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The Walt Disney Co. is a California-based, publicly-traded entertainment company founded by the late Walt Disney, with properties that include the ABC, ESPN and other television networks, movie studios, music, radio and theme parks and resorts, including the Walt Disney World resort in Central Florida.
In 2007 fiscal year, the company reported $35.5 billion in revenue and $4.7 billion in net income. Among the divisions is the Parks and Resorts Segment, which has 11 theme parks and two water parks worldwide that all are among the most popular in the world. They include four parks and two water parks at Disney World; two theme parks at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif.; two in...
In 2007 fiscal year, the company reported $35.5 billion in revenue and $4.7 billion in net income. Among the divisions is the Parks and Resorts Segment, which has 11 theme parks and two water parks worldwide that all are among the most popular in the world. They include four parks and two water parks at Disney World; two theme parks at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif.; two in...
The Walt Disney Co. is a California-based, publicly-traded entertainment company founded by the late Walt Disney, with properties that include the ABC, ESPN and other television networks, movie studios, music, radio and theme parks and resorts, including the Walt Disney World resort in Central Florida.
In 2007 fiscal year, the company reported $35.5 billion in revenue and $4.7 billion in net income. Among the divisions is the Parks and Resorts Segment, which has 11 theme parks and two water parks worldwide that all are among the most popular in the world. They include four parks and two water parks at Disney World; two theme parks at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif.; two in Tokyo; two in Paris; and one in Hong Kong. The division also covers the Disney Vacation Club chain of timeshare resorts, the two-ship Disney Cruise Line and other leisure ventures.
Many of the company's most valuable properties are intellectual properties rights to popular characters such as Mickey Mouse, "Disney princesses" including Snow White and Cinderella, or TV characters such as Hannah Montana. One of Disney's signature strategies is to develop ways to offer such characters through all of its businesses, from theme parks to TV to music to computer games to stuffed toys. The Walt Disney Co.'s chairman is John E. Pepper Jr. Robert A. Iger is president and chief executive officer.
In 2007 fiscal year, the company reported $35.5 billion in revenue and $4.7 billion in net income. Among the divisions is the Parks and Resorts Segment, which has 11 theme parks and two water parks worldwide that all are among the most popular in the world. They include four parks and two water parks at Disney World; two theme parks at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif.; two in Tokyo; two in Paris; and one in Hong Kong. The division also covers the Disney Vacation Club chain of timeshare resorts, the two-ship Disney Cruise Line and other leisure ventures.
Many of the company's most valuable properties are intellectual properties rights to popular characters such as Mickey Mouse, "Disney princesses" including Snow White and Cinderella, or TV characters such as Hannah Montana. One of Disney's signature strategies is to develop ways to offer such characters through all of its businesses, from theme parks to TV to music to computer games to stuffed toys. The Walt Disney Co.'s chairman is John E. Pepper Jr. Robert A. Iger is president and chief executive officer.
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Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Aug. 25-31. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation....Tags: News Corp., CBS Corp., Movies, Television Industry, NBC
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Abu Dhabi channels more cash to Hollywood
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersFurthering the links between the United Arab Emirates and Hollywood, a venture controlled by the government of Abu Dhabi is launching a production company with a $1-billion-plus fund to make movies and digital content in partnership with three as-yet-...Tags: Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Tom Hanks, Universal Orlando, George Clooney
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Lifetime names TV veteran JoAnn Alfano programming chief
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterHoping to bootstrap on the success of " Army Wives," Lifetime Entertainment has enlisted a veteran TV executive as its new programming chief. JoAnn Alfano, a former NBC development executive who helped guide such shows as "Will & Grace," " Scrubs" and...Tags: Saturday Night Live, Satellite and Cable Service, Television Industry, Scrubs, NBC
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Movie theaters offering upscale ambience
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterNo matter how bad the economy gets, people will always head to the movies for two hours of affordable entertainment -- or so the theory goes. Three theaters coming to Southern California next year are putting that thesis to a big test with ticket...Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Sony Corp., Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Muvico Theaters, Movies
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Video
Walt Disney Co. will release five "platinum" titles from its library in the Blu-ray format over the next two years, hoping that classic animated movies will spur wider interest. The films are Pinocchio, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Fantasia,...Tags: Snow White
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Thinking happy thoughts
Tribune NewspapersTinker Bell, after many decades with no lines, is finally getting a starring role. Long one of Walt Disney Co.'s most popular classic characters, but one always consigned to flitting in the background, Tinker Bell is being recast by the studio in the...Tags: New York Times, Books and Magazines, Movies, Dave Barry, Sales
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Kim Possible to lead high-tech adventures at Epcot
Sentinel Staff WriterErupt the volcano in the Mexico pavilion, blow a puff of smoke from a chimney in Norway, make a jade monkey appear in China. Those are among the 50 special effects created for Epcot's Kim Possible World Showcase Adventure, a high-tech scavenger hunt that...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Nature, Television, Walt Disney World Resort
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Michael Jackson on his 50th birthday: "The best is yet to come"
Michael Jackson marked a personal milestone Friday: his 50th birthday. (Click here to see 37 photos of Michael Jackson through the years) The 13-time Grammy winner, who has sold more than 750 million albums, told ABC News' "Good Morning America" that he'...Tags: Michael Jackson
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Michael Jackson at 50: 'I think the best is yet to come in my true humble opinion'
NEW YORK (AP) _ Michael Jackson marked a personal milestone Friday: his 50th birthday. The 13-time Grammy winner, who has sold more than 750 million albums, told ABC News' "Good Morning America" that he's "looking forward to doing a lot of great things....Tags: Michael Jackson
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Vistazo Noticioso
El pasado 23 de agosto el Sentinel estrenó nuevo diseño. La idea es tener un mejor impacto visual y enfatizar en las historias permitiendo a los lectores una lectura más ligera. El rediseño fue creado pensando en la nueva generación de prensa escrita....Tags: Pembroke Pines, Orlando, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Florida Hospital, Minority Groups
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Fall preview
action/adventure APPALOOSA (Warner Bros.) A Western about a new sheriff and his deputy squaring off against a powerful rancher. With Viggo Mortensen, Renee Zellweger and Ed Harris. Opens Oct. 3. ASHES OF TIME REDUX ( Sony Pictures Classics) A broken-...Tags: Outer Banks, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Jamie Lee Curtis
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Disney Cruise Line navigates around high fuel costs
Sentinel Staff WriterNo part of Walt Disney Co.'s vast corporate empire has been buffeted more by record oil prices than the 10-year-old Disney Cruise Line. Although Disney has never broken out separate financial results for its cruise line, which has its headquarters in...Tags: Tour Operations Industry, Morningstar Incorporated, Tourism and Leisure, Petroleum Industry, Missing Persons
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