Eisner's advice to striking writers: Blame Steve Jobs, not the studios
NEW YORK--In his keynote speech on Wednesday morning at the Media and Money conference hosted by Dow Jones and Nielsen, former Disney CEO Michael Eisner talked about writers as though they were a minority group that he didn't particularly understand well. "I like writers. Some of my best friends are writers," he said as though attempting to save face. But nevertheless, his foremost epithet for the ongoing Writer's Guild of America strike was "stupid."
"I see stupid strikes, and I see less stupid strikes. I see smart strikes," Eisner said in the … Read more