Also...You're Fired!

Michael Eisner is in the midst of trying to fend off a fierce campaign to oust him as Disney CEO. Not the best time for an old letter to emerge that Eisner wrote to former superagent Michael Ovitz, who spent an ill-fated 14 months as Disney president. It surfaced as a result of a shareholder lawsuit challenging Ovitz's $140 million severance package. Hollywood game: Who comes off worse, Eisner or Ovitz? --By Jeffrey Ressner

AN AGENT OUT OF WATER Eisner felt that his president never took to the job. But why was he so surprised? Hollywood is a small town, and...

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