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'''Michael Eisner''' (born March 7, 1942) is a [[liberal]] [[progressive]] Hollywood studio [[oligarch]]. Eisner held the position as CEO of [[Disney]] from 1984 until 2005, and is believed to be responsible for turning it into a [[secular-progressive]] corporation. He has also been an executive at [[NBC]] in the 1970s and president of [[Paramount Pictures]] in the early 1980s. He currently produces the controversial [[Nickelodeon]] stop-motion sitcom ''Glenn Martin DDS'' through his company Tornante Entertainment.
'''Michael Eisner''' (born March 7, 1942) is a [[liberal]] [[progressive]] Hollywood studio [[oligarch]]. Eisner held the position as CEO of [[Disney]] from 1984 until 2005, and is believed to be responsible for turning it into a [[secular-progressive]] corporation.<ref>https://afajournal.org/past-issues/1997/june/why-american-families-should-boycott-disney/</ref> He has also been an executive at [[NBC]] in the 1970s and president of [[Paramount Pictures]] in the early 1980s. He currently produces the controversial [[Nickelodeon]] stop-motion sitcom ''Glenn Martin DDS'' through his company Tornante Entertainment.
Eisner endorsed [[Barack Obama]] in the [[2008 presidential election]].<ref>http://www.newsmeat.com/ceo_political_donations/Michael_Eisner.php</ref>
Eisner endorsed [[Barack Obama]] in the [[2008 presidential election]].<ref>http://www.newsmeat.com/ceo_political_donations/Michael_Eisner.php</ref>
==Controversy==
==Controversy==
In 2003, [[Roy E. Disney]], the son of Roy O. Disney and nephew to founder [[Walt Disney]], resigned from his positions as Disney vice chairman and chairman for the company's Feature Animation Department, citing Eisner's failure as CEO, including his flops in management with Disney owned [[ABC]], a recent series of movie flops in the early 2000s, and turning Disney into a "rapacious, soul-less company".
In 2003, [[Roy E. Disney]], the son of Roy O. Disney and nephew to founder [[Walt Disney]], resigned from his positions as Disney vice chairman and chairman for the company's Feature Animation Department, citing Eisner's failure as CEO, including his flops in management with Disney owned [[ABC]], a recent series of movie flops in the early 2000s, and turning Disney into a "rapacious, soul-less company".