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March 4, 2004
Eisner Overdrive
As one would expect, the LA Times and the NY Times are all over the Walt Disney Company Board's decision to remove Michael Eisner as chairman of Disney's board, although he will remain as CEO for the time being. However, as usual, the Wall Street Journal's ($) coverage of the developments here, here and here is far superior.
What is ironic about this development is that it was spurred by Comcast's lowball takeover bid for Disney, which Mr. Eisner properly opposes and which has not gone well for Comcast (its stock price is down 10% since the takeover bid was announced). The bottom line is that the Disney board's failure to develop a succession strategy for top management is coming back to haunt them at a critical time for Disney.
Posted by Tom at March 4, 2004 7:26 AM
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