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Disney: The Renaissance and the Empire · Acquired
- ▶ 1:19:17 David Rosenthal His close friend and Hollywood super agent Michael Ovitz comes in as, um, Disney president to be Eisner's number two and help him operate the company in, uh, 1995.
- ▶ 1:19:27 Ben Gilbert Michael, famed past acquired guest.
- ▶ 1:19:36 Ben Gilbert I mean, Michael Ovitz built CAA into such a force in not only Hollywood, but kind of the whole creative community.
- ▶ 1:20:12 David Rosenthal Ovitz was an agent.
- ▶ 1:20:40 Ben Gilbert The job of being an agent is being liked, saying yes, wielding your power, making things happen quick, being involved in 15 projects at once, or in Michael Lovitz's case, 500 projects at once.
- ▶ 1:21:02 David Rosenthal So Ovitz lasts just over a year at Disney and leaves in December, 1996 with a hundred and forty million dollar severance package.
- ▶ 1:21:12 Ben Gilbert Cuz neither Ovitz nor Eisner thought there was any chance this was gonna fall apart, and so the Walt Disney Company was willing to put in a contract and say, if you don't make it
- ▶ 1:22:45 Ben Gilbert Uh, sort of business model, operating model things under one roof, and bringing in Michael Ovitz, what was he supposed to run?
The NFL: How small-town teams became America's most valuable sports empire (Audio) · Acquired
- ▶ 1:31:32 Ben Gilbert As discussed on our interview with Michael Ovitz.