Michael Eisner, Disney’s former CEO who ran the company for 21 years and oversaw its acquisition of ABC in 1995, does not think his successor, Bob Iger, made the right decision in moving to put Jimmy Kimmel Live! on indefinite pause following threats from Trump-appointed FCC chairman Brendan Carr.
Ex-Disney CEO Michael Eisner calls the FCC’s threats ‘out-of-control intimidation’
The former Disney head said ‘corporate chief executives’ are not standing up to the Trump administration’s bullying.
The former Disney head said ‘corporate chief executives’ are not standing up to the Trump administration’s bullying.
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In a post to X about the Kimmel situation, Eisner — who once opted to suppress the theatrical release of Martin Scorsese’s Kundun in response to pressure from the Chinese government — wrote, “Where has all the leadership gone?”
Eisner did not call Iger or Disney TV head Dana Walden out by name, but he described the FCC’s threats against Disney as “hollow” and “another example of out-of-control intimidation.”
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