DisneyWar is an exposé of Michael Eisner's 20-year tenure at the The Walt Disney Company by James B. Stewart. The book chronicles the careers and interactions of executives at Disney, including Card Walker, Ron W. Miller, Roy E. Disney, Frank Wells, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Michael Ovitz, Joe Roth and Robert Iger. The book was released in 2005, and was published by Simon & Schuster. Its uniqueness was attributed to the large amount of access allowed to Stewart in putting the book together. Stewart's book describes some of the following: * Roy E. Disney's abrupt resignation (November 2003) * The Comcast hostile takeover attempt * The 2004 Shareholders' meeting that led to Eisner's resignation as Chairman * Eisner's friendship-turned-rivalry with Jeffrey Katzenberg * Eisner's tension with Frank Wells before Wells's death * Eisner's tension with Michael Ovitz during Ovitz's short-lived presidency * Pixar's decision not to renew its relationship with Disney * The purchase of the ABC Family channel and its content and the fallout resulting from Disney's inability to revive it. * The struggle to get Who Framed Roger Rabbit made in time and on budget despite the big egos of Robert Zemeckis and Richard Williams. * Roy E. Disney and Stanley Gold's removal of Disney CEO Ron W. Miller in 1984. * Hilary Duff's decision to quit the Disney Channel because of low salary. (more)
Type: book
Genres: entertainment, judaism, technology, business, religious, movies
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Michael Ovitz:
Michael S. Ovitz (b. December 14 1946, Los Angeles, California) is a former talent agent and Hollywood powerhouse who served as the head of the Creative Artists Agency from 1975 to 1995. After graduating from UCLA with a degree in theater, film and t
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Roy E. Disney:
Roy Edward Disney KCSG (born January 10, 1930) was a longtime senior executive for The Walt Disney Company, which his father Roy Oliver Disney and his uncle Walt founded. He is still a major shareholder (over 16 million shares or about 1%), and curre
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Disney Channel:
For the Disney Channel in other countries, see Disney Channel around the world. Disney Channel is an American television channel specializing in television programming for children through original series and movies as well as third party programming
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Comcast:
Comcast Corporation ( ) is the largest cable television company and the second largest Internet service provider in the United States.
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Pixar:
Pixar Animation Studios is a CGI animation studio based in Emeryville, California. To date, the studio has earned thirteen Academy Awards, three Golden Globes, and one Grammy, among many other awards, acknowledgments and achievements. It is best know
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit:
Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a 1988 live-action/animated film produced by Amblin Entertainment and The Walt Disney Company (released on its Touchstone Pictures banner) which blends traditional animation and live action. Based on the novel Who Censored
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Simon & Schuster:
Simon & Schuster, Inc., a division of CBS Corporation, is a publisher founded in New York in 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln ("Max") Schuster. It is one of the four largest English language publishers, alongside Random House, Penguin, and Har
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Hilary Duff:
Hilary Erhard Duff (born September 28 1987) is an American actress, pop singer-songwriter and entrepreneur. After gaining fame for playing the title role in the television show Lizzie McGuire, Duff went on to have a film career; her most commercially
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ABC Family:
ABC Family is an American cable television network currently owned by Disney-ABC Television Group, a division of The Walt Disney Company. ABC Family offers contemporary and inclusive programming, including series, movies, events, and enhanced ABC enc
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Robert Zemeckis:
Robert Lee "Bob" Zemeckis (born May 14, 1952) is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning American film director, producer and screenwriter. Zemeckis first came to public attention in the 1980s as the director of the comedic time-travel Back to the
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