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Fast Company
Ed Catmull |
Lessons From Pixar President Ed Catmull: Your Ideas Are "Ugly Babies," You Are Their Champion The author claims that every new idea in any field needs protection. Pixar was set up to protect the movie director's ugly baby.   |
Fast Company
Ed Catmull |
Ed Catmull On Why Things Will Always Go Wrong -- Even At Pixar Every time we make a mistake there is pain, and I'm acutely aware that some people bear more pain than others [some 50 people were recently laid off]. But our core belief is that we've got to do the right thing for the movies. |
InternetNews
January 24, 2006
David Needle |
Disney Buys Pixar The Walt Disney Company made a bold move toward reclaiming leadership of the movie animation market on Tuesday with the purchase of Pixar Animation Studios. |
The Motley Fool
March 30, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney Meets the New Neighbors Investors, don't read too much into what should be ordinary numbers for Meet the Robinsons over the weekend. Better indications will come when Disney-animated projects including American Dog and The Frog Princess are released over the next couple of years. |
The Motley Fool
November 16, 2006
Mac Greer |
Pixar U and Whistling While You Work Here's what Bill Taylor, author of Mavericks at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win, has to say about Pixar and what it means to investors. |
Wired
June 2004
Austin Bunn |
Welcome to Planet Pixar How the pixel-packing upstart became an animation superpower and left Disney in the dust. |
The Motley Fool
May 9, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Farewell, Pixar Pixar investors are now receiving 2.3 shares of freshly minted Disney stock for each Pixar stub they hold. The deal, which was valued at $7.4 billion when it was first announced, was ultimately worth $8.3 billion, as improving fundamentals at both companies propelled the shares higher. |
Fast Company
Ed Catmull |
Inside The Pixar Braintrust One of Pixar's key mechanisms is the Braintrust, which we rely on to push us toward excellence and to root out mediocrity. The Braintrust meets every few months or so to assess each movie we're making. |
Inc.
June 2006
David A. Price |
How Pixar Cheated Death Pixar's a great success story, but it's worth remembering how close Steve Jobs & Co. came to an unhappy ending. |
The Motley Fool
January 25, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney Hearts Pixar Disney set to acquire Pixar in a $7.5 billion deal. This is a clear case where the two companies are more valuable together than apart. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
September 12, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Defending Pixar's Life Don't kick Pixar just because you don't see its ticker symbol around. Pixar helped salvage Disney's brand in animation overnight. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
August 23, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Pixar, Come Back! Disney plays the field in computer animation and strikes out. Maintaining a brand's luster isn't easy. That's why Disney has to be very careful to protect its lineage. |
The Motley Fool
June 4, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Win, Lose, or Draw When two animation powerhouses go to war, it's not whether you win or lose but how you draw. While still partners, Disney and Pixar continue to wage a public war of words that neither party intends to lose. |
The Motley Fool
April 6, 2004
James Early |
Funding Nemo If Pixar doubles its revenues post-Disney, the animation company could be undervalued now. Pixar is the 800-pound gorilla of its industry, with first-rate management and a ton of cash. |
The Motley Fool
June 22, 2006
Rich Smith |
Dueling Fools: Disney Bear Just because a stock is priced cheap-er today than it was nearly a decade ago, that doesn't mean it's cheap, period. This mouse's shares may be headed for a trap. |
Fast Company
Evie Nagy |
Beyond Incredible: Building The Next Pixar Pixar's alums, steeped for decades in a potent creative culture, reveal how they apply the company's philosophies of success to their own ventures. |
The Motley Fool
August 16, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney's Not-So-Valiant Retreat Disney's latest animated entry isn't really its own handiwork. There's never a good reason for Disney not to try to win over an audience on the merit of its own name first. |
Fast Company
Nicole Laporte |
How "Frozen" Director Jennifer Lee Reinvented The Story Of The Snow Queen The fact that Jennifer Lee is a woman isn't the only thing that makes her one of the most unorthodox directors at Walt Disney Animation Studios. |
The Motley Fool
May 24, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Pixar's About-Pace An analyst raises Pixar's price target aggressively on the premise of a busier production slate. |
The Motley Fool
July 13, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney Screens for Greens The media giant may be ready to scale back its live action studio productions. A lighter slate will give Disney the luxury to spend more on fewer flicks, but that also exposes Disney to more risk if it puts out too many flops in a row. |
The Motley Fool
November 22, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Pixar's Folly The emergence of another Toy Story flick leads one to wonder who has the upper hand in Pixar's relationship with Disney. |
The Motley Fool
November 5, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
That's Incredibles! Pixar is hoping for an "incredible" opening to its latest animated feature. |
The Motley Fool
June 22, 2007
Anders Bylund |
Duel Revisited: Disney The Pixar deal hasn't shown us its true value yet. DreamWorks Animation and News Corp.'s Fox Animation Studios had better watch out, now that Disney once again has a spark of creative genius in the house. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
June 7, 2006
Tim Hanson |
Revolutionize Your Portfolio Find the companies set to sink today's giants. The problem with investing in big companies: They're too moribund to do anything too cutting-edge. |
Popular Mechanics
June 26, 2008
Peter Debruge |
Why Pixar Is the Apple of Hollywood Nearly everyone in the CGI industry has relied on Mac's OS for years, and these days they're mostly all using RenderMan, which has evolved at the source with each Pixar project's new functionality. |
The Motley Fool
May 7, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Pixar's Future Unfolds The animation studio Pixar delivers another solid quarter and another shot at a brighter future. |
The Motley Fool
May 6, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Pixar Disappoints Me But not Wall Street, which doesn't seem to notice that every quarter is spectacular for Pixar. |
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
November 18, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney's Extreme Makeover Disney's quarter isn't as good as its potential. Entertainment giants tend to get these quarterly fluctuations. |
The Motley Fool
November 9, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Pixar: From Here to Infinity The animation giant zoomed past Wall Street's expectations of just $0.11 a share on $30.6 million in revenues by posting earnings of $0.22 a share on $45.8 million in revenues. |
The Motley Fool
March 17, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Break It Off, Bob Disney's Bob Iger has a lot of things to do. Playing nice with Pixar isn't one of them. |
BusinessWeek
May 31, 2004
Ronald Grover |
More Malice In Wonderland Can Disney keep the Weinstein brothers from bailing out? The Miramax chiefs are unhappy. |
Wired
October 23, 2007
Josh Mchugh |
Pixar's Rise From Lucasfilm Castoff to Disney Domination Karen Paik and Leslie Iwerk's coffee-table retrospective is packed with concept art, storyboards, and other fanboy fodder and tells the story of Pixar Animation Studios. |
BusinessWeek
March 10, 2011
Charlie Rose |
Charlie Rose Talks to Bob Iger The Disney CEO on mending fences with Steve Jobs, getting him to part with Pixar, and the prospects for the House of Mouse in the developing world. |
The Motley Fool
March 8, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Pixar Going Out in Style Why should Pixar shareholders be giddy? Well, analysts were expecting the company to earn just $0.18 a share on $45.4 million in revenues. Pixar blew those marks away. It can't help it. |
The Motley Fool
August 23, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Time Warner Thinks Small Screen The media giant hops on the "direct to video" bandwagon. If it can avoid the likely pitfalls, Time Warner may find a hungry market. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
May 5, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Kid Flicks, Adult Profits Pixar's films have averaged a whopping $239 million and that's just at the domestic box office. Scoring riches overseas along with the eventual home video releases and lucrative merchandising opportunities, Pixar's a money machine. |
The Motley Fool
January 24, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Is Pixar Worth $7 Billion to Disney? The short answer? Yes. CEO Bob Iger won't take the chance of repeating his predecessor's mistake by waiting to figure out the fair price for Pixar while the meter keeps running. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
December 2, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
When Quality Mattered With or without Pixar, Disney will do everything possible to make Toy Story 3 a winner. Consumers need to see that. Mentored studios need to see that. |
Reason
January 2009
Brian Doherty |
Pixar's Stories An animation company's inspirational rise from Nowheresville to infinity, and beyond in the new book by David A. Price, The PixarTouch: The Making of a Company. |
The Motley Fool
November 7, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Chicken Feed for Disney Disney's latest animated feature opens with mixed results. Investors, take note. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
March 28, 2005
Ronald Grover |
Hello DreamWorks, Goodbye Pixar? With Michael Eisner out of the picture, Disney has more options |
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. |
BusinessWeek
February 6, 2006
Burrows & Grover |
Steve Jobs' Magic Kingdom How Apple's demanding visionary will shake up Disney and the world of entertainment. |
The Motley Fool
February 3, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Pixar's Power Play Pixar is lining up for the last laugh, even if it laughs alone. |
The Motley Fool
November 18, 2004
Lawrence Meyers |
Pixar, Marvel Share Secret Everything points to continued success for both Pixar and Marvel. That's the kind of story investors love to hear. |
The Motley Fool
December 4, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney's Animated Response More layoffs at Disney? It's not as bad as you think. As long as it leans on the Pixar gray matter, which has done nothing but serve up classy epic after classy epic, Disney's future will be brighter than its bleaker recent past in in-house animation. |
The Motley Fool
June 13, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney's Slow-Moving Cars Disney's latest animated release comes up short, but the race isn't over. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
October 5, 2004
Steven Mallas |
Disney Studio Climbs Ladder "Ladder 49" finally brings the company's movie segment some relief. |
