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The Walt Disney Company has had a presence in Japan almost 30 years and the animation products produced by Walt Disney have a huge following in Japan. So to say there is a lot of goodwill between the Disney legacy and the people of Japan is an understatement. It’s terrific to see the Disney company and its employees reach out to make a sizable donation to help the people of Japan in their time of emergency.
According the press release below, The Walt Disney Company and its employees will send as much as $1.5 million to the relief effort. $2.5 in an initial donation to the American Red Cross and up to another $1 million in employee donations and matching funds to the Red Cross and Save the Children. That’s a pretty sizable sum and a great gesture from Disney.
Additionally Disney has reached out to both US and international employees in Tokyo with help and the OLC will provide those international cast who desire it a round-trip ticket home and then back to Tokyo when the park opens again.
The full press release is below the jump:
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Earlier this week Disney CEO Bob Iger was interviewed by Charlie Rose. I think that Bob is the right CEO for Disney at this time. He really does ‘get it’ when it comes to most things. He may be a little stuck in the past… Read More »Disney CEO Bob Iger on Charlie Rose
The Walt Disney Company has just released an online report that highlight many of the companies accomplishments from 2010. Disney has compiled all the information about (almost) everything that’s happened around the company in the past year in an interactive website. There are stories about each of the different parts of the Company (Studios, ABC, Parks, etc), and each part of the Company also has photo galleries and videos that you can click through. Each of the story sections also contains a small bit of forecasting what to expect in the next few years.
It’s definitely a great place to waste a couple of hours. For those with only a few minutes, I’ve included the full copy of CEO Robert Iger’s letter to shareholders and cast members below the jump:
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Stories recently circulated that Pixar had been called in to help tighten up some scenes in TRON: Legacy and even rewrote a few pick up shots. Now that same crew is being brought in much earlier in the process with a reading of the Muppet… Read More »Pixar Story Folk called for consult on Muppet Movie