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However unsettling the times and circumstances, media companies are being forced to re-examine the way they do business and to make changes that ultimately will be for the better. But [...]

Not since Walt Disney traveled from Kansas City to Los Angeles to found the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio with his brother Roy has anyone had more of an imprint on [...]

A leading industry analyst last week lowered her earnings estimates for The Walt Disney Co. below Wall Street consensus, underscoring the latest decline in Disney's core businesses. ``At some point [...]

The Pixar stock options mess was bigger than anyone knew though the Mouse House is now doing its best to apply some significant Band-Aids. Company has acknowledged that as many [...]

HOLLYWOOD--It's about to take a little more faith to be a top exec at Disney. Mouse House board Thursday approved a revision of its long-term incentive plan for senior execs. [...]

LONDON -- Walt Disney is mulling the sale of its 25% stake in Blighty's only commercial breakfast TV station, GMTV, to majority shareholder ITV. On Tuesday Disney and ITV, formed [...]

Walt Disney shares jumped Tuesday after a sluggish month on strong endorsements from two Wall Street analysts ahead of quarterly earnings due out today. The stock rose 3.98% to close [...]

Wall Street had instant qualms about Disney's earnings prospects Monday after 'The Alamo's' forgettable opening weekend raised the specter of writeoffs on at least one of its last three releases. [...]

A spike in shares of Walt Disney helped drive the broader market higher Friday, reversing four days of hefty losses. Mouse shares jumped 4.6% to $26.10, driven in part, analysts [...]

Brian Roberts delivered a subtle message to Disney shareholders Monday: Technology is going to transform your business. Join us now or the revolution may overwhelm you, even if our financial [...]

Disney chairman-CEO Michael Eisner's feet came closer to the fire Wednesday as two influential investor orgs joined the chorus of those seeking to oust him and several associates from the [...]

HOLLYWOOD -- With Brian Roberts conspiring to win Steve Jobs and Roy Disney to the Comcast cause, Mouse House 'cast members' and producers on the lot pondered the impact of [...]

HOLLYWOOD -- Comcast's stock-based bid for Disney was worth $66 billion when announced, but changes in the share prices Thursday make it likely the cable company will have to raise [...]

HOLLYWOOD -- Head Mouseketeer Michael Eisner suffered another blow in his ongoing battle with Roy Disney when a harshly critical letter from the investment company of the former Disney vice [...]

HOLLYWOOD -- Wall Disney Co. stock dipped nearly 2% Thursday while the broader market rose, following an announcement that Roy Disney's family trust has agreed to sell more than $160 [...]

Vivendi Universal shares popped more than 6% Monday on an analyst upgrade as investors start eyeing selected showbiz stocks more fondly. While ad jitters and war clouds hinder a full-blown [...]

Walt Disney's bid to win over Wall Street fell flat and its shares didn't budge Friday, as investors said they heard nothing new on the Mouse's strategy or prospects. Missteps [...]

Are credit rating agencies the new analysts? With the stock market highly volatile and the markets more focused on debt than ever before, major credit rating agencies Moody's, Fitch, Standard [...]

HOLLYWOOD - Even CEOs can go bargain shopping, it seems. Head Mouseketeer Michael Eisner, who insists Disney stock is selling too cheaply these days, has snapped up $10 million in [...]

The struggling media sector just couldn't catch a break Monday, as a slump in the broader market and a rash of downgrades roiled showbiz stocks. Disney was the most prominent [...]

HOLLYWOOD -- There were more dark clouds over the Magic Kingdom on Monday. Disney stock slumped yet again -- to a new eight-year low -- after the Mouse House was [...]

Walt Disney and AOL Time Warner stocks slumped Friday after a dour financial forecast from the Mouse and jitters over multiple probes of AOL TW's accounting. Disney shares fell nearly [...]

All the major stock indices suffered major losses on Aug 1 and 2, ending the brief market upturn and driving the Dow Jones Industrial Average down to a mere 0.59% gain despite 447-point gain on July 29. Macroeconomic concerns hurt cyclical shares such as 3M and auto makers.

HOLLYWOOD -- Market mayhem hit media stocks Thursday, with an analyst's downgrade causing Disney to tumble especially hard. Among studio parents, MGM and Vivendi hit historic lows, and even relatively [...]

WALT DISNEY SIGNED a $4.5 billion Euro-CP programme on Tuesday, December 4. Goldman Sachs is the arranger, signing its seventh Euro-or global CP arrangership of the year. The issuer is [...]