Disney Document Shreading.

[YoHo]

hey, does anyone remember the thread from a month or two ago about Disney Doing the Enron Two step with some Pooh legal documents?
The board seems to have eatin the original post.

[mattjs]

Yeah, looks like the original post was eatin but here's a link to the article...

http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/40089.htm

[larworth]

Here is another reference

http://www.american-reporter.com/

go to the box that says AR menu and select "Pooh Papers"

[mattjs]

Link to a piece discussing the above referenced NY Post story...

http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0212/cotts.php

Excerpt from Village Voice story...Last month, the New York Post fired entertainment reporter Nikki Finke, shortly after the Walt Disney Company complained about two stories that appeared in the Post under Finke's byline on January 29. But did she get the boot because her stories were inaccurate, as the Post and Disney say, or because the Post caved in to pressure from one of News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch's valued business partners, as Finke's lawyers are ready to argue in court?

[JeffJewell]

...thanks for that link.

YoHo, to answer your question as succinctly as possible, the court ruled that Disney did in fact destroy approximately 40 boxes of Pooh-related documents. And, while they were in court over _that_ batch of shredding and under court order to supply all such documents, Disney's overseas subsidiary Canesa was busily destroying _another_ 500 boxes of Pooh-related documents.

Jeff

[mattjs]

More rumor/news on the above bit of this saga at Drudge Report (http://www.drudgereport.com/mattnf.htm). Excerpt below...

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX SUN APRIL 14 2002 14:22:08 ET XXXXX **Exclusive Details**

Here's one you won't be reading on Page Six.

A reporter fired by the NEW YORK POST after WALT DISNEY CO complained about two of her stories filed a $10 million breach of contract and slander lawsuit late Friday against DISNEY, NEWS CORP and the POST.

Pierce O'Donnell of O'Donnell & Shaffer represents Nikki Finke in the action, which alleges DISNEY is trying to cover up financial perils from shareholders by trying to silence reporters like Finke.

[Mr D]

Sounds like a good time to sell the pig of a stock I own....DIS