It was posted yesterday:
I haven't watched it yet, but it is easier to say things when you don't have a board breathing down your neck about stock valuations. I don't disbelieve him, but remember Iger paid similar lip service to rising prices right before he came back.
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Iger and D'amaro have both said things like "We need to make sure the middle class visitor doesn't get squeezed out" but to them, that translates to more complexity like tiered pricing and discount days. That's why Eisner is beating the "Everyone is a VIP" drum.
He was past his shelf date…so he needed to go or at a minimum replenish the execs with younger talent to bring up to the top…
It’s almost like he might have taken the time to read about why the parks were successful when he was there?
Read, learn, and understand. Three things his Bob-based successor(s) have not done and will not/did not do.It’s almost like he might have taken the time to read about why the parks were successful when he was there?
I watched this this part of the interview and thought the same thing!
Because he’s sees the field and is trying to “establish a narrative” that it didn’t start with him. He bought/“owned” Iger…so now he’s pivoting to make it clear nothing since was part of his design
He had a lot of tells during the segment outside TWDC HQ (the building he built and took pride in building) that I found really interesting.
There was shade and darts thrown all over the place in that interview…as there was in his statement last week.
From what I've watched so far, I get the impression Eisner would rather pull out his toenails with a pair of pliers than talk positively about the mess Iger's made of the company. "He's a wonderful CEO..." but then... "Pricing sucks"; Treating people like VIP's comment; Underhanded comment about the price of acquisitions; "When you sell the house, you don't go back to visit". Plus his recent comment around, "Josh, don't forget the creative roots of the company".
