Disney, Eisner and... Jobs???
from the
NY Post
Interesting speculation about the future of Disney with M. Eisner at the helm...
Steve Jobs would be an interesting addition to the mix:
bq.
Here's where the Hollywood rumors get interesting.
bq. As far as the entertainment industry and Wall Street would be concerned, the most welcome second-in-charge and nominal successor to Eisner could be none other than Steven Paul Jobs - head of Apple Computer and Pixar, and the guy who currently has Disney over one massive barrel.
bq. "That one's been around for a while," says a Disney spokesperson.
bq. Indeed. But sources out in the land of warmth say speculation that the Disney Co. would be forced to offer Jobs a position - if only a seat on the board - intensified this week, as soon as Roy Disney's keister had cleared the company parking lot.
bq. But there are problems, naturally.
bq. For one thing, Eisner apparently doesn't much like Jobs, either.
bq. And the famously independent Jobs, who founded Apple Computer in his family's garage, apparently has been returning the dislike ever since Eisner accused Apple in Washington of abetting video piracy.
bq. Now for the final twist: Disney right now is in the middle of renegotiating a very important movie production deal with Jobs' Pixar, an animation studio that made a bundle for Disney with "Finding Nemo" and others even as Disney's own cartoonists had become a mere caricature of their former selves.
bq. And other studios are trying to lure Pixar away.
Heh...
Posted by DaveH at December 8, 2003 1:31 PM