The Walt Disney Company
Type	Public (NYSE: DIS (http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=DIS))
Founded	Burbank, California (1923)
Location	Burbank, California
Key people	George J. Mitchell, Chairman Michael D. Eisner, CEO Robert A. Iger, President/COO
Industry	Broadcasting, Animation, Motion pictures, & Recreational Activities
Products	American Broadcasting Company, Buena Vista Distribution, Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group, Walt Disney Studios, Theme parks
Revenue	$30.8 billion USD (2004)
Website	www.disney.com

The Walt Disney Company (also known as "Disney") (NYSE: DIS (http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=DIS)) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. Founded on October 16, 1923 by Walt Disney and his brother Roy Oliver Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, it is today the number two media company in the United States. The company's corporate headquarters are located in Burbank, California. Disney had revenues of $30.8 billion in 2004, and it is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. For much of its history, the company was known as Walt Disney Productions, Ltd., until February 6, 1986, when it was rechristened with its current name. Disney Enterprises, Inc., commonly seen in company legal notices, is a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. The Walt Disney Company logo This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... New York Stock Exchange (June 2003) The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is one of the largest stock exchanges in the world. ... Wiktionary has a definition of: Foundation This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... This article or section should be merged with Burbank, Los Angeles County, California This article is about the Burbank in Southern California. ... 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... George John Mitchell, GBE (born August 20, 1933) is Chairman of the Walt Disney Company. ... Michael Dammann Eisner (born March 7, 1942) has been the head of The Walt Disney Company since 1984. ... Robert Bob Iger is the President and COO of the Walt Disney Company and Michael Eisners hand-picked successor as CEO. Previously he served as President and COO of Capital Cities/ABC until that companys merger with Disney. ... Note: broadcasting is also the old term for hand sowing. ... Animation is the technique in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of... Ferris wheel Amusement park is the more generic term for a collection of amusement rides and other entertainment attractions assembled for the purpose of entertaining a fairly large group of people. ... The ABC Circle logo, designed by Paul Rand in 1962. ... Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc. ... The Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group is a collection of affiliated motion picture studios, all subsidaries of The Walt Disney Company. ... For the theme park in France, see Walt Disney Studios Park The Seven Dwarves Building at the Walt Disney Studios The Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California serves as the international headquarters for media conglemorate The Walt Disney Company. ... The Walt Disney Parks and Resorts division of The Walt Disney Company manages and builds the elite theme parks and vacation resorts that Disney is well known for. ... In business, revenue is the amount of money that a company actually receives from its activities, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... Green up arrow for a positive change in revenue from last fiscal year. ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia website. ... New York Stock Exchange (June 2003) The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is the second largest stock exchange in the world. ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). ... 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Walt Disney Walter Elias Walt Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966), was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, and animator. ... Roy Oliver Disney (June 24, 1893–December 20, 1971). ... This article or section should be merged with Burbank, Los Angeles County, California This article is about the Burbank in Southern California. ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ... The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is one of several stock market indices created by Wall Street Journal editor and Dow Jones & Company founder Charles Dow. ... February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Overview

Disney's main operating units are Studio Entertainment, Parks and Resorts, Media Networks, and Consumer Products.

Studio Entertainment

Its Studio Entertainment unit, also known as The Walt Disney Studios, is headed by Chairman Dick Cook. It includes the Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group, a collection of movie studios including Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, and Hollywood Pictures. The Miramax Films and Dimension Films studios are also a part of the unit, but operate autonomously in New York. Disney's Buena Vista Music Group, which includes Walt Disney Records, Mammoth Records, Lyric Street Records, and Hollywood Records, also falls under the umbrella of The Walt Disney Studios. The unit also includes Buena Vista Theatrical Productions and Disney's distribution companies: Buena Vista International, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, and Buena Vista Home Entertainment International. Dick Cook is the studio chief for the Walt Disney Company (officially, Chairman of the Walt Disney Studios). ... The Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group is a collection of affiliated motion picture studios, all subsidaries of The Walt Disney Company. ... A movie studio is a location, room, building, or group of buildings and/or sound stages, offices and storage facilities, which may include a backlot, where movies are made. ... Walt Disney Pictures is a U.S.-based movie studio, a division of The Walt Disney Company. ... A division of The Walt Disney Company devoted to producing films that would be unsuitable for release under the Disney label. ... Hollywood Pictures is a movie studio subsidiary of Walt Disney that, like its Touchstone predecessor, produces films for adult audiences. ... Miramax is a Big Ten film distribution and production company. ... Dimension Films, a subsidiary of Walt Disney has released films such as Spy Kids, Scream and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and produces films that are more adult in content. ... The Buena Vista Music Group is a collection of affiliated record labels all subsidaries of The Walt Disney Company. ... Alternate meanings: Disney (disambiguation) The Walt Disney Company (also known as Disney Enterprises, Inc. ... Mammoth Records is a sister label of Hollywood Records. ... Lyric Street Records is a sister label of Hollywood Records. ... Hollywood Records is a record label owned by Disney. ... Buena Vista International is a division of The Walt Disney Company which handles non-U.S. distribution of Disney films. ...

One of the company's most successful subsidiaries is its animation studio, Walt Disney Feature Animation, responsible for producing a number of successful and influential traditionally animated features. After witnessing the box office failures of some of its recent animated films and the stellar successes of computer-animated films from Pixar, Disney has decided to shift its production from "traditional" hand-drawn animated films (which in recent years have incorporated much work done on computer) entirely to computer-animated films. The last traditionally-animated film produced by Disney was Home on the Range. Its first computer-animated film will be Chicken Little. Disney has fallen under much criticism for this change in direction, especially as fans see the strength of a movie as its plot and its characters and not as the technology used to make it. Walt Disney Feature Animation (WDFA) is the animation studio that makes up a key element of The Walt Disney Company. ... This is a list of animated feature films produced by Walt Disney Productions/The Walt Disney Company: Official canon The following is a list of the forty-four feature films officially part of the Walt Disney Feature Animation (WDFA) canon. ... Traditional animation, sometimes also called cel animation or hand-drawn animation, is the oldest and historically the most popular form of animation. ... Pixars logo and mascot Luxo, Jr. ... Home on the Range is Walt Disney Feature Animations 44th animated feature film, released on April 2, 2004. ...

Disney stamps, issued by the U.S. Postal Service in 2004

Disney is becoming a direct competitor to Pixar in a market dominated by the latter. Disney has failed to renew its contract with Pixar to release Pixar's films under the Disney name, an arrangement which had been extremely profitable to Disney and whose termination means that Pixar is now free to pair up with a competing studio. Stamps by the USPS, of Disney characters, deemed fair use This image is a postage stamp produced by the United States Postal Service after 1978. ... Stamps by the USPS, of Disney characters, deemed fair use This image is a postage stamp produced by the United States Postal Service after 1978. ...

Walt Disney Studios , the company's main film and television production facility as well as corporate headquarters, in Burbank, California, is the only major Hollywood film studio that has never offered tours to the public. A partial tour of the Orlando, Florida feature animation satellite studio was available to attendees of Disney-MGM Studios until 2003. Walt Disney Studios (Burbank) - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... This article or section should be merged with Burbank, Los Angeles County, California This article is about the Burbank in Southern California. ... The Seal of the City of Orlando The city of Orlando is the county seat of Orange County, Florida. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Parks and Resorts

Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom

Disney operates eight theme parks at the Disneyland Resort, the Walt Disney World Resort, and the Disneyland Resort Paris. A ninth is under construction at the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, which is set to open in 2005. Tokyo Disney Resort in Japan is operated and owned by the Oriental Land Company with licenses from Disney. The Walt Disney Parks and Resorts division of The Walt Disney Company manages and builds the elite theme parks and vacation resorts that Disney is well known for. ... Download high resolution version (409x618, 74 KB)Cinderella Castle with Walt This is a copyrighted promotional photo with a known source. ... Download high resolution version (409x618, 74 KB)Cinderella Castle with Walt This is a copyrighted promotional photo with a known source. ... This is an article about a castle at the Magic Kingdom and Tokyo Disneyland. ... Cinderella Castle is at the center of the Magic Kingdom. ... The Disney Parks and Resorts division of The Walt Disney Company manages and builds the world-famous amusement parks and resorts that Disney is known for. ... Disneyland Resort The Disneyland Resort is the collection of Disney hotels, theme parks, shops, and restaurants in Anaheim, California. ... Cinderella Castle, at the center of the Magic Kingdom, is Walt Disney World Resorts most recognizable icon. ... Castle of the Sleeping Beauty in Disneyland Park Disneyland Resort Paris is a vacation and recreation resort in Marne-la-Vallée, near Paris. ... The Hong Kong Disneyland Resort is currently being built by The Walt Disney Company and Hong Kong Government. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Tokyo Disney Resort is a theme park and vacation resort located in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, just east of Tokyo. ...

The company also owns through Anaheim Sports, Inc. the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim hockey club, which it recently agreed to sell to Broadcom executive Henry Samueli, and owned the Anaheim Angels baseball team, which was later sold to advertising magnate Arturo Moreno. The Disney Cruise Line, Disney Vacation Club, and the chain of ESPN Zone sports-themed restaurants also operate as a part of the Parks & Resorts unit. The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim are a National Hockey League team based in Anaheim, California. ... Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) is a supplier of integrated circuits for broadband communications especially massive high-speed networks including ICs for set-top boxes, cable modems, servers, and LANs and home networking devices. ... Henry Samueli, Ph. ... For the Pacific Coast League franchise see: Los Angeles Angels (PCL). ... Arturo Arte Moreno (born 1946) is a Hispanic billionaire who, on May 15 of United States. ... The Disney Cruise Line is a cruise line owned by the Walt Disney Company. ... The Disney Vacation Club is the common name for the timeshares in the Walt Disney World Resort and elsewhere owned and operated by Disney Vacation Development, Incorporated, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company. ... ESPN Zone is a small chain of very large restaurants that include arcades, TV studios, and radio studios. ...

Media Networks

Its Media Networks unit is centered around the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) television network, which it acquired through a merger with Capital Cities/ABC in 1996. Disney also owns a group of cable networks including The Disney Channel, ABC Family, Toon Disney, the ESPN group and SOAPnet. Disney also holds substantial interest in Lifetime (50%), A&E (37.5%), and E! (40%). The ABC Circle logo, designed by Paul Rand in 1962. ... 2002 identity of the ABC Circle logo, designed by Paul Rand in 1962. ... The Disney Channel is a cable TV network run by The Walt Disney Company in the United States. ... ABC Family is a cable television network currently owned by Disney/ABC. The network was founded by Pat Robertson as The Family Channel; he sold the network to Fox Broadcasting Company in 1997, and it changed its name to Fox Family. ... Toon Disney is a cable channel that features mostly Disney cartoons. ... ESPN, an abbreviation of Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ... An ident, usually shown at the top of the hour, or at the half-hour. ... Categories: Pages needing attention | Television stubs | U.S. television networks ... The A&E Network is a cable and satellite television network based in New York, New York. ... Properties The electron (also called negatron, commonly represented as e−) is a subatomic particle. ...

Through ABC, Disney also owns local 10 television stations, 26 local radio stations, and ESPN Radio, Radio Disney, and ABC Radio News, which carries such radio personalities as Sean Hannity and Paul Harvey. Buena Vista Television, which also is a part of the Media Networks unit, produces such syndicated television programs as Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, Live with Regis and Kelly, and Ebert & Roeper. ESPN Radio is national sports radio network launched on January 1, 1992. ... Radio Disney is a radio network in the United States broadcasting music and other content targeted at children. ... Sean Patrick Hannity (born December 30, 1961, in New York City, New York) is an American conservative talk radio host and co-host of Fox News Channels political debate program Hannity & Colmes, and the author of two books. ... Paul Harvey Aurandt (born September 4, 1918), better known as Paul Harvey, is an American radio broadcaster for the ABC Radio Networks. ... In the television industry (as in radio), syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast television programs to multiple television stations, without going through a broadcast network. ... Logo from the UK version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a television game show which offers very large cash prizes for correctly answering successive multiple-choice questions. ... Kelly Ripa tends to Regis Philbins splinter in the improvised first segment of the show. ... Ebert & Roeper (Originally titled as Siskel & Ebert) is a popular movie-review television program starring film critic Roger Ebert and columnist Richard Roeper, both of the Chicago Sun-Times. ...

Disney also operates its Hyperion publishing company and Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIC) through Media Networks. Hyperion has recently published books by comedian-author Steve Martin and bestselling author Mitch Albom. WDIC includes the Go.com web portal, based on the old Infoseek search engine which it purchased in 1998, and leading websites such as Disney.com, ESPN.com, and ABCNews.com. Steve Martin (right) with Scooter, on The Muppet Show Stephen Glenn Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American comedian, writer, producer, actor, musician and composer born in Waco, Texas and raised in Orange County, California. ... Mitchell David Albom (born May 23, 1958 at Passaic, New Jersey) is a novelist, newspaper columnist for the Detroit Free Press, syndicated radio host, and television commentator. ... Infoseek was a search engine founded in 1994 by Steve Kirsch. ...

Consumer Products

Its Consumer Products unit includes Disney's merchandising and licensing business and its Disney Publishing Worldwide group, whose imprints include Disney Editions, Hyperion Books for Children, Disney Press. It also published the Disney Adventures children's magazine.

The unit once included the Disney Store chain of shopping mall locations, which it sold in 2004. It does now include Jim Henson's Muppets characters, which it purchased from The Jim Henson Company in 2004. Disney Store is an international chain of specialty stores, selling Disney-branded items, many of them exclusive. ... Jim Henson James Maury Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990), commonly known as Jim Henson, was one of the most important puppeteers in modern American television history. ... John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together The Muppets are a group of puppets and costume characters created by Jim Henson and the company he created. ... The Jim Henson Company is a company founded in 1958 by puppeteer Jim Henson, creator of The Muppets. ...

History

1923-1936

• 1923: The Disney Bros. Studio, founded in October 16 by brothers Walt and Roy Disney and animator Ub Iwerks, produces the Alice in Cartoonland series.
• 1925: At Walt Disney's insistence, the company is renamed Walt Disney Studios.
• 1927: The Alice series ends; Disney picks up the contract to animate Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
• 1928: Walt loses of the Oswald series; first Mickey Mouse cartoon: Steamboat Willie

Walt Disney signing a Mickey Mouse drawing

• 1929: First Silly Symphony: The Skeleton Dance. On December 16 the original partnership formed in 1923 is replaced by Walt Disney Productions, Ltd. Three other companies, Walt Disney Enterprises, Disney Film Recording Company, and Liled Realty and Investment Company, are also formed.
• 1930: First appearance of Pluto
• 1932: First three-strip Technicolor short released: Flowers and Trees; first appearance of Goofy
• 1934: First appearance of Donald Duck

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1937-1954

• 1937: Studio produces its first feature, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
• 1938: On September 29, Walt Disney Enterprises, Disney Film Recording Company, and Liled Realty and Investment Company are merged into Walt Disney Productions.
• 1940: Studio moves to the Burbank, California buildings where it is located to this day
• 1941: A bitter animators' strike occurs; as the USA enters World War II, the studio begins making morale-boosting propaganda films for the government
• 1944: The company is short on cash; a theatrical rerelease of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs generates much-needed revenue and begins a reissue pattern for the animated feature films
• 1945: The studio hires its first-ever live actor for a film, James Baskett, to star as Uncle Remus in Song of the South
• 1949: The studio begins production on its first all-live action feature, Treasure Island; the popular True-Life Adventures series begins
• 1952: Walt Disney forms WED Enterprises on December 16 to design his theme park.
• 1953: Walt Disney forms Retlaw Enterprises on April 6 to control the rights to his name. It will later own and operate several attractions inside Disneyland, including the Monorail and the Disneyland Railroad.
• 1954: The studio founds Buena Vista Distribution to distribute its feature films; beginning of the Disneyland TV program

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1955-1983

• 1955: Opening of Disneyland in Anaheim, California. Walt Disney Productions owns 34.5 percent of Disneyland, Inc. It increases its stake in 1957 to 65.5 percent, then purchases the remaining shares from ABC in 1960.
• 1961: The studio licenses the film rights to Winnie-the-Pooh, whose characters continue to be highly profitable to this day; international distribution arm Buena Vista International is established.
• 1964: The company starts buying land near Orlando, Florida for Walt Disney World (then known as Disney World or The Florida Project)
• 1965: The regular production of short subjects ceases, as theatres no longer have any demand for them. Walt Disney Productions acquires WED Enterprises.
• 1966: Walt Disney dies. His brother Roy takes over.
• 1967: Construction begins on Walt Disney World; the underlying governmental structure (see Reedy Creek Improvement District) is signed into law.
• 1971: Walt Disney World opens in Orlando, Florida; Roy Oliver Disney dies; Donn Tatum becomes chairman and Card Walker becomes president.
• 1977: Roy Edward Disney, son of Roy and nephew of Walt, resigns from the company citing a decline in overall product quality and issues with management.
• 1978: The studio licenses several minor titles to MCA Discovision for laserdisc release; only TV compilations of cartoons ever see the light of day through this deal.
• 1979: Don Bluth and a number of his allies leave the animation division; the studio releases its first PG-rated film, The Black Hole
• 1980: Tom Wilhite becomes head of the film division with the intent of modernizing studio product; a home video division is created
• 1981: Plans for a cable network are announced.
• 1982: EPCOT Center opens at Walt Disney World; Walt Disney's son-in-law Ron W. Miller succeeds Card Walker as CEO
• 1983: As the anthology series is canceled, The Disney Channel begins operation on US cable systems; Tom Wilhite resigns his post; Tokyo Disneyland opens in Japan

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1984-present

• 1984: Touchstone Pictures is created; after the studio narrowly escapes a buyout attempt by Saul Steinberg, Roy Edward Disney and his business partner, Stanley Gold, remove Ron W. Miller as CEO and president, replacing him with Michael Eisner and Frank Wells.

Michael Eisner

• 1985: The studio begins making cartoons for television; The home video release of Pinocchio is a best-seller.
• 1986: The studio's first R-rated release comes from Touchstone Pictures; the anthology series is revived; the company's name is changed from Walt Disney Productions to The Walt Disney Company.
• 1989: Disney offers a deal to buy Jim Henson's Muppets and have the famed puppeteer work with Disney resources; the Disney-MGM Studios open at Walt Disney World.
• 1990: Jim Henson's death sours the deal to buy his holdings; the anthology series canceled for second time.
• 1992: The controversial Euro Disney opens outside Paris, France.
• 1993: Disney acquires independent film distributor Miramax Films; Winnie the Pooh merchandise outsells Mickey Mouse merchandise for the first time; the policy of periodic theatrical re-issues ends with this year's re-issue of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs but is augmented for video.
• 1994: Frank Wells is killed in a helicopter crash; Jeffrey Katzenberg resigns to co-found his own studio, DreamWorks SKG.
• 1994: Plans for Disney's America, a historical theme park in Haymarket, Virginia, are abruptly dropped. No explanation is given, and Disney announces a search for an alternate location.
• 1995: In October, the company hires Hollywood superagent, Michael Ovitz, to be president.
• 1996: The company takes on the Disney Enterprises name for non-Walt Disney branded ventures and acquires the Capital Cities/ABC group, renaming it ABC, Inc. ;in December, Michael Ovitz, president of the company, leaves "by mutual consent." To celebrate the pairing, ABC's first Super Soap Weekend is held at Walt Disney World.
• 1997: The anthology series is revived again; the home video division releases its first DVDs.
• 1998: Disney's Animal Kingdom opens at Walt Disney World.
• 2000: Robert Iger becomes president and COO.
• 2001: Disney-owned TV channels are pulled from Time Warner Cable briefly during a dispute over carriage fees; Disney's California Adventure opens to the public; Disney begins releasing Walt Disney Treasures DVD box sets for the collector's market.
• 2003: Roy E. Disney again resigns as head of animation and from the board of directors, citing similar reasons to those that drove him off 26 years earlier; fellow director Stanley Gold resigns with him; they establish "Save Disney"[1] (http://www.savedisney.com) to apply public pressure to oust Michael Eisner.
• 2003: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl becomes the first film released under the Disney label with a PG-13 rating.
• 2004: Comcast make a hostile bid for the company, CEO Michael Eisner is replaced by George J. Mitchell as chairman of the board as a 43% vote of no confidence, The Muppets become Disney property and Disney turn down distributing Fahrenheit 9/11 which ends up making $100 million.
• 2005:
• The Walt Disney Company officially begins the Happiest Homecoming on Earth on May 5 at Disneyland with a live video conference with the Magic Kingdom and video greetings from Tokyo Disneyland, Disneyland Paris and the construction site of Hong Kong Disneyland.
  • Disneyland celebrates its 50th birthday on July 17.
  • Robert A. Iger, currently president of the company, will replace Michael Eisner as CEO on October 1.

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John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together The Muppets are a group of puppets and costume characters created by Jim Henson and the company he created. ... The Sorcerers apprentice hat, the symbol of Disney-MGM Studios Disney-MGM Studios is a theme park at Walt Disney World in Florida. ... Cinderella Castle, at the center of the Magic Kingdom, is Walt Disney World Resorts most recognizable icon Introduction Owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company, the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, USA is home to four theme parks, two water parks, several resort hotels and golf courses... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jim Henson James Maury Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990), commonly known as Jim Henson, was one of the most important puppeteers in modern American television history. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Castle of the Sleeping Beauty in Disneyland Park Disneyland Resort Paris is a vacation and recreation resort in Marne-la-Vallée, near Paris. ... The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003) Events Media:January January 1 - Czechoslovakia divides. ... Miramax is a Big Ten film distribution and production company. ... Winnie-the-Pooh is a fictional bear created by A. A. Milne. ... Mickeys most recognizable look has him wearing red shorts and yellow shoes. ... Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is the first animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Categories: Wikipedia cleanup | Stub | 1994 deaths | Disney people ... Jeffrey Katzenberg (born December 21, 1950 in New York City) is a film producer and co-founder of DreamWorks SKG. He is most famous for producing the movie Shrek (2001). ... The DreamWorks Boy on the Moon Logo DreamWorks SKG (Spielberg, Katzenberg, Geffen) is a Big Ten studio in the United States of America which develops, produces, and distributes films, music, and television programming. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Disneys America was an abortive theme park that was to be built in Haymarket, Virginia. ... Haymarket is a town located in Prince William County, Virginia. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Michael Ovitz (born December 14, 1946), talent agent and Hollywood powerhouse, served as the head of the Creative Artists Agency from 1975 to 1995. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The ABC Circle logo, designed by Paul Rand in 1962. ... Super Soap Weekend is an event, organized in conjunction with Disney and ABC to bring soap opera actors from the various ABC shows to visit and mingle with their fans. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. ... DVD is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for storing data, including movies with high video and sound quality. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The Tree of Life stands as a symbol of the park, its base carved with the images of 325 animals. ... Cinderella Castle, at the center of the Magic Kingdom, is Walt Disney World Resorts most recognizable icon Introduction Owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company, the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, USA is home to four theme parks, two water parks, several resort hotels and golf courses... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Robert Bob Iger will be the President and COO of the Walt Disney Company and Michael Eisners hand-picked successor as CEO on March 13, 2005. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Time Warner Inc. ... Disneys California Adventure is a Disney theme park in Anaheim, California, adjacent to Disneyland and part of the larger Disneyland Resort. ... 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Financial

Most Recent Financial Statments Income Statment (http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=DIS&annual) Balance Sheet (http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bs?s=DIS&annual) Cash Flow (http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cf?s=DIS&annual) The Disney Parks and Resorts division of The Walt Disney Company manages and builds the world-famous amusement parks and resorts that Disney is known for. ...

Annual Reports 1996-2004  (http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?type=10-k&dateb=&owner=include&action=getcompany&CIK=0001001039)

Management, 1923-present

Current senior management

• Chairman of the Board - George J. Mitchell
• Chief Executive Officer - Michael Eisner
• President and Chief Operating Officer - Robert Iger
• Chief Financial Officer - Thomas O. Staggs
• Adviser to Robert Iger - Peter E. Murphy

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Current division heads

• Walt Disney International - Andy Bird
• Walt Disney Parks and Resorts - Jay Rasulo
• Walt Disney Studios - Richard Cook
• Buena Vista Music Group - Bob Cavallo
• Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group - Nina Jacobson
• ESPN - George W. Bodenheimer
• Consumer Products - Andrew P. Mooney
• Walt Disney Feature Animation - David Stainton
• Disney-ABC Television Group - Anne Sweeney
• Walt Disney Imagineering - Marty Sklar

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Disney Chairmen of the Board

• 1923-1966: Walt Disney
• 1966-1971: Roy O. Disney
• 1971-1980: Donn Tatum
• 1980-1983: E. Cardon Walker
• 1983-1984: Raymond Watson
• 1984-2004: Michael Eisner
• 2004-present: George J. Mitchell

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Disney CEOs

• 1923-1971: Roy O. Disney
• 1971-1977: Donn Tatum
• 1977-1983: E. Cardon Walker
• 1983-1984: Ron W. Miller
• 1984-2005: Michael Eisner
• 2005-present: Robert Iger

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Disney Presidents

• 1945-1966: Roy O. Disney
• 1966-1971: Donn Tatum
• 1971-1977: E. Cardon Walker
• 1977-1984: Ron W. Miller
• 1984-1994: Frank Wells
• 1994-1995: Michael Eisner
• 1995-1997: Michael Ovitz
• 2000-present: Robert Iger

Roy Oliver Disney (June 24, 1893–December 20, 1971). ... Donn Tatum was a top executive at Walt Disney Productions in the 1960s and 1970s. ... E. Cardon Walker (commonly, Card Walker) was a top Walt Disney Productions executive in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. ... Ronald William Miller became president of Walt Disney Productions in 1976 and CEO in 1982. ... Categories: Wikipedia cleanup | Stub | 1994 deaths | Disney people ... Michael Dammann Eisner (born March 7, 1942) has been the head of The Walt Disney Company since 1984. ... Michael Ovitz (born December 14, 1946), talent agent and Hollywood powerhouse, served as the head of the Creative Artists Agency from 1975 to 1995. ... Robert Bob Iger will be the President and COO of the Walt Disney Company and Michael Eisners hand-picked successor as CEO on March 13, 2005. ...

See also

• Notable feature films released under the Walt Disney name
• Notable television series produced by Disney subsidiaries
• Disney characters' names in various languages
• List of assets owned by Disney
• List of Disney characters
• Disney feature film source material
• List of Disney animated features
• List of Disney people
• 100 Years of Magic lists

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External links

• The Official Website of The Walt Disney Company (http://www.disney.go.com)
• The Walt Disney Company corporate web site (http://www.disney.com/corporate)
• Disney's America -- Michael Eisner's Passion (http://chotank.com/disneyrom.html)
• Ketupa - Disney (http://www.ketupa.net/disney.htm) extensive profile
• The Disneyland Report - Offers Disney secrets and the latest Disney news (http://www.disneylandreport.com)
• The Walt Disney Company (http://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/page.cgi?g=Walt_Disney_Studios%2F) at the Big Cartoon DataBase
• Disney Hotels (http://www.disney-hotels.org/) - the unofficial Walt Disney World® Hotels guide

The Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB) is an online database of information about animated cartoons, animated movies, animated television shows and cartoon shorts. ...

SEC

• SEC - Company Information: WALT DISNEY CO/ (http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001001039&owner=include)