http://www.metafilter.com/tags/michaeleisner Posts tagged with 'michaeleisner' at MetaFilter. Tue, 02 Dec 2003 08:37:24 -0800 Tue, 02 Dec 2003 08:37:24 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/29959/Rapacious%2Dsoulless%2Dand%2Dalways%2Dlooking%2Dfor%2Dthe <a href="http://solohq.com/Spirit/Heroes/ceely_disney.shtml">Walt would turn over in his cryonic chamber...</a> (I know, I know, it's <a href="http://www.snopes.com/disney/waltdisn/frozen.htm">not true.</a>) Speaking of <a href="http://goofy313g.free.fr/calisota_online/trees/index.html">family trees</a>, Roy Disney (the last board member with ties to the founding family) <a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-disney1dec01,1,6483421.story?coll=la-home-headlines">resigned from the company Sunday</a>, calling for the <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2069052/">ouster of Chairman Michael Eisner</a>. Stanley Gold soon <a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-disney2dec02,1,6942175.story?coll=la-headlines-business">soon followed</a>. In a <a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-letter1dec01,1,2874344.story?coll=la-home-headlines">harsh letter</a>, Disney said the entertainment conglomerate had "lost its <a href="http://abcfamily.go.com/home.html">focus</a>, its <a href="http://abc.go.com/primetime/index.html">creative energy</a>, and its <a href="http://pirates.movies.go.com/">heritage</a>" and that the <a href="http://www.consumeraffairs.com/travel/disney_cruises.htm">public</a> now <a href="http://www.thbookservice.com/bookpage.asp?prod_cd=C5010">held</a> <a href="http://www.ram.org/ramblings/philosophy/wdw_trip.html">the perception</a> that company is "<a href="http://www.wesh.com/orl/news/themeparknews/stories/themeparknews-20000714-235829.html">rapacious</a>, <a href="http://www.nlcnet.org/campaigns/shahmakhdum/ ">soul-less</a>, and always looking for the '<a href="http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/hauntedmansion/main.html">quick buck</a>'." No word yet from the <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/28054#548127">Disneyland obsessives</a>, but the folks at <a href="http://www.mouseplanet.com"> MousePlanet </a>'s Mousepad <a href="http://mousepad.mouseplanet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22819">seem optimistic about this development</a>... tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.29959 Tue, 02 Dec 2003 08:37:24 -0800 business cartoons characters companies disney michaeleisner roydisney waltdisney Fofer http://www.metafilter.com/6400/ Disney's Michael Eisner on what to do about all those kids who use Napster: <A href="http://www.nypost.com/business/26597.htm">Arrest and prosecute</a> the little SOBs. I know I'd sleep better at night knowing that those devious conspiratorial 11-year-olds were behind bars. [second item] tag:metafilter.com,2001:site.6400 Fri, 16 Mar 2001 01:16:12 -0800 brokenlink copyright Disney filesharing MichaelEisner Napster p2p piracy aaron