Is Disney Headed For A Fall?

“Charges that the Disney company has lost its way under current company head Michael Eisner are not new. But the departure of the final Disney family member from the fabled company has thrown the charges into a new relief… Disney’s core animation and theme-park businesses have been battered by the competition. [Roy] Disney and his fellow departing board members charge that the company is pushing profits over innovation and quality.” Worse yet, the public seems to agree, and the Disney name no longer carries the automatic consumer respect that it once did.