The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company China Announces Local Adaptation 'Disney High School Musical: China' [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 12 hours 19 minutes ago
The Walt Disney Company China Announces Local Adaptation...PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Walt Disney Company in China today announced the start...president and managing director, The Walt Disney Company Greater China. "Disney High...

The Walt Disney Company Reaches Another Major Milestone on Shanghai Theme Park Project [Press Release]
Business Wire | 19 days 3 hours 48 minutes ago
The Walt Disney Company today announced that the Project Application Report (PAR) for a Disney theme park in the Pudong district of Shanghai has received approval from the relevant authorities of the central government of China.

The Walt Disney Company Makes Significant Commitment to Protect Threatened Forests in the Amazon, Congo and United States [Press Release]
Business Wire | 19 days 20 hours 18 minutes ago
The Walt Disney Company announced today a $7 million investment in forest projects that will build on its long history of conservation and environmental stewardship. The projects will protect forests in the Amazon, the Congo and the United States safeguarding ecosystems that benefit climate and quality of life on the planet.

Disney s The Princess and the Frog Merchandise in High Demand Weeks before Film s Debut [Press Release]
Business Wire | 4 days 15 hours 49 minutes ago
Weeks before the theatrical release of Disney’s upcoming animated feature The Princess and the Frog, the excitement for film-inspired merchandise is already building in a big way as anticipation for the film intensifies. Since its launch just a few weeks ago, retailers report that the merchandise has already begun out-selling other Disney Princess items by double digit percentages. More than 45,000 dolls have sold in less than a month with 17,000 selling last week alone. At one major retailer...

Mickey Mouse Unveils Latest Train to Join Disney History, Mickey s Magic Choo Choo in Kansas City [Press Release]
Business Wire | 41 days 17 hours 19 minutes ago
Mickey Mouse paid a visit to Kansas City this weekend, Walt Disney’s hometown, as he celebrated the unveiling of a traveling art exhibit that pays homage to Walt’s lifelong love of trains. He also unveiled the latest Mickey Mouse-inspired toy train set, Mickey’s Magic Choo Choo, releasing in time for the holidays. Local preschoolers along with Kansas City officials and hundreds of fans saw Mickey off as he kicked off his virtual train tour departing Union Station for Los Angeles, where he wil...

Reportlinker Adds The Global Animation Industry [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 2 days 5 hours 56 minutes ago
...Animation is also a genre which spans the whole range of media creation, from the US-based studio conglomerates led by the Walt Disney Company though to individual artists equipped...

Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Nordstrom Inc., Abercrombie & Fitch Co., The Walt Disney Company, Wells Fargo & Company and Bank of America Corporation [Press Release]
Business Wire | 6 days 6 hours 19 minutes ago
Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Nordstrom Inc. (NYSE: JWN), Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF), The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS), Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) and Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC).

Marvel Sets New Record Date of November 23, 2009 for Stockholders Entitled to Vote on Disney Merger [Press Release]
Business Wire | 5 days 14 hours 18 minutes ago
Marvel Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:MVL), a global character-based entertainment and licensing company celebrating the 70th anniversary of its founding in 1939, today announced that it has set November 23, 2009 as the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at its upcoming special meeting of stockholders. This record date replaces the previous record date of October 30, 2009. At the special meeting, Marvel’s stockholders will be asked to adopt the merger agreement ente...

Bring Home the Beauty and Adventure of Disney s Highly Anticipated Film The Princess and the Frog with New Video Games Made for the Entire Family [Press Release]
Business Wire | 5 days 14 hours 21 minutes ago
Video game players of all ages can now embark on an exciting, immersive journey through New Orleans, inspired by the highly anticipated Disney animated musical film “The Princess and the Frog.” The Princess and the Frog for Wii™, Nintendo DS™, and Windows-based PC are available today in retail stores nationwide. This holiday season, families everywhere will be able to live out their own fairytales when they join Disney’s newest princess, Tiana, as she, along with familiar characters from the ...

Disney Executive George Kalogridis Named President of the Disneyland Resort [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 41 days 4 hours 50 minutes ago
...addition to overseeing park operations, he led the Millennium Celebration for The Walt Disney Company. Kalogridis started his career with the company in 1971 as a busboy at the opening of...

Warren Spector Revisits a Cartoon Icon s Legacy in Disney Epic Mickey [Press Release]
Business Wire | 25 days 11 hours 19 minutes ago
Disney Interactive Studios today announced the development of Disney Epic Mickey, an adventure-platforming game with light role-playing elements for the Wii™ home video game console. The game stars Mickey Mouse who has been re-imagined for videogames by luminary game designer Warren Spector and his Junction Point game development studio. In Disney Epic Mickey, Spector, a life-long Disney fan, taps into Mickey Mouse’s rich history along with the characters and worlds brought to life by Walt Di...

Marvel Reports Q3 and Nine Months EPS of $0.26 and $1.20 [Press Release]
Business Wire | 19 days 16 hours 16 minutes ago
Marvel Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: MVL), a global character-based entertainment and licensing company celebrating the 70th anniversary of its founding, today reported operating results for its third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2009.

The Walt Disney Studios, The Beatles' Apple Corps Ltd., and Oscar(R)-Winning Filmmaker Robert Zemeckis Dive Into New Magical 3D Adaptation of the 1968 Classic Yellow Submarine [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 72 days 8 hours 17 minutes ago
...magical adventure in their yellow submarine and bring music and harmony back to Pepperland. The Walt Disney Studios is a unit of The Walt Disney Company and produces and distributes motion pictures under the following banners: Walt Disney Pictures...

Walt Disney Records Proudly Presents Music Retrospective of Award-Winning Songwriters; The Sherman Brothers Songbook Set for Release on October 13 [Press Release]
Business Wire | 40 days 18 hours 19 minutes ago
On October 13, 2009 Walt Disney Records releases a two-disc retrospective collection of music by award-winning songwriting team, Robert Sherman and Richard Sherman. Hired by Walt Disney himself as his first and only staff songwriters, the Sherman Brothers music has been an important part of motion pictures, theme park attractions, television productions, records, compact discs, and Broadway shows – entertaining millions of people all over the world.