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Snap to it Disneyland!

They’ve painted the castle pink…. Bright Flamingo Puke Pink. They have even colorized the bricks to be a bunch of different colors. It’s always been off white with blue tiers. It is supposed to be Sleeping Beauty’s Castle. Now I’ll watch Sleeping Beauty again, but I’m pretty sure that her castle was NOT pink. It’s… Read More »Snap to it Disneyland!

Ovitz trial, not dead yet!

Remember that little trial where all the dirt between Eisner and Ovitz was revealed. Well, it’s not over yet. Ovitz has just filed a brief asking again to be excused from the trial. "Unable to prove that Ovitz left Disney voluntarily, or that he wanted to leave at all, the plaintiffs again resort to character… Read More »Ovitz trial, not dead yet!

Miramax Brothers lose name, jobs, gain freedom

According to the LA Times the Weinstein brothers and the Walt Disney Company has agreed to the details of their upcoming split. Sadly the brothers will have to give up the name that was derived from the names of their parents. I’m sure they’ll get over it. Hundreds of other company founders have. Miramax will… Read More »Miramax Brothers lose name, jobs, gain freedom

Wow! What a trip it’s been

I’m back. Did you miss me? We took a few days longer getting across country than I had planned. Then to top it all off some of our house had to be loaded on a second truck and that truck was delayed by bad weather. But now my computer’s various parts are all assembled together… Read More »Wow! What a trip it’s been

Disney War: Book Reviews are in

Disney War by James Stewart, the book that fires the heavy artillery at Michael Eisner, Bob Iger, and their co-conspirators in the fiscal mishandling of the Disney Brand, has been released and the reviews are in. I have not yet gotten my hands on a… Read More »Disney War: Book Reviews are in

No Choice Election 2005

With the CALpers administrator out the door, the search for a new CEO well underway (we hope), and Eisner’s departure scheduled for June 2005 (or shortly there after), there has been precious little news from Roy Disney’s SaveDisney.com campaign. And now we know why. It turns out they are mostly content with the changes that… Read More »No Choice Election 2005

Disney Governance News

Disney must be raking in the dough, so much that they upped this years dividend by $0.03 or 14% of last years dividend. Too bad there wasn’t any money in the coffers to give better health care benefits to their themepark workers. This is going to make all the investors feel warm in their tummies,… Read More »Disney Governance News