DisneyWar : the battle for the magic kingdom

666 Pages·2006·2.12 MB·English

by  James B. Stewart

Also by James B. Stewart
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Contents
Cast Members
Prologue
Part One: The Wonderful World of Disney
Part Two: Disenchanted Kingdom
Part Three: DisneyWar
Epilogue
A Note on Sources
Acknowledgments
Index
Cast Members
THE DISNEY FAMILY
Walt Disney (1901–1966) Lillian, his wife (1899–1997) Diane Disney
Miller, their older daughter Ron Miller, former Disney chief executive,
Diane’s husband Sharon Disney Lund, their younger daughter (1936–
1993) Roy O. Disney (1893–1971) Edna, his wife (1890–1984) Roy E.
Disney, their son AT TEAM DISNEY HEADQUARTERS,
BURBANK, CALIFORNIA*
Michael D. Eisner, chief executive officer (1984– ) and chairman (1984–
2004) Frank Wells, president and chief operating officer (1984–1994)
Michael Ovitz, president (1995–1997) Robert Iger, president and chief
operating officer (2000– ) Larry Murphy, chief strategic officer (1989–
1998) Peter Murphy (1998– ) Gary Wilson, chief financial officer
(1984–1986) Richard Nanula (1986–1994, 1996–1998) Stephen
Bollenbach (1995–1996) Tom Staggs (1998– ) Sanford L. Litvack,
general counsel and vice chairman (1991–2000) Alan Braverman,
general counsel (2003– ) Zenia Mucha, senior vice president, corporate
communications ON THE WALT DISNEY CO. BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
George Mitchell (2000– ) and chairman (2004– ) Michael Eisner
Robert Iger
John Bryson
Judith Estrin
Ignacio Lozano Jr. (1981–2001) Monica Lozano
Robert Matschullat
Leo O’Donovan
Gary Wilson
Roy E. Disney (1984–2003) Stanley Gold (1984–2003) Reveta
Bowers (1993–2003) Thomas Murphy (1995–2004) Sidney
Poitier (1994–2003) Irwin Russell (1987–2001) Robert A.
M. Stern (1992–2003) Andrea Van de Kamp (1997–2003)
Ray Watson (1973–2004) AT THE WALT DISNEY
STUDIOS
Jeffrey Katzenberg, chairman (1984–1994) Joe Roth (1995–2000) Peter
Schneider (2000–2002) Richard Cook, chairman David Vogel,
president, Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group (1998–1999) Nina
Jacobson, president Stan Kinsey, chief financial officer (1984–1986)
Jeffrey Rochlis, executive vice president, Imagineering (1984–1989)
Rob Moore, executive vice president, operations and finance (1987–
2000) Bill Mechanic, president, international theatrical and worldwide
video (1984–1993) AT WALT DISNEY FEATURE ANIMATION
Roy E. Disney, chairman (1984–2004) Peter Schneider, president (1985–
1999) Thomas Schumacher, president (1999–2003); president, Buena
Vista Theatrical Worldwide David Stainton, president John Lasseter,
animator (1979–1983) Ron Clements, animator John Musker,
animator Howard Ashman, lyricist (1986–1991) Alan Menken,
composer AT WALT DISNEY PARKS AND RESORTS
Richard Nunis, chairman (1991–1998) Judson Green, president and
chairman (1998–2000) Paul Pressler, president and chairman (2000–
2002) Jay Rasulo, president Al Weiss, president, Walt Disney World
Resort Philippe Bourguignon, chairman, Disneyland Paris (1993–1997)
AT WALT DISNEY IMAGINEERING
Martin Sklar, vice chairman and principal creative executive Peter
Rummell, chairman (1985–1997) AT THE MEDIA NETWORKS
GROUP
Anne Sweeney, co-chairman George Bodenheimer, co-chairman Angela
Shapiro, president, ABC Family (2001–2003) AT ABC
ENTERTAINMENT
Steve Burke, president, ABC Broadcasting (1997–1998) Steve Bornstein,
president, ABC Inc. (1999); ABC-TV Network (2001–2002) Patricia
Fili-Krushel, president, ABC-TV Network (1998–2000) Alex Wallau,
president, ABC-TV Network (2000–2004) Ted Harbert, president
(1993–1996); chairman (1996–1997) Jamie Tarses, president, ABC
Entertainment (1996–1999) Stu Bloomberg, chairman (1997–2002)
Lloyd Braun, chairman (2002–2004) Susan Lyne, president (2002–
2004) Steve McPherson, president AT ESPN, BRISTOL,
CONNECTICUT
Steve Bornstein, president and chief executive officer (1990–1999) George
Bodenheimer, president Mark Shapiro, executive vice president,
programming and production AT CONSUMER PRODUCTS
Steve Burke, executive vice president, Disney Stores (1986–1992) Andrew
Mooney, chairman AT SHAMROCK HOLDINGS, BURBANK,
CALIFORNIA Roy E. Disney, chairman Stanley Gold, chief executive
Michael McConnell, managing director AT CAPITAL CITIES/ABC,
NEW YORK CITY
Thomas Murphy, chairman and chief executive (1986–1995) AT
MIRAMAX, NEW YORK CITY
Harvey Weinstein, co-chairman Bob Weinstein, co-chairman AT PIXAR,
EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA Steve Jobs, chairman and chief
executive officer John Lasseter, executive vice president, creative AT
DREAMWORKS SKG, GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA Jeffrey
Katzenberg, co-founder David Geffen, co-founder Steven Spielberg,
co-founder AT INTERACTIVECORP, NEW YORK CITY
Barry Diller, chairman and chief executive *Some Disney executives held
multiple positions. Generally I have indicated only the most recent or, in
a few cases, the position which figures most prominently in the story.