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Other Shoe Drops For Miramax: Disney Shows Daniel Battsek The Door
deadline.com - 23 days ago
Other Shoe Drops For Miramax: Disney Shows Daniel Battsek The Door
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Statement from Rich Ross, chairman, The Walt Disney Studios With the change in direction at Miramax, we have reached a mutual agreement with Daniel Battsek that he will leave his post as president, effective January 2010. During his 18 years of service, he has brought some very prestigious and ...
hollywoodreporter.com - 23 days ago
Miramax president steps down
— hollywoodreporter.com — Four weeks after Disney downsized its Miramax specialty division, label president Daniel Battsek is stepping down. Also, Miramax's operations are being moved from New York to Disney's Burbank headquarters. "With the change in direction at Miramax, we ... Miramax president steps down

Comments vote down gordonandthewhale.com found this 23 days agofound this
Hey Disney - Ready to Sell the Miramax Name?
thewrap.com - 19 days ago
Hey Disney - Ready to Sell the Miramax Name?
— thewrap.com — By Sharon Waxman Now that Disney has completely gutted Miramax, the once-dominant name in the independent film business – does the studio really still need the name? Everything else is gone: the New York office, the slate of films which has ... Hey Disney - Ready to Sell the Miramax Name?

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Miramax prexy Daniel Battsek exits
variety.com - 23 days ago
Miramax prexy Daniel Battsek exits
— variety.com — Exec had been with Disney for 18 years Daniel Battsek has ankled his post as prexy of Miramax. News comes less than a month after Disney significantly downscaled the division's release sked and folded much of its operations into the Mouse House's ... Miramax prexy Daniel Battsek exits

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Filmmaker Magazine:  BATTSEK EXITS MIRAMAX

Hollywood Elsewhere:  Battsek Goes Down

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BATTSEK EXITS MIRAMAX
Filmmaker Magazine — ... , Miramax president Daniel Battsek has been let go. This is on the heels of parent company, Disney , scalling down the specialty division's staff and release schedule. Under Battsek Miramax released award-winning titles The Queen and No Country for Old Men . And according to Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood , Miramax's New York office is closing down and its LA office will move to the Disney lot in Burbank. Bookmark and Share ...

Battsek Goes Down
Hollywood Elsewhere — ... . As part of a late September announcement about streamlining/downsizing the company, Disney management stated that Battsek would "continue to oversee all aspects of creative, development, production and business and legal affairs" out of New York. Nikki Finke is reporting that Miramax's NY office will now be closed, and that the whole operation will now move to the Disney lot. A studio spokesperson ...

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