Darkbeer
03-09-2004, 06:31 AM
Can a Disney again spark magic in the kingdom? (http://www.sptimes.com/2004/03/08/Business/Can_a_Disney_again_sp.shtml) - St. Petrsburg Times, 3/8/04
QuikQuote: To Roy Disney, CEO Eisner compounded his company's woes by growing more arrogant and driving away talent, by micro-managing too many details in such a huge corporation and by trying to do too many things on the cheap. Witness the public's lukewarm receptions to Disney's newer and clearly less creative theme parks, Animal Kingdom and California Adventure.
"I don't care what the current management may tell you. You can't fool all the people all the time," he (Roy Disney) said. "Nor can you succeed in our business by trying to get by on the cheap. Consumers know when they are getting value for their money.
"Speaking as someone with the last name of "Disney,' it is my firm belief that we are not a commodity," he said.
QuikQuote: To Roy Disney, CEO Eisner compounded his company's woes by growing more arrogant and driving away talent, by micro-managing too many details in such a huge corporation and by trying to do too many things on the cheap. Witness the public's lukewarm receptions to Disney's newer and clearly less creative theme parks, Animal Kingdom and California Adventure.
"I don't care what the current management may tell you. You can't fool all the people all the time," he (Roy Disney) said. "Nor can you succeed in our business by trying to get by on the cheap. Consumers know when they are getting value for their money.
"Speaking as someone with the last name of "Disney,' it is my firm belief that we are not a commodity," he said.