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Eisner Resigns From Disney Board
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CRO-Magnum
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Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah!
This news sounds too good to be true - had to consult multiple sources to make sure it wasn't a goof. Ending the Eisner Reign of Terror which started shortly after the death of Frank Wells marks a HUGE step forward for Disney. Time to buy that stock back now that I can have some faith in the company.
It will be interesting over the next 24 months to see if Iger can shake loose from the horrid example provided by Eisner. The risk is he's been to Eisner'ized and is beyond repair. A good first step would be to redesign Mikey's office floor to something more befitting a CEO of a public company rather than the Sultan of Brunei.
Another song comes to mind: Ding dong the witch is dead...
This news sounds too good to be true - had to consult multiple sources to make sure it wasn't a goof. Ending the Eisner Reign of Terror which started shortly after the death of Frank Wells marks a HUGE step forward for Disney. Time to buy that stock back now that I can have some faith in the company.
It will be interesting over the next 24 months to see if Iger can shake loose from the horrid example provided by Eisner. The risk is he's been to Eisner'ized and is beyond repair. A good first step would be to redesign Mikey's office floor to something more befitting a CEO of a public company rather than the Sultan of Brunei.
Another song comes to mind: Ding dong the witch is dead...
CRO-Magnum
Active Member
Funny you should ask...
At least one: Eisner.
There's been tension between Eisner and the board since the Ovitz affair and he hung in there anyway. Eisner never showed a capacity to recognize defeat let alone error. This is the same ego maniac who wanted to pass leadership of the company to his son Breck as if it was an Eisner family institution. That didn't even happen in the Disney family; leadership of the company fell to Card Walker after Roy's death, not Diane, Sharon or Ron Miller.
I am very surprised that Eisner finally walked away, something that shareholders would have benefited from had it been done 10 years ago!
edwardtc said:
At least one: Eisner.
There's been tension between Eisner and the board since the Ovitz affair and he hung in there anyway. Eisner never showed a capacity to recognize defeat let alone error. This is the same ego maniac who wanted to pass leadership of the company to his son Breck as if it was an Eisner family institution. That didn't even happen in the Disney family; leadership of the company fell to Card Walker after Roy's death, not Diane, Sharon or Ron Miller.
I am very surprised that Eisner finally walked away, something that shareholders would have benefited from had it been done 10 years ago!
imagineer boy
Well-Known Member
Yes! Roy is comming back! :sohappy:
FigmentJedi
Well-Known Member
Hooray! He's gone forever! *Does a happy dance while the Final Fantasy victory music plays*
I got 5900 EXP, a High Potion and 5000 Gil...
I got 5900 EXP, a High Potion and 5000 Gil...
CaptainMichael
Well-Known Member
Hmmm...I may have missed that part in the article. Last I heard he was "Director Emeritus"imagineer boy said:
Woody13
New Member
From: Eisner, Michael
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005
Subject: Thank you
Dear All,
I'm sitting in my office thinking about how much I have enjoyed working with the people who make up this company. I am about to pack up 21 years of pictures, books and letters and other Disney memorabilia from around the world that hopefully my great grandchildren will not sell on eBay. In the meantime, I will use these objects to trigger fantastic memories of my two decades sitting under the roof supported by the Seven Dwarfs in the Team Disney Building.
I've learned so much over all these years from my partnership with you, from how to build theme parks to how the evening news is put together, from building an animated movie to building a legitimate theater on 42nd Street, from the revitalization of the 100 Acre Wood to the build-out of the thousands of acres of swamps and beet farms and landfill of Florida, Paris and Hong Kong, and even learning what a World Series ring looks like. I even finally learned the precise relationship of Huey, Dewey and Louie to Donald Duck. But I never really learned how to master reading a TV teleprompter. There is still time
In 1984, there was plenty of room in my brain to acquire this much-needed knowledge. At my first speech on the first day on the Burbank lot, at the old gazebo, I met my first cast member, Angela Philo, and asked what department she was in. Her response, “BVD.”“Wow,” I responded, “I didn't know Disney owned an underwear company.”
And it was in search of knowledge during those first few weeks that I met almost everybody who worked for the company, 28,000 at the time, and learned that this iconic institution had the most dedicated and talented and enthusiastic group of people I had seen since I left camp as a staff member for the last time in 1964. There are now 129,000 of us, diverse, unique, and of course proud to be creating the magic.
I wish to thank all of you for your good spirits, your fantastic pride and sense of duty working for this wonderful company. From what we do on the big and little screens to how we program our radio and television stations, from what we do on ESPN and all our world-wide cable channels to how we treat our guest in our parks, nobody does it like you. From how we develop our consumer products to how we imagine our attractions, from how we design our computer-generated worlds to how we envision our business strategies, nobody does it like you. And from the growth of our architecture to the management of our financial and legal lives, from our publishing and music operations to our emerging Internet opportunities, from every morning until every next morning, nobody does all of this as well as you. And you do it all over the world.
This company, which I so love, is poised for a tremendous future, with superb management at all levels, entrusted to the brilliant and steady chief executive officer, Bob Iger. I want to thank everybody for letting me share a piece of your lives for two decades.
While I leave Disney with less hair than I had when I arrived, I do know creative inquisitiveness never ages or tires. I feel as optimistic as I did on Oct 1, 1984.
By the way, I have since learned that BVD stands for Buena Vista Distribution.
Good luck, and go see “Chicken Little.”
Michael
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005
Subject: Thank you
Dear All,
I'm sitting in my office thinking about how much I have enjoyed working with the people who make up this company. I am about to pack up 21 years of pictures, books and letters and other Disney memorabilia from around the world that hopefully my great grandchildren will not sell on eBay. In the meantime, I will use these objects to trigger fantastic memories of my two decades sitting under the roof supported by the Seven Dwarfs in the Team Disney Building.
I've learned so much over all these years from my partnership with you, from how to build theme parks to how the evening news is put together, from building an animated movie to building a legitimate theater on 42nd Street, from the revitalization of the 100 Acre Wood to the build-out of the thousands of acres of swamps and beet farms and landfill of Florida, Paris and Hong Kong, and even learning what a World Series ring looks like. I even finally learned the precise relationship of Huey, Dewey and Louie to Donald Duck. But I never really learned how to master reading a TV teleprompter. There is still time
In 1984, there was plenty of room in my brain to acquire this much-needed knowledge. At my first speech on the first day on the Burbank lot, at the old gazebo, I met my first cast member, Angela Philo, and asked what department she was in. Her response, “BVD.”“Wow,” I responded, “I didn't know Disney owned an underwear company.”
And it was in search of knowledge during those first few weeks that I met almost everybody who worked for the company, 28,000 at the time, and learned that this iconic institution had the most dedicated and talented and enthusiastic group of people I had seen since I left camp as a staff member for the last time in 1964. There are now 129,000 of us, diverse, unique, and of course proud to be creating the magic.
I wish to thank all of you for your good spirits, your fantastic pride and sense of duty working for this wonderful company. From what we do on the big and little screens to how we program our radio and television stations, from what we do on ESPN and all our world-wide cable channels to how we treat our guest in our parks, nobody does it like you. From how we develop our consumer products to how we imagine our attractions, from how we design our computer-generated worlds to how we envision our business strategies, nobody does it like you. And from the growth of our architecture to the management of our financial and legal lives, from our publishing and music operations to our emerging Internet opportunities, from every morning until every next morning, nobody does all of this as well as you. And you do it all over the world.
This company, which I so love, is poised for a tremendous future, with superb management at all levels, entrusted to the brilliant and steady chief executive officer, Bob Iger. I want to thank everybody for letting me share a piece of your lives for two decades.
While I leave Disney with less hair than I had when I arrived, I do know creative inquisitiveness never ages or tires. I feel as optimistic as I did on Oct 1, 1984.
By the way, I have since learned that BVD stands for Buena Vista Distribution.
Good luck, and go see “Chicken Little.”
Michael
tigger248
Well-Known Member
I must admit, I'm shocked completely by this news! When I saw this thread, I thought it was a fake.
Yeah, just wow.
We should take a moment to thank Eisner for all the good he did for the company. Yes, there were some negative things he did while in office. But, The Walt Disney Company would not be where it is today without Michael Eisner. So, thanks.
Yeah, just wow.
We should take a moment to thank Eisner for all the good he did for the company. Yes, there were some negative things he did while in office. But, The Walt Disney Company would not be where it is today without Michael Eisner. So, thanks.
nsxdrift_89
New Member
What does the office at TD Burbank look like?
Sultan of Brunei is it that bad?
Sultan of Brunei is it that bad?
Rosso11
Well-Known Member
I;m sure within the next few days we will start hearing a lot of rumors about where he is now moving on to. In many of his recent interviews and letters he has suggested that he is to young to retire and still has many things he wants to acoplish within his career. More than likely he has a job lined up. I'm sure his new company and boss does not want any distractions with him and Disney and would push for him to drop off the board. I know many executives are on other companies boards but i'm sure his new boss would be full aware of the contraversy of him staying on the board and demand him to step down so he can concentrate on his new job and company. Also I believe he would be joining another entertainment company and therfore would have a giant problem staying on a competitors board. Usually when you have other executives on a board they are from entirely different fields.
drnilescrane
Well-Known Member
I think they should demolish Eisner's 2 major shrines within the company just to be sure: The Team Disney Building in Burbank and the Walt Disney World Swan/Dolphin.
KumbaRider
Member
I think it'd be funny if he joins NBC Universal or Six Flags. There'd definitely be some strong reactions. Unlikely though...
PhilharMagician
Well-Known Member
Exactly!!Thrawn said:
He did a great job for Disney. His strength and foresight grew the themepark division at an incredible rate giving us disney nuts more to enjoy and discuss. Over the last few years it seemed like he was getting bored with it and you can see by some of his actions. It was definately time to move on. He will go somewhere and do the same great work for another company just like he did over his first 10 years at Disney. Maybe we'l see the Universal Decade.:lookaroun :lol: :lookaroun
warlord said:
Thats not necessarily the case.