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The Walt Disney Co. is a California-based, publicly-traded entertainment company founded by the late Walt Disney, with properties that include the ABC, ESPN and other television networks, movie studios, music, radio and theme parks and resorts, including the Walt Disney World resort in Central Florida.
In 2007 fiscal year, the company reported $35.5 billion in revenue and $4.7 billion in net income. Among the divisions is the Parks and Resorts Segment, which has 11 theme parks and two water parks worldwide that all are among the most popular in the world. They include four parks and two water parks at Disney World; two theme parks at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif.; two in...
In 2007 fiscal year, the company reported $35.5 billion in revenue and $4.7 billion in net income. Among the divisions is the Parks and Resorts Segment, which has 11 theme parks and two water parks worldwide that all are among the most popular in the world. They include four parks and two water parks at Disney World; two theme parks at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif.; two in...
The Walt Disney Co. is a California-based, publicly-traded entertainment company founded by the late Walt Disney, with properties that include the ABC, ESPN and other television networks, movie studios, music, radio and theme parks and resorts, including the Walt Disney World resort in Central Florida.
In 2007 fiscal year, the company reported $35.5 billion in revenue and $4.7 billion in net income. Among the divisions is the Parks and Resorts Segment, which has 11 theme parks and two water parks worldwide that all are among the most popular in the world. They include four parks and two water parks at Disney World; two theme parks at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif.; two in Tokyo; two in Paris; and one in Hong Kong. The division also covers the Disney Vacation Club chain of timeshare resorts, the two-ship Disney Cruise Line and other leisure ventures.
Many of the company's most valuable properties are intellectual properties rights to popular characters such as Mickey Mouse, "Disney princesses" including Snow White and Cinderella, or TV characters such as Hannah Montana. One of Disney's signature strategies is to develop ways to offer such characters through all of its businesses, from theme parks to TV to music to computer games to stuffed toys. The Walt Disney Co.'s chairman is John E. Pepper Jr. Robert A. Iger is president and chief executive officer.
In 2007 fiscal year, the company reported $35.5 billion in revenue and $4.7 billion in net income. Among the divisions is the Parks and Resorts Segment, which has 11 theme parks and two water parks worldwide that all are among the most popular in the world. They include four parks and two water parks at Disney World; two theme parks at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif.; two in Tokyo; two in Paris; and one in Hong Kong. The division also covers the Disney Vacation Club chain of timeshare resorts, the two-ship Disney Cruise Line and other leisure ventures.
Many of the company's most valuable properties are intellectual properties rights to popular characters such as Mickey Mouse, "Disney princesses" including Snow White and Cinderella, or TV characters such as Hannah Montana. One of Disney's signature strategies is to develop ways to offer such characters through all of its businesses, from theme parks to TV to music to computer games to stuffed toys. The Walt Disney Co.'s chairman is John E. Pepper Jr. Robert A. Iger is president and chief executive officer.
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Home builder changes name
Sentinel Staff WriterBillboards going up this week in Central Florida alert potential home buyers that Cambridge Homes, acquired by Hovnanian Enterprises Inc. in 2005, is changing its name to K. Hovnanian Homes. Cambridge, which has been building homes in the Orlando area...Tags: Baldwin Park (Orlando, Florida), Real Estate Buyers, Homes, Altamonte Springs, Hovnanian Enterprises Incorporated
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Disney's Space Mountain will close for a makeover
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List of top 20 prime-time programs in the Nielsen ratings for Dec. 29-Jan. 4
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Chargers-Colts playoff game leads NBC to rare prime-time ratings victory
AP Television WriterNEW YORK (AP) — The San Diego Chargers-Indianapolis Colts game on NBC was seen by 27.8 million viewers Saturday, as football shook up the prime-time ratings on an otherwise quiet week for television. The National Football League playoff had...Tags: San Diego Chargers, National Football League, Cold Case (tv program), 60 Minutes (tv program), NBC
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Apple CEO Jobs took $1 salary again in 2008, but Apple stock fall wipes out $500M in holdings
AP Technology WriterSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As he's done for the last decade, Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs took home his customary $1 annual salary in 2008, but the economic meltdown and Apple's falling stock price whacked half a billion dollars off the value...Tags: Police Investigations, Police, Proxy Filings, Apple Inc., Corporate Officers
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Disney to rebrand cable channel 'Disney XD' as it launches series that mimics Montana success
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hannah Montana, meet Aaron Stone. With a series that appears to mimic the success of teen idol Miley Cyrus except with a boy lead, The Walt Disney Co. said Wednesday it was launching a new series called "Aaron Stone" to help...Tags: Miley Cyrus, Satellite and Cable Service
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Aniston, Wilson's 'Marley & Me' repeats as top dog at box office with $24.1 million weekend
AP Movie WriterJennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson and their little dog have not lost their box office bite. The family tale " Marley & Me," starring Aniston and Wilson as owners of an adorably mischievous pooch, took in $24.1 million to finish as the No. 1 movie for a...Tags: Tom Cruise, Doubt (movie), Valkyrie (movie), Jennifer Aniston, NBC
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Patrick Swayze faces cancer (and the rigors of a new drama series) with defiance
NEW YORK (AP) — Patrick Swayze says his yearlong battle with pancreatic cancer put him "through hell" while he pushed ahead on his new TV series. "I've never been one to run from a challenge," Swayze tells ABC's Barbara Walters in an exclusive...Tags: Barbara Walters, Television Industry, Television, Diseases, Patrick Swayze
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'Marley & Me' digs in at No. 1 box-office spot with $24.3 million weekend
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New 'Bachelor' Jason Mesnick, the ABC show's first single dad, says he's engaged
Associated Press WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Though he wasn't picked in the finale of "The Bachelorette," Jason Mesnick isn't just giving love another shot — he says he's found it. Mesnick, ABC's newest "Bachelor," says he's engaged to one of the women who compete for...Tags: The Bachelor (tv program)
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Historians, Wal-Mart battle over Civil War site
Associated PressLOCUST GROVE, Va. — Wal-Mart wants to build a Supercenter within a cannonshot of where Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant first fought, a proposal that has preservationists rallying to protect the key Civil War site. A who's who of historians...Tags: Mark Johnson, Tourism and Leisure, History, Ken Burns, Wars and Interventions
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Fewer loans, less savings tough on students
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