Walt Disney Co.

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500 S Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-0001, United States
(818)560-1000, (818)560-1930 fax, http://disney.go.com

Primary SIC: Amusement and Recreation, Not Elsewhere Classified, Primary NAICS: All Other Amusement and Recreation Industries
Description: Walt Disney Company is a diversified, worldwide entertainment company with operations in four business segments: media networks, parks and resorts, studio entertainment and consumer products. The media networks segment is comprised of the ABC Television Network and distribution operations, nine domestic television stations, cable networks, domestic broadcast radio networks and stations, and Internet and mobile operations. The two primary cable network and radio brands owned by Walt Disney are ESPN and Disney Channel. Internet Web sites include ABC.com, ABCNews.com, Disney.com, ABCFamily.com, SOAPnet.com, ESPN.com, ESPN360.com and Disney's Club Penguin. The company owns and operates the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, the Disneyland Resort in California, the Disney Vacation Club, the Disney Cruise Line, Adventures by Disney and ESPN Zone. Walt Disney manages and owns 51% of Disneyland Resort Paris and 43% of the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort. The company also licenses the operations of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Japan. The studio entertainment segment produces and acquires live-action and animated motion pictures, direct-to-video programming, musical recordings and live stage plays. The consumer products segment designs, develops, publishes, promotes and sells a wide variety of products based on Disney characters and other intellectual property. More

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Walt Disney Co., News and Information

Susan Plagemann Named Vice President & Publisher of Vogue.
Telecommunications Weekly; 11/18/2009; 841 words; ...since 2004. Previously, she was the Vice President & Publisher of Lifetime, published jointly by Hearst and the Walt Disney Co., until it was closed. She was the Publisher of Cosmopolitan from 1999 to 2002 and the Associate Publisher from...

Marvel extends shareholder vote eligibility
AP Online; 11/17/2009; 461 words; ...23 will be allowed to vote on The Walt Disney Co.'s offer to acquire the company...has not set a date for the vote. Disney is offering $4 billion in cash and...52.34 in morning trading, while Disney shares rose 2 cents to $30.72...

Gourmet's guide toWalt DisneyWorld; DISNEY FACTS.(News)
Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England); 11/17/2009; 439 words; SEVEN nights atWalt Disney World with Virgin Holidays...Orlando, accommodation at the 5V Disney's Yacht & Beach Club Resorts...protected. www.virginholidays.co.uk or call 0844 557 3860 CAPTION(S): MAGIC KINGDOM:Walt DisneyWorld in Orlando

Gruden agrees to multiyear contract with ESPN
AP Online; 11/16/2009; 485 words; ...he will appear on ESPN's NFL Draft and Super Bowl week coverage and will call the 2010 Pro Bowl. Gruden will serve as an analyst for ESPN Radio's 2010 Rose Bowl and BCS title game broadcasts. ___ ESPN is owned by The Walt Disney Co.

Stocks jump as retail sales rebound in October
AP Online; 11/16/2009; 1192 words; ...buoyed by encouraging earnings reports and outlooks from major retailers Abercrombie & Fitch Co. and J.C. Penney Co. as well as The Walt Disney Co. Bond prices mostly rose, pushing down yields. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury...

Services: Enterntainment company, including: motion picture film production for film, video and television industry, theme park operator. Retail: Gifts and novelty items. Finance: Holding company.


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