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InternetNews
February 17, 2004
Roy Mark |
Disney Rejects Comcast's Takeover Bid Board leaves door open for higher bid from the cable ISP player.   |
InternetNews
February 11, 2004
Ryan Naraine |
Comcast Sees Broadband Dominance in Disney Bid The blockbuster $66 billion takeover bid comes just days after Disney CEO rejects merger talks. Will the House of the Mouse become a new cable ISP gorilla? |
The Motley Fool
February 11, 2004
Jeff Hwang |
Disney Puts Up The company releases strong earnings early as if in rebuttal to Comcast's surprise bid. |
The Motley Fool
February 17, 2004
Jeff Hwang |
Disney Ends Round 1 With its original offer shot down, will Comcast increase its bid? |
BusinessWeek
March 8, 2004
Grover & Lowry |
Get Mickey II: The Plot Thickens Comcast may well make a fresh bid for Walt Disney -- and throw in some cash. |
InternetNews
July 21, 2004
Colin C. Haley |
Comcast, Disney Patch Differences Months after Disney rebuffed Comcast's takeover bid, the companies ink an online content/distribution pact. |
InternetNews
February 12, 2004
Colin Haley |
Comcast: New Technologies Can Spur Disney Deal Comcast execs say streaming media, video-on-demand and personal video recording services will maximize Disney's content; growth markets are online too. |
The Motley Fool
March 25, 2004
Bill Mann |
Comcast Shows Discipline Disney shareholders either expected Comcast to raise its bid, or they expected another company to come in and outbid. Disney's board rejected the Comcast offer as being insufficient, and no other suitors have stepped forward. |
The Motley Fool
April 28, 2004
Phil Wohl |
Comcast Is a Cash Machine The big immediate news was Comcast's withdrawal of its $48.4 billion hostile takeover bid to acquire Disney. The other quieter but just as important news from the cable giant was its first-quarter earnings announcement. |
InternetNews
April 28, 2004
Colin C. Haley |
Comcast Drops Designs on Disney The cable and ISP giant withdraws its offer for the Mouse after the entertainment giant's management refuses to negotiate. |
The Motley Fool
March 4, 2004
Aaron Byrd |
Disney: Notes From the Front Line Even after Disney shareholders voiced their lack of confidence in staggering numbers, the board installed an existing member as the new chairman. |
The Motley Fool
March 10, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney on Ice Disney and Comcast continue their sad courting rituals. |
The Motley Fool
November 22, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney Deals and Deals Again Comcast acquired the entertainment giant's 39.5% stake in E! Networks. The deal makes sense. Disney gets $1.23 billion for the stake, and now Comcast will own the entertainment network in its entirety. What will it mean to investors? |
The Motley Fool
November 22, 2006
David Lee Smith |
Comcast Visits the Magic Kingdom Comcast and Disney have been unusual among media companies in 2006 -- the year has been good to their shareholders. That shouldn't change now, since it appears that these two revitalized companies have inked a win-win agreement. |
BusinessWeek
March 15, 2004
Grover & Lowry |
Now It's Time To Say Goodbye How Disney's board can move beyond the Eisner era |
BusinessWeek
February 23, 2004
Ronald Grover |
Payback Time For An Ex-Boy Wonder? Disney's wunderkind, Stephen Burke, created a hugely profitable chain with the Disney stores. Will he return? |
InternetNews
September 10, 2004
Colin C. Haley |
Disney's Eisner to Make Exit in 2006 After rebuffing Comcast's hostile takeover attempt, the CEO plans to bid the mouse adieu. Could a tech CEO succeed him? |
The Motley Fool
February 6, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Jobs for Disney A look at the possibility of Apple's Steve Jobs taking the helm at Disney. Eisner isn't ready to step out. Jobs isn't ready to step in. That still doesn't detract from the tantalizing possibilities. |
The Motley Fool
December 29, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
A Disney Year Take a tour through Disney's busy 2004. January: Who will ink the next wave of animated Disney classics?... February: In another slap to Disney's managerial performance, Comcast made a hostile buyout bid... etc. |
BusinessWeek
February 23, 2004
Lowry et al. |
Mega Media Mergers: How Dangerous? If Comcast wins Disney, a few behemoths will dominate news, entertainment, and distribution |
BusinessWeek
March 8, 2004
Gene G. Marcial |
A Nibble From The Mouse? Some pros who owned shares of both Walt Disney and Comcast before the latter made its bid for Disney are now buying into InterActiveCorp. Here's why: They figure it's undervalued on assets and fundamentals and also that Disney may end up buying it. |
The Motley Fool
February 13, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Eisner's Last Stand With Disney in play, the days may be numbered for its CEO. |
BusinessWeek
October 3, 2005
Ronald Grover |
Calming The Crowd After Eisner's Thrill Ride On October 1, Robert Iger finally takes over as CEO of the beleaguered Walt Disney Co. |
The Motley Fool
February 13, 2004
W.D. Crotty |
McKesson Still Wants Moore Buying the stock of a takeover candidate has its risks. The acquision of surgical and pharmaceutical products specialist Moore Medical by SJ Strategic Investments fell through, but McKesson is still interested. There are still many possibilities for Disney. |
The Motley Fool
September 15, 2004
Ben McClure |
Comcast Wins in Sony-MGM Deal Comcast shareholders should be thrilled with the Sony-MGM deal. |
InternetNews
September 27, 2004
Colin C. Haley |
Comcast, TW Mull Joint Adelphia Bid The companies may team to buy the bankrupt cable provider to maximize the chances of success. |
The Motley Fool
March 10, 2004
Jeff Hwang |
Sports Matters The NBA TV channel helps Comcast compete with satellite. |
The Motley Fool
February 12, 2004
W.D. Crotty |
The Other Cable Story Cox Communications offers investors lots to ponder. |
BusinessWeek
March 22, 2004
Ronald Grover |
Can Michael Eisner Hold The Fort? Having fired the first volley, Disney stockholders are in no mood to back off |
The Motley Fool
December 12, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Fool on the Street: Disney Winning All Three Battles It's shaping up to be another good year for Disney -- and CFO Tom Staggs -- as the company's stock reaches highs last seen six years ago. It's winning in all three areas of focus. In theory, that should be good enough to win the war. |
The Motley Fool
September 13, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Eyes on Eisner Folks who bought into the company five years ago are sporting a loss on paper. Disney's CEO gets ready to move on. |
The Motley Fool
March 11, 2004
D. Gardner & T. Gardner |
Disney Disses Shareholders Eisner and Mitchell remain despite significant shareholder dissent. |
The Motley Fool
May 13, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney's Big Cheese Disney scores a great quarter in a sea of turmoil. |
The Motley Fool
March 3, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The Case for Eisner Disney's annual meeting today will be an eventful one. |
BusinessWeek
December 15, 2003
Ronald Grover |
Keeping The Keys To The Kingdom Critics have plenty of bones to pick with Michael Eisner -- and they'll keep picking. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Has the Kingdom of Disney Lost its Magic? Despite the popularity of its megahit movie The Lion King, the Walt Disney Co. these days is hardly king of the jungle. Its revenues are sagging amid declining theme park attendance, a lack of movie hits, and poor ratings for its ABC network. Long-time Disney CEO Michael Eisner on the hot seat. |
The Motley Fool
December 3, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
3 Reasons Comcast Needs NBC Universal Comcast has plenty to gain in its deal with NBC Universal, so let's break down a few of the reasons why it's actually happening. |
BusinessWeek
February 5, 2007
Ronald Grover |
How Bob Iger Unchained Disney The Oscar for Disney's turnaround goes to... Bob Iger. No, wait, to Michael Eisner. No, both. |
The Motley Fool
August 11, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney's Mindful Moves The entertainment giant saw its fiscal third-quarter profits rise by 21% to $0.29 a share on a 17% spike in revenues. |
The Motley Fool
July 14, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Give Disney Some Credit It seems only months ago that credit rating agencies were threatening to downgrade Comcast if it went through with its proposed acquisition of Disney. Standard & Poor's is now upgrading Disney's corporate credit rating. |
The Motley Fool
July 12, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Disney's Dividend Beleaguered Walt Disney CEO Michael Eisner hinted that shareholders may hear about an increased dividend before the year is out. |
The Motley Fool
April 30, 2004
Steven Mallas |
It's the Dividend, Disney The price of the Disney stock shouldn't be the big concern. The major issue is the dividend, a paltry $0.21 per share that hasn't seen a raise for a long time. |
The Motley Fool
September 17, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The Next Big Cheese Running Disney isn't easy. You have fans, special interest groups, and investors pulling at the company in different directions, and one may have to concede that it's a thankless job if you ultimately can't make everybody happy. |
The Motley Fool
February 26, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney Braces for Battle CalPERS takes another California company to task. "We have lost complete confidence in Mr. Eisner's strategic vision and leadership in creating shareholder value in the company," the pension said in a biting press release. |
BusinessWeek
October 8, 2009
Grover & Lowry |
A Touchdown for Comcast? Wall Street may not like the cable giant's bid for NBC Universal, but it could make sense. |
The Motley Fool
December 29, 2011
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
3 Things That Disney Must Do in 2012 The family entertainment giant looks forward to an animated 2012. |
The Motley Fool
April 13, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
A Foolish Baby Shower: Disney The family entertainment giant would be a great stock choice for new arrivals. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
October 5, 2009
David Lee Smith |
How Worthy Is the Comcast Buying Opportunity? There appear to be more negatives than positives to a Comcast/NBC Universal combo. |
The Motley Fool
February 10, 2010
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney Has a Blowout Quarter Disney beats analyst expectations and manages to increase revenues amid a recession. |
The Motley Fool
May 27, 2004
Nathan Slaughter |
Comcast Casts Wider Net The No. 1 cable operator is set to expand its VoIP and DVR services. |
