StartUp Beat

-Eisner returns – Michael Eisner, former chief of Disney, is trying to break into the ever-challenging original web content business.  His company, Tornante, has announced that it has produced and will begin showing episodes of a new series on various web video sites (You Tube and Veoh).  Original web content has proven to be a challenge, but if anyone can pull it off, it may be Eisner with his deep Hollywood experience.  And the way things are going for You Tube, Viacom may have done Eisner and his new venture a huge favor with its $1 billion copyright lawsuit.  Here’s the L.A. Times on Tornante’s announcement: Eisner seeks to reprise role of content guy on the Web