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Megan Davies reports that radio behemoth Clear Channel, also a competitor to Disney in television broadcasting, is selling its television group. U.S. broadcaster Clear Channel Communications Inc. said on Friday it will sell its television group to private equity firm Providence Equity Partners Inc. for about $1.2 billion. The sale comes as Clear Channel’s shareholders… Read More »Disney Competitor Clear Channel Exits Television
Two pieces of movie news in today’s Los Angeles Times caught my attention. Lorenza Muñoz explores the coming competition for the biggest 3-D movie in 2009 between News Corp’s 20th Century Fox and Dreamworks Animation for Memorial Day weekend, the traditional start of the summer movie season in the U.S. DreamWorks’ "Monsters vs. Aliens" will… Read More »Movie News: 3-D and a New Studio
Spotted on the Los Angeles Times website… Disney is opening its May 19 premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End," the third installment in the theme-park-ride-based franchise, to the public. The event will serve as a fundraiser for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America and Make-A-Wish International. Individual tickets, at $1,500 each, are available… Read More »You Too Can Be at the Pirates III Premiere
The Orange County Register checks in with one of its periodic profiles of Disneyland Cast Members who live locally, this time Fullerton’s Betsy Chan of Guest Relations is interviewed by Barbara Giasone about her work at the Disneyland Resort Lost & Found. Question: What are among the most unusual items turned in to the department?… Read More »Working Disneyland Lost & Found
The Onion has details on a new attraction at Walt Disney World Resort that simulates the Disney-ABC merger. "This ride has been 12 years in the making," Disney CEO Bob Iger said. "Now you can experience for yourself the heart-stopping suspense when [former Disney chief] Michael Eisner tries to convince the board of directors to… Read More »New Attraction for Walt Disney World Resort
The Los Angeles Times’ Claudia Eller takes a look at Disney’s Miramax post-Weinstein brothers. In the 18 months since [Daniel] Battsek took charge, the 48-year-old Brit has firmly established himself as the new face of Miramax Film Corp. while shoring up the company’s stature in the cutthroat specialty film world. He’s also kept Miramax in… Read More »How is Miramax Doing?
David Jones reports that comic powerhouse Marvel has entered into a deal for major a theme park in Dubai. Marvel Entertainment Inc. said Tuesday that it has teamed up Al Ahli Group to develop a $1 billion theme park in Dubai based on Marvel superheroes, including Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk and The Fantastic Four. This… Read More »Marvel Expanding Into Theme Parks, Films
Joseph Menn of the Los Angeles Times reports that Roy Disney’s Shamrock Holdings, Inc. is investing in Real D, a company that is bringing 3-D systems to cinemas. "We’ve been sniffing around the digital cinema space for a while," Shamrock Capital Growth’s managing director, Stephen Royer, said. "It’s really the only viable mass-market solution." Based… Read More »Roy Disney Invests in Real D