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Merger Mania II

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Feb 18, 2004 at 11:11 AM

While Comcast continues to woo Disney, the Mouse House acquires the Muppets from the Jim Henson Co. The deal does not include the Sesame Street characters, which were purchased by Sesame Workshop two years ago. Comcast officials ...READ»

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Digital Kingdom

BY Chuck Salter
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:20 AM

How the numbers for Disney's Digital Kingdom add up.READ»

EVENTS | Comment

Ypulse Youth Marketing Mashup: Engage Young People in the Digital World, Get a 30% Discount

Relevancy Score: 100
Thu May 28, 2009 at 3:57 PM

June 1-2 in San Francisco, Join Vice President of Disney.com Jason Davis, Executive Director of Marketing for Walt Disney Records Kelly Hugunin and Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Disney Online Paul Yanover as ...READ»

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Hulu Gets 'Lost' With Disney's Equity Stake

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Apr 30, 2009 at 2:40 PM

Walt Disney Company is taking an equity stake in Hulu.com, the Web's third most popular pit stop for video, according to the AP. The site, originally a joint venture between NBC Universal and Fox parent News Corp, will now have ...READ»

INNOVATION | 2 comments

iFive: Disney-Hulu-YouTube Drama, GM's Volt Fizzles, and Web 2.0 Expo Launches in Today's Innovation News

BY David Lidsky
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Mar 31, 2009 at 5:12 AM

While you were sleeping, innovation put her cable box out on the curb for trash pickup. Here's today's innovation news: 1. Amid speculation that Disney would sign a deal with Hulu to offer ABC shows in exchange for an equity ...READ»

DISNEY ONLINE | Comment

Disney CEO Hints at Online Movie Store. Why It's a Wonderful World of Wrong

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Jul 23, 2009 at 8:20 AM

Disney's CEO Bob Iger let something interesting slip yesterday: Disney might be planning a subscription-based Web site offering movies, TV shows, and games. It looks like Disney, once a staunch DRM advocate, might really embrace the ...READ»

CHANGE AGENTS | Comment

Change Agent - Issue 32

BY Seth Godin
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:11 AM

"Walt Disney, Steve Jobs, my mom -- and now you -- have shared the secret of rifting."READ»

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Think Positive

BY Anna Muoio
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:13 AM

Report from the FuturistREAD»

FINANCE + INVESTING | 2 comments

All in the Family

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Aug 21, 2003 at 4:41 PM

The last Walt Disney Co. shareholder actually named Disney is selling more than 40% of his company stake. Roy Disney, 73, is Walt Disney's nephew -- and currently Disney's largest shareholder. Once he sells his shares, CEO Michael ...READ»

ADVERTISING + PR | 4 comments

Disney Says "No" to Transfats and Sex

Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Oct 19, 2006 at 5:41 PM

Just days after Disney announced its healthy food initiative comes the news that Mickey, Minnie, and a snowman have engaged in a threesome at Euro Disney. Apparently, staff members at Euro Disney made a video of the costumed ...READ»

SALES + MARKETING | 1 comment

Marketing on the Down-Low II

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Dec 8, 2003 at 12:41 PM

Disney has had a long history of releasing, re-releasing, and removing from the marketplace various editions of their movies. In fact, the company is even experimenting with self-destructing DVDs. Such short-lived releases were ...READ»

CUSTOMERS FIRST 2006 | 9 comments

Hey Mickey You're So Fine - But Fingerprints Might Cross the Line!

Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Sep 7, 2006 at 7:19 PM

And now this from the happiest place on earth - FINGER PRINTING 'guests' upon entry into the park. By the end of September when you go into any of Disney's Orlando theme parks, machines will scan fingerprint information. They've ...READ»

NEWS + CURRENT EVENTS | 1 comment

In Today's Papers

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Aug 31, 2006 at 4:10 PM

Reading and ripping: Disney's Steady Hand "New boss expects to build on resort's success" -- Who runs Disney World, anyway? A woman who has spent more than half her life at Disney! Entrepreneur Finds Millions Are Left on Breakfast ...READ»

ENTERTAINMENT | Comment

Gold on a Dead Man's Chest

BY Greg Spotts
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Jul 10, 2006 at 1:41 PM

With the Pirates of the Caribbean sequel grossing approx $132 million over the weekend, Disney's doing just fine in the post-Eisner era. Perhaps a media company can be run without a mega-ego at the helm. Not long ago, industry ...READ»

ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT | 3 comments

Disney Vetting Video

BY Kevin Ohannessian
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Apr 10, 2006 at 1:27 PM

Disney announced that it would be offering videos of subsidiary ABC's television shows at the ABC.com Website as a two-month trial. This is in addition to the shows being sold on iTunes. Unlike on iTunes, where the shows cost $1.99 ...READ»

BRANDING | Comment

Name Game

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Feb 19, 2004 at 11:04 AM

Even though the Comcast-Disney to-and-fro continues, a director for a corporate branding firm raises the question of whether Comcast should keep the Disney name as part of the potential merged organization. Rather than go with a ...READ»

CHANGE AGENTS | 3 comments

Finding Disney

BY Kevin Ohannessian
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Jan 25, 2006 at 12:14 PM

How big was the news that Disney acquired Pixar for $7.4 billion? Here's one measure: The story got attention worldwide, at Websites like Aljazeera and Rediff. (Today's news about the $27 billion deal between Guidant and Boston ...READ»

NETBOOKS | 4 comments

Consumers Confused About Netbooks, But Disney Isn't

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Jun 25, 2009 at 5:59 AM

A recent survey says that consumers have no idea about the weaknesses of netbooks versus notebooks, and have no idea how best to exploit the mini PCs. Disney meanwhile does understand, and has come up with a great netbook audience: ...READ»

FC CALENDAR | Comment

D23 Expo

BY Fast Company Calendar
Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Sep 10, 2009 at 11:36 AM

Mouse House enthusiasts can listen to Radio Disney, watch the Disney Channel, play at Disney World, relax aboard Disney cruise ships, and scramble Disney Eggs (which have Disney characters printed on the shells). And now they can ...READ»

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The Princess and the Frog

BY Fast Company Calendar
Relevancy Score: 100

"The Princess and the Frog" is Disney's first traditionally animated feature film since 2004's "Home on the Range," which eked out just $50 million at the domestic box-office.READ»

HALO | 5 comments

Disney Hires Halo Creator to Manage Game Developers

BY Kevin Ohannessian
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Sep 8, 2009 at 2:08 PM

With one of the founders of the company that makes Halo on board, can Marvel superhero games be that far off?READ»

DISNEY | 9 comments

Disney Cuts $4 Billion Deal for Marvel and Its 5,000 Characters [Updated]

BY Clay Dillow
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Aug 31, 2009 at 10:09 AM

Who can contain the likes of Iron Man and the Incredible Hulk? Disney is up to the task. The company announced this morning that it is acquiring comic book publisher turned multimedia giant Marvel Entertainment for around $4 billion. ...READ»

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Datebook

BY Danielle Sacks
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:01 AM

Critical calendar listings for November.READ»

ELECTRONIC BOOKS | 3 comments

Is the Stand-Alone E-Book Doomed?

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Oct 1, 2009 at 9:50 AM

The e-book may be a hot news topic, with Amazon taking the Kindle overseas for the first time, but some other information that's surfacing has us wondering: Is the electronic book concept doomed before it even takes off?"Print is ...READ»

DISNEY STORE | Comment

Three Things We Don't Want to See in Apple's Disney Store Makeover

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Oct 13, 2009 at 8:00 AM

The upcoming makeover of Disney's high street Disney Stores at the hand of Steve Jobs has the news feeds buzzing. Disney's going high tech? Very 21st Century--but here are three things we'd rather not see in the Apple-fied stores.READ»

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