Roy Edward Disney, the nephew of Walt Disney, died Wednesday after a yearlong battle with stomach cancer, according to a Walt Disney Co. spokesman.
By the time we arrive at Ceàgo Del Lago Winery, on the northwestern shore of Lake County's Clear Lake, we've seen far more birds than people. Western grebes, thousands of them, bob peacefully until our boat gets directly in front of them. Then they dive upside down like toy ducks, showing their black-and-white behinds before disappearing under the surface.
The Harlem Globetrotters are known for many things, but fair competition isn't one of them.
Welcome to the Monday after Super Sunday ...
Former Walt Disney Co. board members and long-time company critics Roy E. Disney and Stanley P. Gold wrote a scathing critique about the Disney board's just-concluded search for a CEO to replace Michael Eisner, published in Thursday's Los Angeles Times.
Over the past few years, Disney has been conspicuous for the viciousness -- and the self-destructiveness -- of its corporate politics. Ever since longtime CEO Michael Eisner's falling out with former film unit chief Jeffrey Katzenberg in the late 1990s, infighting at Disney has tarnished a company with sterling media assets.
Walt Disney Co. chairman George Mitchell said Friday that the board is following through on its pledge to interview both internal and external candidates for the CEO position.
Fortune: ON THE RADARupdated: Mon Nov 01 2004 00:01:00
Another trial for Disney
IN AN ERA OF CEOS UNDER ATTACK, NO boss has faced the flak that Disney chief Michael Eisner has--and survived. Since last spring, when he beat back a very public effort to oust him (led by Walt's n...
Fortune: Quantum Businessupdated: Mon Oct 04 2004 00:01:00
There has been a tremendous amount of interest lately in Albert Einstein, on the event of the 100th anniversary of the publication of his important paper on Brownian motion, which proves the existe...
CNNMoney: No oomph for Wall St.updated: Wed Sep 29 2004 05:39:00
Steady high oil prices could make for a slow start on Wall Street, with stocks poised for a flat opening.
Michael Eisner is finally stepping down after 20 years at the helm of Walt Disney Co., marking the end of a long stretch of tumultuous growth at the legendary media company.
Walt Disney board of directors will gather next month at a two-day strategy session to possibly discuss the long-term succession of current CEO Michael Eisner, according to a report published Monday.
Once upon a time, in a magical place called Disney, there lived a man named Michael whose days overflowed with happiness and fun. He was the host of his own television show. He was the toast of Bro...
With only two days remaining until Walt Disney Co.'s annual shareholder meeting, two foes of embattled Chairman and CEO Michael Eisner are stepping up their pressure to have him removed from office.
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Embattled Walt Disney Co. Chairman and CEO Michael Eisner expressed optimism about the future of Disney in a genial interview on CNN's Larry King Live.
Walt Disney Co. chairman and CEO Michael Eisner said Friday he expects the media company's management to prevail against dissident shareholders and Comcast Corp.'s takeover bid.
It was bold, it was opportunistic, but in the end, will it be anything more than a Mickey Mouse offer?
To figure out what a combined Disney and Comcast is worth, first you have to figure out what Disney is worth. More specifically, Disney without Michael Eisner at the helm.
Comcast Corp. made a surprise, unsolicited offer to buy Walt Disney Co. for $54 billion Wednesday, a deal that would create the world's biggest media company.
The end of the most successful marriage in Hollywood history could leave both partners better off for the divorce.
A week or so before Thanksgiving, a film editor at the Walt Disney Co. asked Roy Disney, the company's longtime animation chief, if he planned to attend a screening of ideas for new animated films....
How very convenient for Michael Eisner. Under the banner of corporate reform, Eisner and his allies on Walt Disney's board have eased out his harshest critics and bought the embattled CEO more time...
This has been a year of media mogul beheadings. Gerald Levin, the chief executive officer of AOL Time Warner, was the first to fall, and the company's chairman, Steve Case, is facing boardroom oppo...
In the annals of boondogglery, can there be any greater hero than Senator John Glenn? A generation ago he orbited Earth three times at taxpayer expense, an arguably legitimate--if obscenely expensi...
Can you name the first feature-length animated movie?
With childlike enthusiasm, Michael Eisner outlines a pet project over a bowl of frozen yogurt in the Walt Disney Studios commissary. He intends to combine a retail store selling Disney doodads with...
Fortune: ESOPs AS POISONupdated: Mon Jul 31 1989 00:01:00
Major corporations are rushing to set up or expand employee stock ownership plans, or ESOPs (see table for a sampling). The some 100 that have initiated , them this year include companies that are ...
IT IS LATE AFTERNOON on a balmy day, and Stanley Gold is chatting with Roy and Patty Disney on the patio of their Los Angeles home. While the birds twitter and the Disneys' two yellow Labrador retr...
Fortune: TOUGH GUYupdated: Mon Sep 12 1988 00:01:00
The classic animated movie Bambi, in which the young deer's mother is shot by hunters, makes the point vividly: There is a hard, realistic edge to the Disney business. Mild-mannered Roy E. Disney, ...
WEALTH/ COVER STORIES 46 THE BILLIONAIRES The era of moguls is never over. Every age offers opportunities for the enterprising -- and the driven. by Julia Lieblich
If Wall Street dealmakers want to know what Mike Dukakis thinks about corporate takeovers, they ought to consider the influences right in his backyard. Massachusetts is home to four of 1988's most ...
IF YOU WANT PROOF that raiders really can jolt a comatose company into healthy activity and oust leaden management in favor of leaders with a golden touch, just look at how the Walt Disney Co. has ...
IF YOU WANT PROOF that raiders really can jolt a comatose company into healthy activity and oust leaden management in favor of leaders with a golden touch, just look at how the Walt Disney Co. has ...
The Black Cauldron, the latest animated feature from Walt Disney Pictures, netted a respectable $11.5 million at the box office in its first 12 days in U.S. theaters. The $25-million fantasy film, ...
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