I haven’t been giving this much ink here, but for the last 6 years there has been a trial underway questioning ABC/Disney’s management of the ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’ TV game show and how much of the profits they had to pay its… Read More »Who Wants to Be A Millionaire Trial goes to Jury
Disneyland Resort, Walt Disney World Resort, Disney Cruise Line, Disneyland Resort Paris, and Hong Kong Disneyland have released their individual 2009 Community Reports that provides a snapshot of eaches corporate responsibility efforts. The report outlines outreach efforts and contributions of the parks and their cast… Read More »Disney Parks Community Reports released
Brooks Barnes has been keeping an eye on the Walt Disney Company for the New York Times for many years. Her profile of Disney CEO Bob Iger is a must read for fans of the company. The new take on Mr. Iger? Let us count… Read More »NY Times profiles Disney CEO Bob Iger
If you’re at all like me Nicolas Cage performances strike you as either hot or cold. There is rarely anything inbetween. Cage apparently lives his life the same way going on huge spending sprees (buy any castle’s lately?) and then has to sell other items… Read More »Will Cage be Disney’s greatest Wizard
When the Walt Disney Company purchased Marvel Entertainment, they acquired a lot more more than just the 5,000 characters in Marvel’s stable, they also found a slate of lawsuits hiding under that rock. Not only will Disney likely end up suing some of the other… Read More »Behind the Kirby Heirs Lawsuit against Disney/Marvel
Jeffrey “Sparky” Katzenberg talks with Forbes magazine about 10 minutes that changed his life. That, of course, was when he was fired from the Walt Disney Company. I’ve heard some pretty mean things about Katzenberg and the way he behaved while lording over the studios,… Read More »Sparky Katzenberg rhapsodic about his time at Disney
Roy Edward Disney, son of Disney Studios co-founder Roy O. Disney, and nephew of Walt Disney, passed away Dec. 16 at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach, Calif., following a yearlong battle with stomach cancer. He was 79 years old. Disney played a key… Read More »Official Disney Company statement on Roy E. Disney
Roy Edward Disney, nephew of Walt Disney, has died at the age of 79. Known recently as the architect of two share holder revolts that saved the Walt Disney Company (one from a takeover and one from the ruin of Michael Eisner), Roy E. was… Read More »Roy E Disney, twice savior of his uncles company, dies