The San Jose Mercury News has a review up (use bugmenot if needed) on Paul Gillin’s book "The New Influencers: A Marketer’s Guide to the New Social Media." I was interviewed for the book some months ago and found the author to be quite knowledgeable and ahead of the curve when talking about blogging. I… Read More »The Disney Blog profiled in book – The New Influencers
You can now pre-order the book, To Infinity and Beyond!: The Story of Pixar Animation Studios by Karen Peik and Leslie Iwerks today for $51.00. The foreword is by John Lasseter, Steve Jobs and Ed Catmull. Pixar fans, Animation fans, and movie fans, this is the book you’ve been waiting for. Learn the secrets and… Read More »The Story of Pixar
Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger was interviewed by Russ Britt over on Marketwatch after the recent announcement of ABC’s fall lineup. It’s a wide ranging interview covering topics as wide as the new ‘Caveman’ sit-com this fall to the third film in the Pirates Of The Caribbean Franchise and even forecasting the summer theme park business. You can see the video here or I’ve embedded it below the cut.
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One of the primary advantages of being a truly dedicated fan to any cause is that you get to know all the little tips and tricks to maximize your enjoyment due to your repeated experience of the product. At very few places is this more true than for fans of Disney theme parks, films, websites,… Read More »Disney Hacks
The Devil Rays won the second game at Disney’s WWoS last night. The New York Times writes about the experiment. Disney will produce it’s first Chinese-Language film. The film is part live action and part animated and is co-produced with the state run media in China. That eyesore of a hotel at the Hwy-192 and… Read More »Morning Roundup – May 17
Business Week and GameDaily interviewed Nick Bridger, senior producer at Disney Interactive in regards to all the product that is swiftly coming out for the Pirates Of The Caribbean franchise. It was really important at the start of the project to not be a slave to the movies, and use the rich gaming medium to… Read More »Pirates Games Ahoy
Predictably, the cinema companies are not so hot on Comcast’s idea of premiering movies on their cable system simultaneous to their cinema premieres. More surprisingly, though, Disney CEO Bob Iger, who has speculated about multi-platform releases before, expressed opposition to the idea, and now Viacom (Paramount, Dreamworks, MTV, etc.) has also expressed opposition. Viacom Inc.… Read More »Update on Comcast’s Idea to Deliver New Movies Along With Cinemas