Believe it or not, Pixar is still in the business of producing animated features. Work goes on in Emeryville even while the money-types hammer out the details of a possible buyout. The next film coming down the pike is Cars. A new promotional campaign even has the stars of Cars appearing in AutoWeek‘s famous ‘spotted’… Read More »Cars! Spotted on AutoWeek!
The New York Times lays out what a Disney and Pixar merger might look like at the Mouse House. Many of the terms have been worked out. The new animation division would be overseen by John Lasseter, Pixar’s chief creative officer and a former Disney animator, who would work with animators at Pixar’s headquarters in… Read More »What Disney under Steve Jobs & Pixar would look like
The Orlando Sentinel reports that the Walt Disney Company Board of Directors will meet today to discuss the Pixar proposal, whatever that is. Recent speculation has been that a complete buyout is on the table and the fact that the board is meeting to discuss a deal of some sort lends some credibility to that… Read More »Disney Board meets today re: Pixar
Look, this is getting out of hand. Forbes Magazine is now reporting that some analysts think the price for Pixar is not too high (even at $8 billion!) and that the buyout would be a good thing for the mouse house. In the event of a deal, "Pixar would de facto become the film animation… Read More »Forbes reports: Disney should buy Pixar
Reuters is reporting that Disney would buy Pixar in a mostly stock swap transaction. The newspaper report said terms under discussion would have Disney pay a small premium to Pixar’s current stock market value of $6.7 billion. The deal would be a stock transaction and make Pixar Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs the biggest individual… Read More »More Pixar/Disney Rumors; The Buyout is on?
Florida has a new minimum wage – $6.40 an hour. That’s no where near a living wage in this region, but it probably means a bump in salary for those whose wage is based on the minimum. I’m sure it will be appreciated. Something I just learned is that Tip Based Jobs actually have a… Read More »Florida’s New Minimum Wage
Rod Miller started his career as the Main Street Ragtime Pianist in 1969, the year I was born. Since that time his magical high speed tickling of the ivories have entertained, and this is no exaggeration, hundreds of millions of guests to Walt Disney’s Magic… Read More »Rod Miller, Disneyland’s Main Street Ragtime Pianist retires
The Fort Bend Texas Herald reports on an extreme home makeover that is currently underway in their area. I’d love to get a chance to watch one in action. If anyone lives nearby and wants to send me a report, I’d be very grateful.