Michael Eisner

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Michael Eisner: Biography

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Michael Eisner Tells CNBC, "The Strike Is Over" | WGA Post-Strike Watch: News About Returning Shows | 2/8/2008
During a Thursday afternoon visit to CNBC's Fast Money, former Disney CEO Michael Eisner boldly declared the three-month-old WGA strike "over." Pressed to elaborate, he said, "They've made a deal, they shook hands on a deal [and it] is going on Saturday to the constituents [for a vote]." Eisner went so far as to assert, "It's impossible that [the writers] turn it down. A deal has been made and they will be back to work reasonably soon."The Fast Money host smartly asked Eisner if he was aware of what he was proclaiming over the airwaves, and the guest stuck to his story, saying, "I know the deal's been made and I know the strike is over. I have some friends in certain places and I believe there was a handshake [agreement] last Friday. It's possible they [the guild] will turn it down but it would be insane if they [did]." read more
Michael Eisner Clarifies His "Stupid" Strike Comment | WGA Post-Strike Watch: News About Returning Shows | 11/18/2007
One of the first "suits" to venture forth with an incendiary sound bite about the WGA strike — he summed up the work stoppage as "stupid" — former Disney CEO Michael Eisner qualifies that quote in the latest New York Times Magazine. "What I was driving at was that it was a foolish time to have a strike over a business and a marketplace that is not evolved enough to even know if there is a business or a marketplace there," he says. Eisner claims that compensating writers for online downloads is not the big issue at hand, saying, "The [reuse] areas in which they are making money... I believe the producers have agreed to make a deal." Rather, he says the major bone of contention is material created for the Internet, "which is neither profitable nor is it clear in what direction it's going to go." He says there is "not a profit pie" to be shared, "not a crumb to spare for anything."To illustrate his point, Eisner says that Prom Queen, a series he produced for the Internet,... read more

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Michael Eisner: Credits

Title	Year	Type
Sketches Of Frank Gehry (Actor)	2006	Movie
Walt Disney Presents (Host)	1986	TV Show Series
American Masters: Sketches of Frank Gehry (Appearing)		Episode
Charlie Rose: Episode (Guest)		Episode
Charlie Rose: Episode (Guest)		Episode