Steve Jobs will stay on Disney board (report)
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20097887-37/steve-jobs-will-stay-on-disney-board-report/?part=rss&subj=latest-news&tag=image"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2011/08/26/DISNEYgate_%282%29_700x500.JPG" alt="" /></a></div> <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20096924-37/steve-jobs-resigns-from-apple-roundup/?tag=topTechContentWrap;editorPicks?part=rss&subj=latest-news&tag=embed" > </a> <p class="image-caption">Click on the photo to see CNET's complete coverage on Jobs' resignation as Apple CEO.</p> <span class="image-credit">(Credit: Greg Sandoval/CNET)</span> <p> Apple co-founder Steve Jobs will remain on the board of Walt Disney, according to a published report. </p><p> Citing an unnamed source with knowledge of the matter, <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-25/apple-s-jobs-said-to-stay-on-disney-board.html">Bloomberg</a> reported today that Jobs' position as a board member at Disney is unchanged. What's easy to forget in all the coverage this week about <a title="Steve Jobs steps down from Apple -- Wednesday, Aug 24, 2011" href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-20096895-248/steve-jobs-steps-down-from-apple/?part=rss&subj=latest-news&tag=embed">Jobs resigning as CEO</a> of Apple is that he also helped build Pixar into the mammoth animation studio it became. </p><p> In May 2006, Jobs sold Pixar to Disney for $7.4 billion, giving him a 7.4 percent stake in Disney, one of the six largest Hollywood film studios. </p><p> In his resignation letter Wednesday, Jobs said he's no longer able to fulfill his duties as CEO but will remain at Apple as chairman. </p><p> Disney continues to list Jobs as a board member on its Web site, though it ... <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20097887-37/steve-jobs-will-stay-on-disney-board-report/?part=rss&subj=latest-news&tag=readMore">[Read more]</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/9VUKC4bnUxs" height="1" width="1"/> [More]