TMC
11-06-2011, 10:17 PM
http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2011/10/07/disney-ceo-to-step-down.html
In all honesty, Bob Iger when compared to Michael Eisner was like the lesser of two evils. There have been several books in recent years which don't quite paint him in a positive light:
Book Paints Unflattering Portrait of Disney's Iger (http://articles.latimes.com/2005/feb/07/business/fi-disney7)
No lack of candor from Steve Bornstein in new ESPN book (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2011/06/no-lack-of-candor-from-steve-bornstein-in-new-espn-book.html)
Disney's Bob Iger is described by Bornstein as "a very insecure guy" who was never willing to stand up to Michael Eisner when the latter was CEO of the company. Eisner, Bornstein said, "will turn any circumstance into why he is a prescient genius."
Of course, Bornstein left Disney after clashing with Iger and Eisner and naturally has less than positive feelings about his final years at the company when he was thrust into overseeing Disney's ill-fated Go website. He got his revenge later when, in his new role at the NFL, he negotiated the landmark deal that saw ESPN pony up over $1 billion a year for "Monday Night Football."
In all honesty, Bob Iger when compared to Michael Eisner was like the lesser of two evils. There have been several books in recent years which don't quite paint him in a positive light:
Book Paints Unflattering Portrait of Disney's Iger (http://articles.latimes.com/2005/feb/07/business/fi-disney7)
No lack of candor from Steve Bornstein in new ESPN book (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2011/06/no-lack-of-candor-from-steve-bornstein-in-new-espn-book.html)
Disney's Bob Iger is described by Bornstein as "a very insecure guy" who was never willing to stand up to Michael Eisner when the latter was CEO of the company. Eisner, Bornstein said, "will turn any circumstance into why he is a prescient genius."
Of course, Bornstein left Disney after clashing with Iger and Eisner and naturally has less than positive feelings about his final years at the company when he was thrust into overseeing Disney's ill-fated Go website. He got his revenge later when, in his new role at the NFL, he negotiated the landmark deal that saw ESPN pony up over $1 billion a year for "Monday Night Football."