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        "The Walt Disney Company is a diversified worldwide entertainment company with operations in four business segments, including Media Networks, Parks and Resorts, Studio Entertainment, and Consumer Products. The Media Networks segment consists of the company's television and radio networks and includes cable/satellite and international broadcast operations. It operates the Walt Disney World Resort and Disney Cruise Line in Florida, the Disneyland Resort in California, ESPN Zone facilities in several states and Anaheim Sports in California. It also licenses the operations of the Tokyo Disneyland Resort in Japan and licenses and manages the Disneyland Resort Paris in France. The Studio Entertainment segment produces live-action and animated motion pictures, television animation programs, musical recordings and live-stage plays. The Consumer Products segment licenses Walt Disney characters and other intellectual property to manufacturers, retailers, show promoters and publishers worldwide." During the year 2002, the Disney Company acquired Fox Family Worldwide, Inc. Media networks accounted for 38% of  2002 revenues; parks & resorts, 26%; studio entertainment, 26% and consumer products,  10%.
 

Book Publishing Imprints	Magazine Titles	Television
Walt Disney Company Book Publishing                             Hyperion Books Miramax Books Magazine Subsidiary Groups ABC Publishing Group Disney Publishing, Inc. Diversified Publications Group Financial Services and Medical   Group Miller Publishing Company	Automotive Industries Biography (with GE and Hearst) Discover Disney Adventures Disney Magazine ECN News ESPN Magazine (distributed by Hearst) Family Fun Institutional Investor Jane JCK Kentucky Prairie Farmer Kodin Top Famille - French family magazine US Weekly (50%) Video Business Quality	ABC Television Network Owned and Operated Television Stations WLS - Chicago WJRT - Flint KFSN - Fresno KTRK - Houston KABC - Los Angeles WABC - New York City WPVI - Philadelphia WTVD - Raleigh - Durham KGO - San Francisco  WTVG - Toledo
Radio Stations	Cable Television	International Broadcast
WKHX - Atlanta WYAY - Atlanta WDWD - Atlanta WMVP - Chicago WLS - Chicago WXCD - Chicago WBAP - Dallas KSCS - Dallas WDRQ - Detroit WJR - Detroit WPLT - Detroit KABC - Los Angeles KLOS - Los Angeles KTZN - Los Angeles KQRS - Minneapolis - St. Paul KXXR - Minneapolis - St. Paul KDIZ - Minneapolis - St. Paul KZNR - Minneapolis - St. Paul KZNT - Minneapolis - St. Paul KZNZ - Minneapolis - ST. Paul WABC - New York City WPLJ - New York City KGO - San Francisco KSFO - San Francisco WMAL - Washington DC WJZW - Washington DC WRQX - Washington DC KQAM - Wichita Radio Disney ESPN Radio (syndicated programming)	ABC Family The Disney Channel Toon Disney SoapNet ESPN Inc. (80% - Hearst Corporation    owns the remaining 20%) includes    ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN News, ESPN    Now, ESPN Extreme, Classic Sports    Network A&E Television (37.5%, with    Hearst and GE) The History Channel (with        Hearst and GE) Lifetime Television (50%, with   Hearst) Lifetime Movie Network (50%    with Hearst) E! Entertainment (with   Comcast and Liberty Media)	The Disney Channel UK The Disney Channel Taiwan The Disney Channel Australia The Disney Channel Malaysia The Disney Channel France The Disney Channel Middle  East The Disney Channel Italy The Disney Channel Spain ESPN INC. International Ventures Sportsvision of Australia (25%) ESPN Brazil (50%) ESPN STAR (50%) - sports      programming throughout Asia Net STAR (33%) owners of The Sports Network of Canada Other International Ventures (all with minority ownership) Tele-Munchen - German television production and distribution RTL-2 - German television production    and distribution  Hamster Productions - French television production TV Sport of France Tesauro of Spain Scandinavian Broadcasting System Japan Sports Channel
Television Production and Distribution	Movie Production and Distribution	Financial
Buena Vista Television Touchstone Television Walt Disney Television Walt Disney Television Animation (has   three wholly owned production    facilities outside the United States -   Japan, Australia, Canada)	Walt Disney Pictures Touchstone Pictures Hollywood Pictures Caravan Pictures Miramax Films Buena Vista Home Video Buena Vista Home Entertainment Buena Vista International Disney - Financial and Retail	Sid R. Bass (partial interest - crude petroleum and natural gas production) Retail The Disney Store Disney - Multimedia
Internet Group	Theme Parks & Resorts	Music
ABC Internet Group ABC.com ABCNEWS.com Oscar.com Mr. Showbiz Disney Online (web sites and content) Disney's Daily Blast Disney.Com Family.Com ESPN Internet Group ESPN.sportzone.com Soccernet.com (60%) NFL.com NBA.com NASCAR.com Skillgames Wall of Sound Go Network Toysmart.com (majority stake -educational toys)	Disneyland - Anaheim, CA Disney -MGM Studios Disneyland Paris Disney Regional Entertainment (entertainment and theme dining in metro areas) Disneyland Resort Disney Vacation Club Epcot Magic Kingdom Tokyo Disneyland (partial ownership) Walt Disney World - Orlando, FL Disney's Animal Kingdom Disney - MGM Studios Walt Disney World Sports Complex (golf course, auto racing track and basball complex) Disney Cruise Line The Disney Institute	Buena Vista Music Group Hollywood Records ( popular music and soundtracks for motion pictures) Lyric Street Records (Nashville based country music label) Mammoth Records (popular and alternative music label) Walt Disney Records
Theatrical Productions	Professional Sports Franchises	Disney Interactive
Walt Disney Theatrical Productions Productions include stage version of The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, King David.	Anaheim Sports, Inc. Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (National    Hockey League) Anaheim Angels (25% general partner    ownership - Major League Baseball)	Develops/markets: Computer software Video games CD-ROMs

    The Walt Disney company is no doubt a conglomeritization because is has incorporated a number of different companies and works in diversified fields. An example that proves this is that the company owns both Sports Franchises and  deals in Theatrical Productions.

 

2002 Sales:
$ 25,329,000,000
Ticker Symbol:
DIS

Stock Exchanges:
NYSE - NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
 
Stock Price:
$ 16.90

Market Cap:
$ 34.48 B
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    The Walt Disney Company began in the back of a small office which in Los Angeles of 1923. This is the exact location where Mr. Walt Disney, along with his brother Roy, created a series of short live-action/ animated films which were titled the Alice Comedies. The rent was a mere $10 a month. Within four months, the ever-growing staff moved next door to larger facilities, where the sign on the window read "Disney Bros. Studio." A year later, in 1925, the Disneys made a deposit on a Hyperion Avenue lot in the Silver Lake district of Los Angeles. Construction began on the new studio shortly thereafter. During the next 14 years, many changes took place at the Disney studio: Mickey Mouse was born in 1928, followed by Pluto, Goofy, Donald Duck, and the rest of the Disney gang.

    In 1937, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was an immediate success and proved the worldwide market for animated features. In order to expand and meet the expectations of his audience, Walt saw a need to increase the size of his studio. With profits from Snow White, he made a deposit on 51 acres of land in Burbank and began designing a modern studio specifically for the purpose of making animated films.

    The Animation Building, housing the Disney Artists and animators, was planned in the center of the lot. Across a small street were built the Inking and Painting and the Camera buildings, where the artwork was completed and photographed. Next to Camera, in the Cutting building, the post production process occurred. Sound facilities included dubbing, scoring, effects, and voice recording studios. Many of the buildings were linked together by an underground tunnel, so even in bad weather, the process of making animated films was not disrupted. To enhance the campus-like setting, all of the utilities were placed underground which was an innovation for 1940.

   During the 1940s and 1950s many prominent animated features were produced in Burbank, including Fantasia, Pinocchio, Bambi, Cinderella, Alice In Wonderland, and Peter Pan.

    " As Mr.Disney's motion pictures and television programs became successful, he felt a desire to branch out. One area that intrigued him was amusement parks. He had taken his two young daughters to zoos, carnivals, and other entertainment enterprises, but he always ended up sitting on the bench as they rode the merry-go-round and had all the fun. He felt that there should be a park where parents and children could go and have a good time together. This was the genesis of Disneyland. After several years of planning and construction, the new park opened July 17, 1955."

    After producing many more films and  programs, along with regularly adding attractions to his park, Mr. Walt Disney died on  December 15, 1966.  Although this was the end of an era, his creations would live and flourish forever.

    "Roy O. Disney, who after Walt's death oversaw the building and financing of Walt Disney World, died late in 1971, and for the next decade the company was led by a team including Card Walker, Donn Tatum, and Ron Miller - all originally trained by the Disney brothers. One of Walt Disney's last plans had been for the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow, or EPCOT, as he called it. While he died before the plans could be refined, they were brought out again in a few years, and in 1979 ground was broken for the new park in Florida. Epcot Center, a combination of Future World and World Showcase representing an investment of over a billion dollars, opened to great acclaim October 1, 1982."

    For more than seven decades, The Walt Disney Company has succeeded in making its name know in the field of family entertainment. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to today's major corporation, it continues its priority of providing quality entertainment for the entire family. The officers of Walt Disney have continued to expand the company by adding sectors overseas, purchasing sporting teams, and producing radio and television newworks. The Disney Company is sure to live forever.




   

Salary:  $ 6.0 M

    "Mr. Eisner, 60, has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since 1984. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Eisner was President and Chief Operating Officer of Paramount Pictures Corp., which was then a wholly owned subsidiary of Gulf+Western Industries, Inc. Prior to joining Paramount in 1976, Mr. Eisner was Senior Vice President, Prime Time Programming, for ABC Entertainment, a division of the American Broadcasting Company, Inc., with responsibility for the development and supervision of all prime-time series programming, limited series movies made for television and the acquisition of talent."

Birthname: Robert A. Iger
Birthdate: February 10, 1951
Birthplace: New York, New York
Wife: Willow Bay
 (co-anchor of CNN Moneyline)
Salary:  $ 5.7 M

 

Salary: $1.9 M

    "Mr. Staggs,41, joined the Company’s strategic planning operation in 1990 and was named Senior Vice President-Strategic Planning and Development of the Company in 1995. In May 1998, he was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In October 1999, Mr. Staggs was promoted to Senior Executive Vice President. Mr. Staggs is also a member of the supervisory board of Euro Disney S.C.A. and chairman of the supervisory board of Fox Kids Europe N.V., a subsidiary of the Company whose shares are publicly traded in Europe. " 

    "Mr. Disney, 73, has been Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company since 1984, and since November 1985 has also served as head of the Company’s animation department. In addition, Mr. Disney is Chairman of the Board of Shamrock Holdings, Inc., which, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in real estate development and the making of investments. Mr. Disney is a nephew of the late Walt Disney."

Salary: N/A

 
   "Thomas Schumacher has been named president, Buena Vista Theatrical Worldwide, the Disney unit that oversees Disney's live stage productions around the world, and David Stainton has been named president, Walt Disney Feature Animation, it was announced today by Michael D. Eisner, chairman and CEO, The Walt Disney Company, and Richard Cook, chairman, The Walt Disney Studios. Both divisions will fall under the auspices of The Walt Disney Studios and will work directly with Eisner on creative content. Schumacher's new appointment is part of The Walt Disney Studios' strategy of streamlining its animation and live stage productions divisions, taking into account the enormous growth of production, particularly in the areas of television animation and theater. Television animation production will move into the Disney Channel Worldwide division, overseen by Anne Sweeney......."   MORE




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