{"id":1235,"date":"2025-09-20T02:01:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T22:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/ex-disney-ceo-michael-eisner-calls-the-fccs-threats-out-of-control-intimidation\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T02:01:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T22:01:09","slug":"ex-disney-ceo-michael-eisner-calls-the-fccs-threats-out-of-control-intimidation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/ex-disney-ceo-michael-eisner-calls-the-fccs-threats-out-of-control-intimidation\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Disney CEO Michael Eisner calls the FCC\u2019s threats \u2018out-of-control intimidation\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Former Disney CEO Michael Eisney wearing a gray suit while holding a microphone on stage.\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Photo: JC Olivera \/ Sportico via Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/gettyimages-2213416745.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Michael Eisner, Disney&rsquo;s former CEO who ran the company for 21 years and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/article\/disney-abc-merger-bog-iger-michael-eisner.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">oversaw its acquisition of ABC in 1995<\/a>, does not think his successor, Bob Iger, made the right decision in moving to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/780471\/disney-abc-jimmy-kimmel-live-charlie-kirk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">put <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live! <\/em>on indefinite pause<\/a> following threats from Trump-appointed FCC chairman Brendan Carr. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">In a post to X about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/policy\/781148\/jimmy-kimmel-charlie-kirk-monologue-brendan-carr-censorship-first-amendment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the <em>Kimmel <\/em>situation<\/a>, Eisner &#8211; who once opted to <a href=\"https:\/\/fee.org\/articles\/the-martin-scorsese-movie-disney-and-china-don-t-want-you-to-see\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suppress the theatrical release of Martin Scorsese&rsquo;s <em>Kundun<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>in response to pressure from the Chinese government &#8211; wrote, \u00ab\u00a0Where has all the leadership gone?\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-bluesky-social wp-block-embed-bluesky-social\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:t46sqvutibvsmjgwn6r6izve\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lz7jeubnqr2l\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreia4zal4acnq6bl2jjfl4ae7nngibna5norwrvczsoj57sckooxfja\">\n<p>Michael Eisner, who served as CEO of Disney for 21 years and acquired ABC while he was in charge, slams his successor  \u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/streaming\/782191\/ex-disney-ceo-michael-eisner-calls-the-fccs-threats-out-of-control-intimidation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Eisner, Disney&rsquo;s former CEO who ran the company for 21 years and oversaw its acquisition of ABC in 1995, 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