US media executives rattled by Disney&#39;s $140m deal
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Media executives in Hollywood and on Wall Street are nervously watching a court case involving Walt Disney that will test whether directors can be held responsible
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A law suit against the Walt Disney Co. over 140 million dollars paid to former president Michael Ovitz started, seven years after shareholders brought the action.
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News Corp&#39;s president and chief  operating officer said on Friday he expected to have  contentious negotiations with Apple over showing its television  programs on iTunes.
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To many observers, there is plenty of entertainment value in the $2 million suit that Walt Disney investors have filed against the company&#39;s board for allegedly rubberstamping the severance package of the company&#39;s former president, Michael Ovitz.
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Walt Disney Co. President Bob Iger said on Wednesday that a new deal with Pixar Animation Studios was &quot;unlikely,&quot; and that the media conglomerate had been approached to buy UK media assets.
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A shareholder lawsuit over the $140  million severance the Walt Disney Co. paid Michael Ovitz neared  its close on Friday, after months of testimony about one of the  ugliest chapters in Disney's history.
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GEORGETOWN, Del. - The terms on the options Walt Disney Co. gave its former president Michael Ovitz when he was hired were less generous than the terms for many other industry executives, a former compensation consultant testified Wednesday.
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Michael Ovitz wanted a &#36;50 million signing bonus to become president of the Walt Disney Co., but the directors who eventually hired him were not willing to make that kind of outlay, an executive compensation expert testified Tuesday.
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The Walt Disney Co.  will spend about $30 million to shut down its Mobile ESPN wireless telephone services, but remains "excited" about its family-oriented Disney Mobile phone service, Disney Chief Financial Officer Tom Staggs said on Monday.
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GEORGETOWN, United States : Controversial Disney Co. chief executive Michael Eisner has been tough and unflappable defending himself this week against shareholder charges that he wasted 140 million dollars by taking on Michael Ovitz as president in 1995.
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Former Walt Disney Co. President Michael Ovitz&#39;s $140 million severance was &#39;&#39;unreasonable&#39;&#39; because it exceeded what executives at other companies received, a compensation expert testified Monday in a trial
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The Walt Disney Company has revamped its executive compensation policy, requiring top officers to own and hold more stock and tying stock awards to the performance of the company&#39;s share price.
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The media conglomerate's new CEO lays out his vision afetr the company reported its profit tumbled 41%.
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It&#39;s only right, one must suppose, that a top entertainment company like Disney should produce drama. The difficulty is that much of Disney&#39;s best drama these days happens in court or shareholders&#39; meetings or the boardroom.
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The Walt Disney Co.  will  spend about $30 million to shut down its Mobile ESPN wireless  telephone services, but remains "excited" about its  family-oriented Disney Mobile phone service, Disney Chief  Financial Officer Tom Staggs said on Monday.
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In the Wall Street Journal deal, the question is when, not if, Murdoch would take control.
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GEORGETOWN, United States : A law suit against the Walt Disney Co. over 140 million dollars paid to former president Michael Ovitz started, seven years after shareholders brought the action.