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As an heiress to the Disney fortune, anything Abigail Disney says about the brand beloved by millions worldwide garners attention. And she’s calling out Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger for his nearly $66 million yearly salary, saying he isn’t doing enough to rectify the huge gap between his own earnings and that of other Disney workers. “Bob needs to understand he's an employee, just the same as the people scrubbing gum off the sidewalk are employees,” Disney said during an interview with the Yahoo News show Through Her Eyes. “And they're entitled to all the same dignity and human...

Abigail Disney, the wealthy granddaughter of Walt Disney Co. DIS, -0.18% co-founder Roy Disney, has long been critical of fat executive paychecks. On Thursday, she put it like this: ‘If your CEO salary is at the 700, 600, 500 times your median worker’s pay, there is nobody on Earth ... Jesus Christ himself isn’t worth 500 times his median worker’s pay.’ ... But when she was asked by CNBC’s Joe Kernen why she doesn’t just write a check to help the inequality, things got a bit tense on the set. “It’s ridiculous to say that,” Disney responded. “My measly few...

Walt & Lillian Disney with Richard Nixon and his family at Disneyland, 1959 We tend to think of Hollywood as a bastion of leftism, and rightly so. Books like Ron Radosh’s Red Star Over Hollywood demonstrate the deep-seated left-wing dominance of the entertainment industry. Even with the leftism prevalent in Hollywood’s Golden Age, many unabashed conservatives found success without compromising their principles, including one of the most creative minds in the business — Walt Disney.Several biographers and writers that I’ve read have tried to declare that Walt Disney was apolitical, but I find this conclusion not to be true....

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Roy E. Disney, the nephew of Walt Disney whose powerful behind-the-scenes influence on The Walt Disney Co. led to the departure of former chief Michael Eisner, has died. He was 79. The company announced that Disney died Wednesday in Newport Beach, Calif., after a yearlong bout with stomach cancer. Company president and chief executive Bob Iger said Disney was much more than a valued 56-year company veteran. "Roy's commitment to the art of animation was unparalleled and will always remain his personal legacy and one of his greatest contributions to Disney's past, present and future," Iger...

Roy Edward Disney, the nephew of Walt Disney whose commitment to his uncle's creative spirit prompted him to mount revolts that led to the unseating of two of the company's chief executives and a revival of the studio's legendary animation unit, has died. He was 79. Disney, who had been battling cancer, died this morning, according to Clifford A. Miller, a spokesman for Disney's company Shamrock Holdings. Disney toiled for years in the shadow of his famous uncle and his father, Roy O. Disney, who behind the scenes ran the business side of the Walt Disney Co. for his brother....

The investment arm of the Roy Disney family is launching a $125 million fund to invest in Israel. Shamrock Capital Advisors announced the four-year initiative Thursday, Ha’aretz reported. “My family has a history of investing in Israel,” said Abigail Disney, Shamrock’s vice chairman, noting the group’s “strong, deep commitment to Israel.” The fund will make investments of $5 million to $20 million in export-oriented, middle-market businesses. Stanley Gold, Shamrock’s president, said the company is particularly interested in Israel’s defense industry and is mulling the possibility of joining one of the groups expected to bid for Israel Military Industries. Shamrock has...

Walt Disney Co.'s incoming chief executive and its leading rebel shareholder declared a truce Friday, the most dramatic sign yet that the new boss is committed to sweeping aside the ill will that festered under outgoing CEO Michael Eisner The agreement between Robert A. Iger, the new chief, and Roy E. Disney brings to a close one of the nastiest executive-suite dogfights in recent corporate history, one that led last year to Eisner being stripped of his chairmanship. ADVERTISEMENT Disney and longtime lieutenant Stanley P. Gold, both ex-directors, agreed to drop a lawsuit alleging that the selection process leading to...

Roy Disney, Stanley Gold Sue The Walt Disney Company, Certain Directors For Fraud, Breach of Duty of Disclosure Regarding Board's Public Statements About Search for Eisner's Replacement As CEO Suit Asks Court to: Void 2005 Election of Directors Compel Company to Hold Another Election for Directors After Full Disclosure About CEO Selection Process Enjoin Company and Board from Changing Eisner's or Iger's Compensation or Contracts Burbank, CA - May 9, 2005 -- Roy E. Disney and Stanley P. Gold today filed suit in Delaware Chancery Court against The Walt Disney Company and certain members of the Board of Directors...

Year In Review: Entertainment Industry (Originally published on May 25, 2004) A Christian activist group has developed a three-point strategy to warn unsuspecting families coming to Orlando, Florida, about the very family-unfriendly homosexual pride festival known as "Gay Days at Walt Disney World." The Christian Action Network (CAN) is engaging in an all-out effort to inform families, school groups, and others of what they can expect from the homosexual event long before they enter the so-called Magic Kingdom. The group plans to use literature, road signs, and even a mobile advertisement to get the word out about the offensive and...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. market regulators charged Walt Disney Co. on Monday with failing to disclose a web of relationships between the entertainment giant and some of its directors and their family members. Amid continued turmoil in Disney's boardroom, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said the Burbank, California-based company agreed to a cease-and-desist order pledging not to violate disclosure rules in the future. No monetary penalty was imposed in the case in which the SEC accused Disney of failing to tell investors that, between 1999 and 2001, it employed three adult children of directors. The children of directors Reveta...

NEW YORK : Roy Disney, heading a dissident shareholder group at the Walt Disney Co., urged board members to accelerate the departure of chief executive Michael Eisner, who plans to resign in September 2006. Roy Disney and former board member Stanley Gold, in a letter to the board, called for an immediate search for a new top executive. Eisner's announcement Friday that he would quit in September 2006 "forces you to make a critical decision," the letter said. "Will you choose to let the company drift for two more years ... Or will you reject Mr. Eisner's brazen attempt to...

March 1, 2004 Dear Fellow Walt Disney Company Shareholder: There are only two days remaining until The Walt Disney Company annual meeting of shareholders on March 3, 2004. Although time is short, you still have time to cast your vote, if you have not already done so, or to change your vote. To assure that your vote is received in time, we urge you to vote promptly by phone or internet. The deadline for most shareholders to submit their vote by either of these methods is 11:59 PM EST on Tuesday, March 2nd. However, if you are a Disney employee...

Vincent Laforet/ The New York Times Roy E. Disney and Stanley P. Gold, former Disney directors, are leading a campaign to oust Michael D. Eisner, its chief executive. But a merger struggle may overshadow the efforts of the two men. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 19 - As the Walt Disney Company's crucial annual meeting draws closer, the campaign over the future of the company, including an effort to oust Michael D. Eisner, its chief executive, is generating enough heat to rival the presidential race. Disney's president, Robert A. Iger, who rarely gives interviews, said on CNBC on Thursday that despite last...

<p>The Comcast offer for Walt Disney Co. may have shocked Wall Street, but knowledgeable people in Hollywood weren't even surprised.</p> <p>Industry sources say Comcast has privately expressed a desire to acquire Disney for a long time, although Disney's ownership of amusement parks always seemed to be a stumbling block.</p>

Word is Eisner is out and Comcast is trying to buy the company. Thank God!!

ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 10 - By all outward appearances Michael D. Eisner, the chief executive of the Walt Disney Company, is perfectly secure in his job, having consolidated his power in beating back a board revolt led by a nephew of Walt Disney, the company co-founder. Yet as research analysts gather here at Disney World for a two-day investment conference starting Wednesday, Mr. Eisner is campaigning as furiously and aggressively to deride dissidents and sweet-talk investors as he ever has in his nearly 20 years at the helm. In the last six weeks, Mr. Eisner has met with more than...

SaveDisney.com invites you to send a letter to Mr. George Mitchell, Presiding Director of the Walt Disney Company. Please let him know how you feel about what's happening at the Disney Company. We have provided a sample letter (included in the link below) which you can amend or personalize to reflect other concerns you may have. Help to ensure that Mr. Mitchell hears from thousands of SaveDisney supporters. Each letter counts! Simply click this link http://www.savedisney.com/contact/gmitchell2.asp. E-mail Mr. Mitchell and add your outgoing e-mail address and hit "send" and you are done. Roy and Stan appreciate your support. Everyone doing...

An Invitation to Join Us In Philadelphia on March 2 From Roy E. Disney And Stanley P. Gold As a valued shareholder of The Walt Disney Company, we would like to invite you to join Roy E. Disney and Stanley Gold at a SaveDisney.com Briefing and Reception in Philadelphia on Tuesday March 2, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., the day before the Disney Annual Meeting is to be held in that same city. Our meeting will be held at the Loews Hotel at 1200 Market Street in downtown Philadelphia. The Disney Annual Meeting will be held a few blocks...

<p>Citing "Disney's cultural decay," Roy Disney is escalating his battle to boot Michael Eisner from the Walt Disney board for squandering $25 billion on a series of flops.</p> <p>Roy Disney, 74, nephew of the studio's legendary founder, formally opened his campaign Tuesday to get institutional investors to reject Eisner's re-election to the board.</p>