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Disney's profit and revenue soar on "Oz," parks, ESPN
Walt Disney Co. reported a massive jump in net income for its fiscal second quarter, lifted by the performance of its media networks, movie studio and theme parks. The Burbank company posted net income of $1.51 billion for the quarter that ended March...
Tags: Earnings, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, Economy, Business and Finance, Earnings Forecasts, ESPN (tv network)
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Disney shareholders vote against splitting CEO, chairman positions
Shareholders have voted down two proposals brought forward at the Walt Disney Co. annual meeting that sought to change how the largest entertainment company in the world is governed. One proposal called for the future split of the chief executive and...
Tags: Politics, The Walt Disney Co., Elections
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Robert Iger addresses alleged liberal news bias at Disney
Walt Disney Co. Chairman and Chief Executive Robert Iger faced tough questioning about alleged liberal bias at Disney-owned ABC News and ESPN during the entertainment company's annual meeting in Phoenix on Wednesday. Justin Danhof, a representative of...
Tags: James Holmes, Television Industry, The Walt Disney Co., ESPN (tv network)
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Disney unveils first image of Shanghai Disney Resort
Walt Disney Co. unveiled the first computer rendering of its Shanghai Disney Resort at the company's annual meeting in Phoenix on Wednesday morning. Disney Chairman and CEO Robert Iger told the gathering that the theme park would open at the end of...Tags: Amusement and Theme Parks, Travel, Trips and Vacations, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, The Walt Disney Co.
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Disney video games unit lays off about 50 workers
Walt Disney Co.'s video game division laid off about 50 staffers Tuesday from several locations on the same day that it closed the Austin, Texas, studio that produced its "Epic Mickey" titles. The layoffs were separate from the people who lost their...
Tags: Unemployment, Career and Workplace, Entertainment, The Walt Disney Co., Los Angeles Times
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Disney to donate $2 million for Hurricane Sandy relief efforts
The Walt Disney Co. on Thursday announced plans to donate $2 million to efforts to rebuild in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. The U.S. death toll from the storm rose to 75 overnight Wednesday, and about 2.5 million remained without power in metropolitan New...Tags: Google+, Stock Market, Hurricane Sandy (2012), NYSE Euronext, Inc., Charity
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Disney announces plans to acquire Lucasfilm, release 'Star Wars Episode 7' in 2015
The Walt Disney Co. will acquire Lucasfilm Ltd. in a stock and cash transaction valued at $4.05 billion, according to an announcement released Tuesday. The deal will make George Lucas -- who became a movie-making icon with his “Indiana Jones”...
Tags: Google+, George Lucas, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Media Industry, Star Wars (movie)
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Disney matriarch passes at 77
Patricia A. Disney — matriarch of a family whose $10-million donation was the foundation of a comprehensive cancer center at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center — has died. She was 77. Married to Roy, Walt Disney's nephew, for more than 50...Tags: St. Joseph Medical Center, Cancer, Hospitals and Clinics, Health, Healthcare Provider
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Barbara Walters: Disney boss salutes her 'singular' success
Staff writerBarbara Walters says her retirement next summer is her decision, and she is "perfectly healthy." The pioneering newswoman, who is 83, played highlights of her career on Monday's edition of "The View." Then she said: "It has been an absolutely joyful,...Tags: Dancing With the Stars (tv program), Michael Bloomberg, ABC (tv network), Barbara Walters, 20 (tv program)
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Theme parks with mommy issues
Moms are almost invisible at our theme parks. No, not the ones wielding double-wide strollers and juggling a bambino or two plus a little princess. Those I see a lot. But what about fictional mothers built into the stories of individual attractions? They'...Tags: Twitter, Inc., Amusement and Theme Parks, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Starbucks Corp., Trips and Vacations
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Disney unveils plan for first animated Marvel film
The studio behind the animated fantasies "Bambi," "Dumbo" and '"The Lion King" has a new kind of hero tale on the way — a Marvel Comics one. Walt Disney Animation Studios on Thursday announced plans to release "Big Hero 6," an action-comedy inspired...
Tags: Artists, John Lasseter, Marvel Entertainment, Inc., Bambi (movie), Winnie the Pooh (movie)
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Igerwatch ends with fireworks, 'Star Wars' jokes, no news
The Disney rumor mill was moving at hyperspeed Saturday. The story, which got a big push from Twitter, purported that Walt Disney Co. CEO Robert Iger and Lucasfilm mastermind George Lucas would appear Saturday evening at Disney's Hollywood Studios theme...
Tags: Twitter, Inc., Amusement and Theme Parks, Media Industry, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Social Media
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