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The Motley Fool
February 17, 2004
Jeff Hwang |
Disney Ends Round 1 With its original offer shot down, will Comcast increase its bid?   |
InternetNews
February 17, 2004
Roy Mark |
Disney Rejects Comcast's Takeover Bid Board leaves door open for higher bid from the cable ISP player. |
The Motley Fool
March 10, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney on Ice Disney and Comcast continue their sad courting rituals. |
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
February 11, 2004
Bill Mann |
Comcast's Hostile Tango Comcast has approached Disney, putting in a $66 billion takeover bid. Disney CEO Michael Eisner may be opposed, but the company's board may find Comcast a perfect harbor from the storm that's swirling around the House of Mouse. |
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. |
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. |
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
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. |
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
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? |
BusinessWeek
March 15, 2004
Grover & Lowry |
Now It's Time To Say Goodbye How Disney's board can move beyond the Eisner era |
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? |
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
September 27, 2010
Travis Hoium |
Interactive Changes at Disney There's a chance to boost Disney's Interactive Media division as Steve Wadsworth steps down as its leader. |
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
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 |
BusinessWeek
May 31, 2004
Ronald Grover |
More Malice In Wonderland Can Disney keep the Weinstein brothers from bailing out? The Miramax chiefs are unhappy. |
BusinessWeek
August 1, 2005
Gene G. Marcial |
The Lines Ring Off The Hook At Intrado Little-known Intrado, a provider of 911 phone services to U.S. carriers, has attracted some big investors. |
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. |
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? |
| 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. |
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 22, 2005
David Gardner |
Disney's Legacies and Losses "Disney Wars" author James Stewart talks about the wonderful, and sometimes not-so-wonderful, world of Disney. This is the first of three parts. |
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney's Retirement Fanning With Eisner, Disney's 401(k) went for the KO. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
July 11, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Cease-Fire at Disney SaveDisney.com will have to change its name now that a truce has been declared. No matter what, Iger is starting to prove that he was the right choice for Disney. |
The Motley Fool
February 23, 2005
David Gardner |
How Will Eisner Be Remembered? An interview about the wonderful, and sometimes not-so-wonderful, world of Disney with James Stewart, author of the book "Disney Wars." This is the second of three parts. |
The Motley Fool
July 31, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney Doesn't Hit It Out of the Theme Park The family entertainment giant barely tops Wall Street's quarterly expectations. |
The Motley Fool
March 3, 2004
D. Gardner & T. Gardner |
Time for Eisner to Go? David and Tom Gardner talk about the Disney CEO's dismal doings. |
The Motley Fool
April 14, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Three Questions for Disney Just when it appeared the pixie dust had settled after Disney's home wrecker of an annual meeting, five state pension funds asked to meet with the entertainment giant's top brass. It looks like the institutional investors will get their wish next month. |
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. |
InternetNews
September 10, 2004
Colin C. Haley |
eBay CEO Not Tempted by Disney Job A spokesman for the Internet auction giant says Meg Whitman has no plans to leave. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
November 16, 2006
Jeremy MacNealy |
Fool on Call: The Magic of Disney Disney has posted strong earnings growth over the past few years. Keeping up at this pace will prove to be quite a challenge, but Disney seems to be making the right moves. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
March 2, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
More Barbarians at Disney's Gate Disney's world is getting smaller, but that's not a bad thing. Disney knows it doesn't need 43 square miles in Florida to realize all its homegrown dreams. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
September 29, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney Hands It Off If it seems to you as if Disney has been spreading the wealth lately, you're not alone. These aren't mixed signals. This is a company covering all of its bases -- even if ESPN Mobile won't be covering those bases after next month's World Series. |
The Motley Fool
February 18, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney Gets Piggy Disney purchases Muppets to add to their content after contract negotiations break off with Pixar. |
BusinessWeek
October 13, 2003
Gene G. Marcial |
Liberty Media: Set for a Rebound? Liberty Media, the flagship of cable-TV mogul John Malone's empire, hasn't done much in this year's market rally, but some pros think it is poised for a strong rebound. |
The Motley Fool
October 21, 2004
Steven Mallas |
Mickey's Smart Move: Selling Stores Children's Place and The Walt Disney Company have come to a definitive agreement for sale of the North American Disney stores -- a win for the Mouse's stakeholders. |
The Motley Fool
March 20, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
More in Store for Disney Disney is in advanced talks with retailer Children's Place to return many of the Disney Store units back to Disney, reversing a 2004 deal by the kid apparel specialist to take over the then-troubled Disney Store concept. |
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 13, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney Gets Into DGamer Disney teams up with Nintendo for a globally interactive experience. Disney is a natural for Nintendo and its talent for skewing toward younger audiences. |
The Motley Fool
February 14, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Fools' First Loves: Disney This investor believes that owning a piece of Disney, even a small one, is a vote for pixie dust, ageless enchantment, and family entertainment. It has lived through a long list of other stocks that have since come and gone. |
BusinessWeek
September 29, 2003 |
Barry Diller, InterActiveCorp More than anyone else, he has figured out that power flows to Internet middlemen in markets that don't have entrenched leaders. |
The Motley Fool
March 23, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney Learns to Crawl Disney hasn't shaken the dissidents off its mouse tail just yet. |
The Motley Fool
May 18, 2005
W.D. Crotty |
It's Getting Goofy at Disney Former Disney board members want to shake up the company's board. What happens if they succeed? Investors, take note. |
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
May 13, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney's Big Cheese Disney scores a great quarter in a sea of turmoil. |
