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	Roy E. Disney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Roy Edward Disney (born January 10, 1930) is the son of the late Roy Oliver Disney and Edna Francis, and nephew of Walt Disney.
		Roy decided to make this long-delayed sequel, and he was the executive producer of the film that took nine years to produce and was finally released on December 17, 1999.
		On March 3, 2004, at Disney's annual shareholders' meeting, a surprising and unprecedented 43% of Disney's shareholders, predominantly rallied by former board members Roy Disney and Stanley Gold, voted to oppose the reelection of Eisner as chairman and CEO.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roy_Edward_Disney (879 words)

	The Disney Corner - Roy Disney Forced Out
		Roy Disney, who led a 1984 restructuring and recruitment of Eisner, cited complaints about Eisner's leadership, including the performance of Disney's ABC television networks and its theme parks in the letter.
		Roy Disney, the nephew of company founder Walt Disney, in August said he struck a deal to sell more than 40 percent of his stake in the company, in which he was the largest individual shareholder.
		Disney will be left with about 10 million shares, or 0.5 percent of the stock, less then the 14 million shares Eisner had in January.
	www.disneycorner.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=39 (469 words)

	Roy Disney, ally quit Disney board
		Disney, 73, is the last family member active in the company, founded in the 1920s by his uncle Walt and his father, Roy O. Disney, who was the business manager.
		Disney previously resigned from the board in 1984 to initiate a stock battle for the company while it was headed by Ron Miller, Walt Disney’s son-in-law.
		Roy Disney’s letter also blames Eisner for a loss of morale at the company and for causing a perception that the company “is rapacious, soul-less, and always looking for the ’quick buck’ rather than the long-term value which is leading to a loss of public trust.”
	www.msnbc.com /news/mobilechannel/999674.asp?s=COM (897 words)

	The Disney Corner - Roy Disney Not Going Quietly
		Roy Disney, the 73-year-old nephew of cartoon pioneer Walt Disney, resigned from the board Sunday, and his long-time ally Stanley Gold followed suit on Monday.
		The move by Roy Disney, the last Disney family member to serve as a director, was reminiscent of his decision nearly 20 years ago to resign and then launch a management shake-up in which he and Gold recruited Eisner.
		Roy Disney, facing an ouster from the board due to his age, resigned Sunday and in a three-page letter to Eisner called on the chief executive to do the same.
	www.disneycorner.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=40 (725 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Roy Disney's Quest
		Roy Disney, the avuncular, ambling link to the company's storied past, was instrumental in hiring Eisner as chief executive in 1984.
		Disney set up www.savedisney.com and has used it to blame Eisner for the company's poor track record in recent years and to attack certain members of the board whom Disney characterizes as submissive to Eisner.
		But Disney and Gold hope that perhaps 20 percent of shareholders will withhold their votes, sending a strong message to management and other shareholders that a sizable faction is unhappy with management.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A59063-2004Feb20?language=printer (1306 words)

	CNN.com - Roy Disney leaves board - Nov. 30, 2003
		Roy Disney, the nephew of visionary company founder Walt Disney, cited a litany of complaints about Eisner's leadership, including the performance of ABC television and radio networks and Disney theme parks.
		Roy Disney and Eisner have been at odds in recent years over the company's management as its strong financial position has faltered.
		Roy Disney in August said he struck a deal to sell more than 40 percent of his stake in the company, in which he was the largest individual shareholder.
	www.cnn.com /2003/BUSINESS/11/30/us.disney.reut (325 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Business \| Profile: Roy E. Disney
		Roy Disney is committed to defending the Disney name
		It is therefore unsurprising that he was the central figure in the bitter campaign to oust chairman Michael Eisner - under whom Disney profits have plummeted - and to "bring back the magic" to a company that he accused of being bloated and uninspiring.
		Born on 10 January, 1930 in Los Angeles, Mr Disney spent much of his privileged childhood among the cartoonists who sketched scenes for Pinocchio and Fantasia and says he was the model for Goofy.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/3529985.stm (356 words)

	USATODAY.com - Roy Disney increases efforts to oust Eisner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Disney, nephew of founder Walt Disney, and ally Stanley Gold quit the board on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, and publicly called for Eisner's head.
		Roy Disney, Gold and other Disney family members plan to attend the company's March 3 annual meeting in Philadelphia and might ask for a vote of no confidence in the board and Eisner, whose contract runs to September 2006.
		In coming months, Roy Disney and Gold promise to unveil their own plan for Disney and are taking their case to large shareholders.
	www.usatoday.com /money/media/2004-01-19-disneyoutlook_x.htm (763 words)

	Roy Disney is in for an uphill battle
		Today, the vast majority of Disney's shares are held by institutional investors and mutual fund owners, which possess billions of shares of hundreds of different companies.
		Disney's largest stockholders, Barclays Bank, State Street Corp., FMR Corp. and Citigroup, each own about 3 percent of Disney's outstanding shares, which represent only a small fraction of their own overall holdings.
		According to Disney's investor relations department, a time and a place for the 2004 meet could be announced by the end of the year.
	www.mouseplanet.com /david/dk031223.htm (1786 words)

	Roy Disney at NFFC
		Roy E. Disney was the featured speaker at the National Fantasy Fan Club (NFFC) convention in Anaheim on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2004.
		He served as vice chairman of the Board of Directors of The Walt Disney Company and chairman of Walt Disney Animation from 1984 until November 2003 when he was forced to resign.
		And somehow or another, the Disneys were kind of counter cyclical because Mickey Mouse came along at the start of the Depression and made the company successful while a lot of other companies were failing.
	www.mouseplanet.com /foundations/fm040119sh.htm (3399 words)

	CNN.com - Turmoil rocks Disney board - Dec. 2, 2003
		On Monday, investor Stanley Gold, who joined Roy Disney in a dramatic bid to recruit Eisner to the company nearly 20 years ago, also surrendered his seat on the board and offered a blistering critique of Eisner's management and the board itself.
		While Disney remains beset by problems at its ABC and theme park units, its shares have risen 34 percent since Jan. 2.
		On the other hand, Roy Disney's ancestry -- not to mention his passion for the company -- have made him a sympathetic and even rallying figure to many employees, though in recent years he has spent increasing amounts of time at his home in Ireland.
	www.cnn.com /2003/BUSINESS/12/02/us.disney.reut (903 words)

	Roy Disney quits board, attacks Eisner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		But while Disney offered his resignation as a protest over Eisner's management of the company, the company's response was that it was a retaliatory gesture on the part of the 73-year-old Disney, who was not going to be recommended for a spot on the board because of his age.
		The dramatic move on the part of Disney, nephew of the late Walt Disney and the unofficial keeper of the Disney legacy, was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.
		Disney, who supported Eisner when Eisner was named head of Disney in 1984, credited Disney's chairman with turning the company around in his first 10 years at its helm.
	www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/business/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2042634 (731 words)

	Movie-List Forums - Roy Disney resigns
		Roy Disney is the nephew of the late company founder Walt Disney and son of co-founder Roy O. Disney.
		In his letter, Roy Disney cited a litany of complaints about Eisner's leadership, including the performance of ABC television and radio networks and Disney theme parks.
		A Disney (DIS: Research, Estimates) source familiar with the situation confirmed that three board members, including Roy Disney, would not be up for re-nomination.
	www.movie-list.com /forum/printthread.php?t=7886 (488 words)

	MATT DRUDGE // DRUDGE REPORT 2003® (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It is with deep sadness and regret that I send you this letter of resignation from the Walt Disney Company, both as Chairman of the Feature Animation Division and as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors.
		At Disney's California Adventure, Paris and now in Hong Kong, you have tried to build parks "on the cheap" and they show it, and the attendance figures reflect it.
		The Walt Disney Company deserves fresh, energetic leadership at this challenging time in its history just as it did in 1984 when I headed a restructuring which resulted in your recruitment to the Company.
	www.drudgereport.com /flash1a.htm (629 words)

	12/07/2003: "Roy Disney's open letter to employees"
		Readers at the Animation Nation messageboards have posted Michael Eisner and Roy Disney's dueling open letters addressed to Disney employees.
		I returned to the Disney cast and, working as a team, we planted the seeds that rekindled the spirit and creativity that is synonymous with Disney.
		Once again, Disney was admired for the wholesome family entertainment it brought to millions of people of all ages.
	www.animated-news.com /archives/00000416.html (578 words)

	ANALYSIS / Roy story II: Pixar split may be the beginning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Disney's stance is that Pixar demanded changes in their contract that were totally unreasonable.
		Eisner, of course, is embroiled in a nasty public feud with Roy Disney (a nephew of Walt).
		Roy Disney quit the Disney board last year in protest of Eisner's leadership and the loss of Pixar gives Disney ammunition for another broadside against Eisner.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/02/02/DDGTN4M0441.DTL (1086 words)

	eclecticism: Roy Disney resigns from Disney
		Roy Disney himself has left the Walt Disney company, and includes a call for Michael Eisner's resignation or retirement in his letter of resignation.
		Disney sued over 'Wimoweh' : Now comes word that Disney is being sued by the heirs of the author of 'Wimoweh' over its use in The Lion King.
		Disney goes Goth : For the fifth year in a row, Disneyland will be creeping with mobs of fl-clad death-rocker types for what organizers officially bill as Bats Day in the Fun Park, but what most people just call Goth Day.
	www.michaelhanscom.com /eclecticism/2003/12/roy_disney_resi.html (1008 words)

	The Disney Blog
		Roy Disney has announced that SaveDisney.com, the website from which he led his charge to oust Eisner, will be shuttered as of August 7th.
		The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that the teen visited the Disney Studios themed park six times over the week and that she rode the Tower of Terror numerous times.
		Ribstein posits that even though Disney's Board informally considered firing Ovitz 'with-cause', which would have saved them tens of millions of dollars in severance payments, their decision to terminate Ovitz without-cause was made in 'good judgement' because the company wanted to save face with investors, which, I guess, is a legitimate business decision.
	thedisneyblog.typepad.com (3094 words)

	CNN.com - Second Disney board member quits - Dec. 1, 2003
		"It is with regret that I resign effective immediately from the board of directors of the Walt Disney Company and second Roy Disney's call for the removal of Michael Eisner as chairman and CEO," wrote Gold, who has worked with the company for more than 15 years, and helped bring Eisner to Disney.
		Earlier, in a rare public flare-up at a media behemoth that prides itself on its wholesome image, the nephew of Walt Disney resigned from the media company's board of directors and, in a stinging letter, told Eisner that he should also step aside.
		Disney complained that he had been muzzled and his name was omitted from the slate of directors to be elected next year, and he blamed Eisner for that and a host of other failings.
	edition.cnn.com /2003/BUSINESS/12/01/us.disney (758 words)

	Chronology of the Walt Disney Company
		Walt and Roy Disney move to the new studio at 2719 Hyperion in Los Angeles.
		Walt Disney relinquishes all claims to the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit character to Charles Mintz.
		Walt Disney is granted a trademark for the use of the image of Mickey Mouse in motion pictures.
	www.islandnet.com /~kpolsson/disnehis (6228 words)

	We support Roy E. Disney Petition
		We, the undersigned, have initiated this petition to signal our support of Roy E. Disney in his endeavor to remove Michael Eisner from the position he now holds as CEO of the Walt Disney Company.
		Disney has exhibited a deep understanding of what makes the Disney Company so special for so many of us; he is a true Disney.
		The We support Roy E. Disney Petition to Board of Directors, Walt Disney Company was created by and written by Wendy La Gasse-Anderson (toribeth724@comcast.net).
	www.petitiononline.com /roymagic/petition.html (521 words)

	Roy Disney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Roy Oliver Disney was Walt Disney 's brother and the financier of his efforts.
		Roy Edward Disney is Roy Oliver Disney's son and Director Emeritus and a consultant of The Walt Disney Company.
		This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roy_Disney (109 words)

	SaveDisney.com - Essay: The Vision: A Work In Progress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		I've found it's a lot easier to talk about what it's not, and what is wrong (because there have been so many examples of that lately) than what it is. But I'll try not to do that.
		I believe the Disney ideal is, as it has always been, about the future and about the people who will form that future.
		I believe that is the core of what we've come to call "Disney," and that our single biggest need is to get back to that core.
	www.savedisney.com /news/essays/rd011404.1.asp (552 words)

	Roy Disney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Chicago, Illinois, on June 24, 1893, Roy was one of...
		Disney produced (1926-28) a cartoon series, Oswald the...
		On June 24, 1893 Roy Oliver Disney was born in Chicago and almost...
	www.georgemarshall.org /hallofrhetoric/epideicticartiste/ROYDISNEY.org (213 words)

	Welcome to DisneySites!!
		Posted by: Disneyphile on July 9th, 2005 @ 12:07 AM NEW YORK (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co. said Friday it patched up differences with Roy Disney and Stanley Gold, two harshly critical shareholders, who have in turn pledged not to run a rival slate of directors or submit shareholder resolutions for five years.
		Roy Disney, who was named director emeritus and consultant to the company, and Gold expressed confidence in the incoming chief executive Robert Iger.
		Nevertheless, Herbie, the anthropomorphic auto, would not have survived five decades of film and TV exposure unless he was one resilient VW Beetle.
	www.disneysites.com (533 words)

	local6.com - News - Roy Disney Blasts Eisner -- Again
		Former Walt Disney Co. Vice Chairman Roy Disney is blasting the company's move to close its Florida animation studio and strongly criticized CEO Michael Eisner for the decision, according to a Local 6 News report.
		However, the move did not sit well with Roy Disney, who recently resigned from the company's board, complaining that Eisner was the cause of the company's woes.
		Disney, who is the nephew of company namesake Walt, specifically named Eisner in a Disney statement unusual in its personal focus on the chairman.
	www.local6.com /news/2765775/detail.html (362 words)

	The Disney Corner
		Disney and Gold have agreed not to run a rival slate of directors or submit shareholder resolutions for the next five years.
		Disney and Gold have also agreed to dismiss all their pending lawsuits against the Company.
		Disney's long time devotion to the Company and welcomed the reestablishment of a relationship with him and his family.
	www.disneycorner.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=40 (1931 words)

	SaveDisney - Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		July 8, 2005: The Walt Disney Company, Roy E. Disney and Stanley P. Gold announced today that they have agreed to put aside the differences that have characterized their relationship over the past several years.
		Disney combined the two forms and added a new ingredient—fantasy, adapted from his animated films.
		Disney Coming Attractions: Chicken Little, Sky High, Pixar's Toy Story 10th Anniversary and Cars --Moderated by author Jerry Beck, Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios celebrate the 10th anniversary of Toy Story and forthcoming DVD, with a panel featuring Pixar's Pete Docter, Joe Ranft, and Gary Rydstrom.
	www.savedisney.com (1268 words)

	Brand Autopsy: Roy Disney on the DISNEY "brand"
		But, in recent times, there's been a tendency to refer to it as the "Disney brand." To me, this degrades Disney into a "thing" to be bureaucratically managed, rather than a "name" to be creatively championed.
		Those are the words of Roy Disney speaking to Disney Shareholders on Wednesday, March 3.
		Roy Disney speaking to Disney Shareholders on 3rd March 2004 and quoted here shows that he understands the reality of inellectual work.
	brandautopsy.typepad.com /brandautopsy/2004/03/roy_disney_on_t.html (1474 words)

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