Michael Eisner

Americans Elect: The Future of U.S. Democracy

Michael Eisner | Posted 05.20.2012

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America has always prided itself on being a forward-looking nation. Yet our election system is mired in the past. We can rescue our election system from the horse-and-buggy era and infuse it with the dynamism of our digital age. It's happening now.

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New Media: The Mind Behind Booth At The End

Bill_Robinson | Posted 02.13.2012

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In just five, short 23-minute episodes of Booth, CK Kubasic has accomplished something writers such as Charles Dickens took decades to establish.

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New Media: Take A Seat In the Booth at the End

Bill_Robinson | Posted 01.23.2012

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Available only on Hulu, free for now, The Booth at the End is both a serial and episodic, web-only video production that is gripping beyond belief and the Internet TV watching, addictive equivalent of oxycontin.

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Former Disney CEO Establishes $100K Intergenerational Prize

AP | By JOHN ROGERS | Posted 12.11.2011

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LOS ANGELES -- He made a small fortune – and then some – crafting entertainment that baby boomers couldn't get enough of. Now that the aud...

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Disney CEO Announces When He Plans To Step Down

Posted 12.07.2011

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LOS ANGELES (Lisa Richwine) - Walt Disney Co Chief Executive Bob Iger will step down as CEO in March 2015 after nearly a decade at the helm, setti...

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Eisner Downplays Tribune Rumors

AP | RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner on Tuesday downplayed reports that he is being considered to head media company Tribune Co. after...

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Michael Eisner And The LA Times--A Marriage Made In Heaven?

thewrap.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Eisner running to the Tribune Company, the man in charge of the Los Angeles Times? That seems to be the word -- and, actually, it does make pe...

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Black Jack

Fabio Periera | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jack Abramoff was a movie guy. The swagger; the big dreams; the restaurants; the silver-tongued philanthropy--a "you talkin' ta me" film quote machine...

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Report: Michael Eisner To Become CEO Of Tribune, Announcement Imminent

thewrap.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Eisner is ready to cross the finish line. An announcement on the former Disney CEO becoming the chairman of the Tribune Co., is imminent, a...

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Getting Social at Digital Hollywood

Julie Spira | Posted 05.25.2011

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Digital Hollywood's annual fall conference is taking place this week at Loews Hotel in Santa Monica, CA. On day one, the event coincided with the Var...

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WATCH: Michael Eisner To Matt Lauer On 'Today'

Posted 05.25.2011

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"I had a great partner at Disney," the company's former-CEO Michael Eisner said this morning on the "Today" show in conversation with Matt Lauer. Eisn...

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'Working Together'

Michael D. Eisner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Over the past two years, I've been at work on a project about a concept that's fascinated me for decades: partnership. From my marriage (43 years and ...

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Jeffrey Katzenberg Eroded Animation with Celebrities

James Sims | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Lion King, Walt Disney, Aladdin, Cartoons, Shrek, Steven Spielberg, Mickey Mouse, Waking Sleeping Beauty, Dreamworks SKG, Michael Eisner, Disney, David Geffen, Hollywood, The Little Mermaid, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Movies, Animation, Entertainment News

Katzenberg opted to "go Hollywood" with animation, relying on celebrities and flashy technology to sell his movies. He has sadly damaged the value of an art form he once championed.

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Before They Were Famous ... They Were INTERNS (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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It's officially intern season -- and to celebrate, we thought we'd take a look back and find some former interns who triumphed in their respective (or...

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Can Tom Peters Help Us Find Excellence In An America That Needs To Re-Set Its Thinking?

Steven G. Brant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Energy Efficiency, Seth Grodin, Oil Drilling, Tom Peters, Benjamin Cardin, Michael Eisner, Pbs Newshour, Ken Salazar, Energy Policy, Barack Obama, Offshore Drilling, Politics News

I don't see much evidence that those proposing ways to fix what isn't working about America understand what really needs to be done. My concern extends to the biggest "fix what's broken" manager America has: President Barack Obama.

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Mighty Movie Podcast Interviews: Waking Sleeping Beauty and Chloe

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011

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This episode features interviews with Don Hahn and Peter Schneider of Waking Sleeping Beauty, the documentary that looks at how, in 1984, the Disney Company sought to revivify their moribund animation division.

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Movie Review: Waking Sleeping Beauty

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

A documentary that takes you behind the curtain to show the magic being made, Waking Sleeping Beauty still manages to dazzle because of the complex, utterly human story it tells.

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Michael Eisner Finds Success With Attax Sports Card Game

Wall Street Journal | GREGORY ZUCKERMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Eisner may no longer be a power broker in Hollywood but he's become a player in schoolyards around the globe. His winning ticket is Attax, ...

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Does Netflix Represent American Renewal?

Paul Lippe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Entrepreneurial Culture, Netflix, Reed Hastings, Michael Eisner, Evan Bayh, Blockbuster, Entrepreneurs, Business News

Can American renewal be driven by one entrepreneur's annoyance at paying a $40 late fee to Blockbuster?

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Michael Eisner's Vuguru Gets Backing, Will Expand

New York Times | BRIAN STELTER | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bolstered by an investment from Rogers Communications, one of Canada's largest media companies, the budding new-media mogul Michael Eisner is expandin...

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Looking Back on the Year of the Woman

Meredith C. Carroll | Posted 05.25.2011

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Time magazine had several contenders for its annual Person of the Year issue, including Timothy Geithner, Stanley McChrystal, Usain Bolt and, of cours...

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Sun Valley Media Conference Photos: Mogulmania Day 1! (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

The annual Allen & Company summer media conference kicked off in Sun Valley, Idaho Tuesday night and by Wednesday morning the attendees were decked ou...

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Craig Ferguson "Mostly Not Worried" About Jimmy Fallon Competition (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

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CBS late-late night host Craig Ferguson discusses the looming threat of Jimmy Fallon on tonight's edition of "Conversations with Michael Eisner" on CN...

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Michael Eisner Cancels His Own CNBC Show

New York Post | Peter Lauria | Posted 05.25.2011

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There will be no more con versations with Michael Eisner. No, The Post isn't cutting him off - Eisner's just ending his CNBC show. But unlike the rec...

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Michael Eisner Goes Online: "I'm Much Happier Now"

New York Times | Tim Arango | Posted 05.25.2011

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On a Friday morning in September, Michael D. Eisner was in a television studio on the East Side of Manhattan, asking Robert L. Nardelli, the chairman ...

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