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Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'michaeleisner'

February 9, 2008

As we mentioned yesterday, the writers' strike may be coming to an end. Michael Eisner leaked that we'd be hearing news of it this weekend, and the former Disney CEO was right. Today Variety reports that "the WGA has finalized its tentative agreement with the majors and will present details of the pact to members today in meetings in Los Angeles and New York." The New York meeting is taking place at the Crowne Plaza......

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February 8, 2008

CNBC reported last night that the WGA strike may be over! Their source is former Disney CEO Michael Eisner, who now hosts a show on the network. When asked on the show Fast Money where the WGA strike stands he replied, “It’s over. They’ve made a deal, they shook hands on a deal. The deal is going on Saturday to the constituents (for a vote)… I think it’s impossible that they turn it down. A......

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December 11, 2003

Hey, Roy Disney and Stan Gold! You just resigned from the Disney Board of Directors – what are you going to do? "We're going to try to take down Michael Eisner with our website, SaveDisney.com, which has the ever approachable and oh–so–sophisticated Comic Sans font!" What Gothamist would give to know who designed and okayed the design of SaveDisney.com. We suppose it's supposed to look down home, very non–professional, but it's only looking like......

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December 1, 2003

Roy Disney's resignation letter reminds us that the "go to hell" resignation letter can be wrapped in heartfelt if you try hard, which is a good lesson for Gothamist and our peers who have been raised in an expletive-world. Disney writes things like, "I find this intolerable" (a step up from the "This situation is shit" we'd resort to) and signs off with "With sincere regret" (much nicer than "Screw you and yours"). Of course,......

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