A 12-year-old girl collapsed at a Disney World water park Thursday and later died, authorities said. An autopsy is planned. The girl was in the wave pool at Typhoon Lagoon at about 6 p.m. when lifeguards noticed her lying on a ledge, out of the water, the Orange County Sheriff’’s Office said.
Lifeguards asked her if [...]

Further tightening its grip on foreign media, Beijing has decided to forbid any new foreign-owned TV channel from entering the country. The move will directly hit the expansion plans of Viacom and Disney in China. Media reports have quoted the official Xinhua news agency as saying, “China will not again allow a foreign satellite TV [...]

Walt Disney Co. would open a theme park in Shanghai in 2012, the Hong Kong Economic Times said, without identifying the source of its information.
Don Robinson, Hong Kong Disneyland Group managing director and Hong Kong Financial Secretary Henry Tang celebrate with Mickey Mouse during a news conference to announce the opening date of the Hong [...]

A 10-year-old boy visiting Orlando, Fla., was seriously injured in a crash likely caused by aggressive driving by a worker leaving Walt Disney World Monday night, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
“According to Florida Highway Patrol, they said this man was just getting off work from Disney World and numerous witnesses reported seeing this man [...]

Former Disney shareholder, Roy Disney, agreed Thursday to shut down his anti-Disney site, savedisney.com, days after striking a truce with the company.
Roy Disney and partner Stanley Gold were using the site to criticize the entertainment company’’s current leadership, after having left the board in late 2003. Last week, the two men and the company decided [...]

There have been many talks of a high-speed bullet train being built to run from Orlando International Airport to various destinations around the ever-growing city. Now, according to the Herald Tribune, Disney wants to be an exclusive stop on this train trip.
If Disney were to get their way, the train would bypass competitors including [...]

Rumor no more! The new Disney Character Corner scheduled to open this summer in Wrentham, Massachusetts has taken down it’’s sign and will not open… sadly.

Einser spoke out against computer piracy in front of the US Senate Commerce Committee. He called piracy and the computers industry’s newest “killer app” and singled out Apple for its ”Rip.Mix.Burn” ad campaign.
Now if you will excuse me I need to go download the soundtrack to Snow Dogs.

Troubled mega-chain recently unveiled its new line of Disney apparel. It is their first new product unveiling since filing for bankruptcy.
For detailed information check out:
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/national/2751872.htm

The Supreme Court has agreed to review a previous decision by lower courts to allow a 20-year extension of copyrights. This extension was originally authorized by Congress in 1998. If the Supreme Court overturns the ruling, Disney could lose rights to some Mickey Mouse cartoons next year as well as other cartoons within [...]