The Walt Disney Company

Careers aren't built in a day, but they can be launched in one
AAF SmartBrief | 3 days 33 minutes ago
...companies in the country participated in the Mosaic Career Fairs, sponsored by Leo Burnett USA, The Walt Disney Company, and Gannett and USA TODAY. Due to the success of previous Mosaic Career...

Former Disney head expanding Web video studio programming
IAB SmartBrief | 28 days 1 hour 33 minutes ago
Michael Eisner, the former chairman of the Walt Disney Company, is expanding his Web video studio Vuguru with funding...expected to be announced today, Vuguru will become its own company, while Rogers becomes a minority stakeholder, per this...

Disney Plans "Interactive" Updates In Theme Parks
Discovery Executive NewsBlast | 70 days 1 hour 33 minutes ago
The New York Times says the Walt Disney Company intends to update some of its theme park rides in Florida and add interactive elements. The Magic Kingdom's Fantasyland will get the biggest focus.

When Will Hollywood's Wish Come True?
Discovery Executive NewsBlast | 56 days 1 hour 33 minutes ago
...analysts say it is too early to say the entertainment industry is actually...325 million financing deal and Walt Disney Company bought Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion, but experts tell The New York Times these deals may have...

What we look at when we look at ads
IAB SmartBrief | 119 days 1 hour 33 minutes ago
Researchers at a Walt Disney Company facility in Austin, Texas...heart rate and other factors. The work is designed to provide advertisers with a way of quantifying the effectiveness of online ads beyond the click-through measure.

Disney Burnishes Brands At D23 Fan Show
Discovery Executive NewsBlast | 75 days 1 hour 33 minutes ago
Disney is showing off its brands in a Los Angeles exposition this week called D23, saluting the year Walt Disney founded the company. During the week, Reuters says fans will have "unprecedented...

Disney CFO Seeing "Good Signs" In Ad Market
Discovery Executive NewsBlast | 74 days 1 hour 33 minutes ago
Reuters reports Walt Disney CFO Tom Staggs told analysts Wednesday the company has "seen some encouraging signs, especially in national ad sales." Local ad markets have firmed up somewhat and automakers are showing interest again in national markets, he said.

A&E Television Networks to acquire Lifetime channels
CTAM SmartBrief | 87 days 1 hour 33 minutes ago
...E Television Networks -- a company jointly owned by Walt Disney Co., Hearst Corp. and NBC Universal -- will acquire the assets of Lifetime Entertainment Services for an undisclosed sum. The deal, expected to close later...

Tom Staggs,
SmartBrief for CFOs | 10 days 33 minutes ago
Walt Disney Co.'s CFO, will trade jobs with Jay Rasulo, who heads the company's theme parks.

China approves Disney's plan for Shanghai theme park
CSI NewsBrief | 12 days 33 minutes ago
The Chinese government has approved Walt Disney Co.'s plan to build a $3.6 billion theme park in Shanghai. The Chinese park will be the company's fourth outside the U.S. Disney is now working with its partners in China to form an operation and construction agreement.

Disney to acquire Marvel in $4B deal
CTAM SmartBrief | 83 days 1 hour 33 minutes ago
Walt Disney Co. will add Spider-Man, Captain America and the X-Men to its stable...such as "Iron Man." The agreement also will...more content fodder for the company's cable channels, including Disney XD.

Disney reports 5% decline in first-quarter hotel bookings
AH&LA SmartBrief | 10 days 33 minutes ago
Amid the continuing economic...domestic hotel bookings at Walt Disney Co.'s theme parks were down 5% for the first fiscal quarter...period a year ago, the company says. Fourth-quarter...3%, however, and Disney says it will continue...

Disney Shifts Cable-TV Head Ross to Oversee Film Studio
Discovery Executive NewsBlast | 48 days 1 hour 33 minutes ago
The Wall Street Journal says Disney Channel chief Rich Ross has been put in charge of the film studio, a move that may indicate a change in how Walt Disney Co. makes and markets its films. Disney Studios has not been delivering the kind of box office results the company wants.

Disney CFO spots signs of possible ad-market turnaround
AAAA SmartBrief | 74 days 1 hour 33 minutes ago
Walt Disney Co. CFO Tom Staggs said that components of the national TV ad market are beginning to pick up and that the company's ESPN, in particular...strength." Staggs added, "On the national level, auto has gotten...

ABC looks to the scatter market
AAAA SmartBrief | 115 days 1 hour 33 minutes ago
While the networks are accepting some rollbacks...exec VP-chief financial officer of Walt Disney Co., said, "We anticipate selling...in recent years," and indicated that the company expects the scatter market to yield more favorable...