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Others would try to outlast it, or at least outwit it, through cryonics, say (though it may be no coincidence that their most famous example is said to be Walt Disney). And others talk blithely of Dr. Kevorkian or 100,000 dead in Hiroshima, as if to avoid its more immediate implications for us. But the fact remains: this article will someday be posthumous. That face I touch will, in the not too distant future, be out of reach. Tibetan Buddhists meditate upon images of dancing skulls, and ancient Egyptians, during feasts, had skeletons brought to their tables...
Pressure builds on Disney's ailing Eisner to find a partner...
...double blow to Disney management comes at a time when the company is wrestling with several nagging problems. The biggest is its theme parks, which account for 40% of the company's gross revenues. The Euro Disney park outside Paris, for instance, was losing so much money ($900 million in its first year alone) that it had to be rescued by a Saudi prince who agreed to invest $400 million in new equity. Even so, penny-pinching guests are still skimping on food, hotel rooms and merchandise, which is slowing Disney's plans in the area for offices, shopping centers...
...Disney's biggest challenge is finding its place in the scramble to bring entertainment to a future of interactive households. The company's doctrine so far has been to concentrate on the "product" and leave the delivery systems, which can become obsolete, to others. But one of the risks of this strategy is that the companies that build the "hardware" could act as gatekeepers to Disney's "software" -- which partly explains why Wells was heading a task force looking into prospective mergers with cable, phone and TV companies when he died...
...fact, Katzenberg has hinted that if he does not get the job (his contract expires in five months) he will leave and probably head up a rival studio. Disney's decision would seem obvious, except that Eisner and Katzenberg have had a complicated relationship over the past two decades. The even-keeled Eisner keeps the volatile Katzenberg at a distance, relegating him to the role of junior prodigy. All Hollywood is watching how the drama will be played out, and some players are ready with their lines. "Michael and Jeffrey's relationship is like a 19-year marriage," record producer...