael Eisner's re-election to the board.
Disney directors voted unanimously to make board member George Mitchell the company's new chairman and voiced their continuing approval of Eisner's management and the company's strategy.
abcnews.com
Split Decision
BREAKING NEWS
Disney splits CEO, chairman jobs.
off ap wire
PHILADELPHIA - The Walt Disney Co.'s board voted late Wednesday to split the roles of chairman and chief executive, hours after shareholders delivered a stinging rebuke by withholding 43 percent of their votes for CEO Michael Eisner's re-election to the board.
Disney directors voted unanimously to make board member George Mitchell the company's new chairman and voiced their continuing approval of Eisner's management and the company's strategy.