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Dick Cook's Sudden Departure from Disney

After 38 years with the Disney Company Dick Cook announced his resignation on Friday, September 18.

• Disney Studios drama might alter the industry - Los Angeles Times (11/23/2009)
  The Los Angeles Times reports Disney Studios Chairman Rich Ross has begun restructuring operations and set in motion a plan that could pit the film unit against business partners.
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• Chapek promoted in Disney shake-up - (11/11/2009)
  The Walt Disney Studios restructuring continues under the watch of the new boss Rich Ross. Bob Chapek who previously headed Disney's homevideo division will be promoted to president of distribution overseeing all the various media platforms. Oren Aviv and Alan Bergman's new duties are also highlighted.
• Mark Zoradi steps down at Disney - (11/9/2009)
  Mark Zoradi announced on Monday his resignation as president of worldwide marketing and distribution of the Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Group, becoming the first senior executive to depart since Ross took the reins as chairman of Walt Disney Studios early last month
• Disney in a cartoon coup - The Independent (9/22/2009)
  The news that one of Hollywood's biggest studio chiefs has quit has set Blackberries buzzing across Beverly Hills
• Disney's clash at the top - (9/21/2009)
  Studio chief Dick Cook's 38-year career that began as a Monorail operator ends abruptly after he chafes CEO Bob Iger.
• Disney's Iger needs to move quickly to name new studio chief - Los Angeles Times (9/21/2009)
  The Los Angeles Times discusses the uneasiness generated by Cook's sudden departure as the Studios chief.
• Will Dick Cook’s exit trip up "Pirates 4" as well as the Muppets’ big-screen return? - (9/21/2009)
  Jim Hill shares what he’s heard about the sudden resignation of the Chairman of Walt Disney Studios. In particular the impact that this management change may have on the various pictures that Cook had personally put into development
• Disney movie chief leaves after films flop - Financial Times (9/20/2009)
  Overview of Dick Cook's tenure at the Disney Studios
• Why did Bob Iger get rid of Dick Cook? - (9/20/2009)
  Times blogger Patrick Goldstein seeks to unravel the mystery of Dick Cook's sudden ouster from the Disney Studios.
• Disney's studio chief Dick Cook resigns - Reuters (9/19/2009)
  Cook, 59, told his staff on Friday that he felt like "a square peg in a round hole," according to a source familiar with Cook's statement.
• New Era for Disney as Studio Chief Steps Down - Associated Press (9/19/2009)
  In a statement, Cook said, "I have been contemplating this for some time now and feel it's the right time for me to move on to new adventures and in the words of one of my baseball heroes, Yogi Berra, 'If you come to a fork in the road, take it.'"
• Disney Studios chief Dick Cook abruptly leaves the company - (9/19/2009)
  The news stuns the entertainment industry for its suddenness, revealing a rift between Cook and Disney CEO Robert Iger.
• Chief of Disney's Struggling Movie Studio Steps Down - New York Times (9/19/2009)
  After stumbling through a period of soft performance and a reduced release schedule, Disney’s film operation has suddenly faced a new challenge: digesting an expected wave of new offerings from Marvel Entertainment, which Disney bought in a surprise deal only three weeks ago, and from the independent company DreamWorks, which shortly before that received financing for films that Disney would distribute.
• Dick Cook Leaves Disney - The Hollywood Reporter (9/18/2009)
  Recalls that In May, Iger blamed the film studio for the fact that Disney's operating income plunged 97% during the company's second quarter.
• Johnny Depp says he's 'shocked and very sad' about Cook's Departure - (9/18/2009)
  Comments from actor Johnny Depp on the abrupt departure of Disney Studios chief Dick Cook.
• Studio Chief Dick Cook resigns from Disney Official Statements - (9/18/2009)
  On Friday afternoon (9/18) Dick Cook and Bob Iger released official statements regarding Cook's departure from the Disney Company.

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