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...chairman after the departure in 1984 of tough, abrasive Barry Diller, 44, who suddenly skipped over to become head of 20th Century-Fox. The reason for Diller's departure: differences over management style with Gulf & Western CEO Martin Davis. Diller was followed out the door by Paramount President Michael Eisner, 44, who accepted an offer to become chairman of Disney. A number of senior Paramount production executives departed in the duo's wake. Recalls Ned Tanen, 55, currently head of Paramount's motion-picture group: "Frank (Mancuso) and I felt like we were in Beau Geste, defending the fort...
...potential candidates for the job: Robert Daly, a former CBS entertainment president who is currently head of Warner Bros., and Douglas McCorkindale, vice chairman of Gannett. Daly has declared publicly that he is not interested, while McCorkindale reportedly said he had not been approached. Another possible candidate: Michael Eisner, a former ABC executive who is now chairman of Walt Disney Productions...
...Matin last Thursday, while another paper added his familiar ears to its logo for the day. All of France, it seemed, was celebrating what one government official called "the largest investment in recent history in France." The agreement, signed by Prime Minister Laurent Fabius and Walt Disney Chairman Michael Eisner, called for the construction of a $1 billion, 5,000-acre European Disneyland some 20 miles east of downtown Paris. Said Eisner: "Walt Disney would certainly feel at home here, because European literature inspired so many of his fantasies and characters...
...Tokyo area as a result of the opening of the Disneyland there in 1983. The Japanese park has become a major tourist attraction for visitors from Taiwan, South Korea and Hong Kong, and the French one could bring even more tourists from all over the world to France. Said Eisner: "The park will be at the crossroads of Europe." Travel agents are already talking about package tours including, say, three days at Disneyland and four days in Paris...
Though the park will have the Walt Disney touch, from Fantasyland to Tomorrowland, some French accents are expected. Just as restaurants in the Tokyo park feature sushi and tempura served by kimono-clad waitresses, the fare at the Paris facility is likely to include croissants and coq au vin. Eisner insists that the park will be "consistent with French culture...