A recent Wall Street Journal article by Jeff Zaslow told a story of children at Disney World not knowing who the man holding Mickey Mouse’’s hand in the prominent statue in front of Cinderella Castle was. The article went on to describe how specifics about who Walt Disney was seems to be unknown to [...]

The Miami Herald published an article that deals with government internal reports on terrorism. The reports state that terrorist groups have studied at least five sites for possible attacks in the United States, including Walt Disney World and Disneyland.
You can read the article at :
http://www.miami.com/herald/partners/yahoo/digdocs/026830.htm

In a recent Business Week Online article, Charles Lemonides, managing partner at M&R Capital Management, has said that Disney stock is a bargain at the current price, despite its recent difficulties. Lemonides breaks down Disney’s worth, describing what the stock price should be in comparison to what it currently is:
“Media operations, including the ABC [...]

Entertainment venus across the US and Canada will soon be jumping on the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire craze by adding touch screen kiosks based on Buena Vista Interactive’’s CD-ROM version of the game. The company producing the kiosks is Rowe Interactive, long-time leader in coin-op machines. The new Millionaire games will [...]

What could happen? With the economy the way it is their could be some interesting business deals involving Disney. Check out this article on Yahoo.com to see potential suitors of the Disney Company and the positives and negatives surrounding a takeover.
http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/010926/n26178657_2.html

Interesting article by By Graef Crystal on bloomberg.com about Michael Eisner and his salary. Tells you about how much Eisner has been making and how it has changed over time. (Along with his performance) Check out the article at:
http://quote.bloomberg.com

In a move that other news stations will hopefully follow, ABC has stopped airing footage of airplanes smashing into the World Trade Center. Viewers have written into the station claiming that not only are they tired of seeing such footage, but it is actually disturbing to watch. ABC has decided, “It’s no longer [...]

Not too long after the Walt Disney Co. had its beloved characters appear on OralB products comes another step in character promotion. Kellogg Co. has reached an agreement with Disney that will allow the use of Disney characters, such as Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, and the Disney Princesses, to appear on cereals, Pop-Tarts, [...]

The Walt Disney Co. and News Corp. Ltd. have entered the broadband age by partnering in launching Movies.com. The site is expected to be up and running in early 2002 and will contain video-on-demand features, both movies and other entertainment. The Walt Disney Studios, Miramax (which is a subdivision of the aforementioned Studios), [...]

Michael Eisner, Disney chairman and CEO, has said that rumors of the company building a follow up theme park to Hong Kong Disneyland in time for the 2008 Olympics are “totally erroneous.” He did not dispute the fact that there may be a second Disney park in China eventually, but if/when it gets built, [...]