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Salon.com
June 2, 2000
Gregg Kilday |
The toons that won't be "King" The most successful cartoon ever made is also the worst thing that could ever happen to animation.   |
The Motley Fool
May 20, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Back to the Drawing Board Computer animation is all the rage these days, but that may be why Disney should go back to its roots. |
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
January 12, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney Paints it Black Reports have Disney closing its animation studio in Florida. |
The Motley Fool
November 28, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Don't Toon Out the Pioneers DreamWorks Animation and Disney's Pixar will be keeping their crowns. Investors, take note. |
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
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
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
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. |
Wired
June 2005
Robert La Franco |
The DreamWorks Machine Disney escapee Jeffrey Katzenberg knows the animation business. He also knows his toon factory can't compete with Pixar on quality. So he's making it up on volume. |
The Motley Fool
March 31, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Discounting Disney If the first strategic shift by Children's Place is to provide a shopping experience that emphasizes marked-down Disney goods, isn't Children's Place going to cheapen the Disney brand? |
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. |
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
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. |
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
October 25, 2004
Steven Mallas |
Incredible Marketing Muscle The Incredibles' must perform beyond all expectations. Dreamworks Animation will be going public soon, which can only signal that the competition for audiences of computer animation is going to be stiff (as well as the competition for investment dollars). |
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
November 18, 2004
Steven Mallas |
Disney Toys with Jobs' Baby Disney reportedly plans to make another sequel to once-Pixar film "Toy Story." Whether or not Disney will be able to capture the magic of its former pixilated partner in crime on its own is a subject for debate. |
The Motley Fool
September 4, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Throw This Stock Away: Disney With looming concerns and troublesome signs, is it time to get rid of your Disney stock? |
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. |
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 19, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney's Not Goofy The entertainment giant wraps up a successful fiscal year and sets the course for consistent growth. |
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
March 21, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney Is Cool Again The family entertainment giant is showing off these days. The long path it took to get to this point is almost immaterial now. The important thing for investors is that it has finally arrived. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
February 6, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney's New Draw Disney teams up with a new animation studio to draw in a different direction. |
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 19, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney's Reel People The media giant is scaling back its studio releases -- but don't tell its public relations department. |
The Motley Fool
March 21, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney Digging DreamWorks? Rumors of Disney making a play for DreamWorks Animation seem ludicrous, though stranger things have happened. |
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
November 14, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney's No Chicken The company's latest animated hit has legs. Chicken legs. It's great to see Disney saved by the same animation studio that it had been hell-bent on dismantling in recent years, just when it needed it the most. |
Fast Company
December 2009
Mark Borden |
Jeffrey Katzenberg Plans on Living Happily Ever After As a young prince, Jeffrey Katzenberg made billions for the Magic Kingdom, but his ambition got him banished. Now the CEO of DreamWorks Animation has a (smaller) kingdom of his own -- and every intention of living happily ever after. |
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
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. |
Fast Company
December 2005
Alan Deutschman |
Attack of the Baby Pixars Many people are trying digital animation - and trying to shoot the big studios' lights out. |
The Motley Fool
October 13, 2006
Steven Mallas |
Under the Sea With Disney The Little Mermaid swims away with 4 million DVDs in one week. Disney's stock is doing well this year; the upcoming holiday season will be, at least in part, helped along by The Little Mermaid brand. |
BusinessWeek
March 28, 2005
Ronald Grover |
Hello DreamWorks, Goodbye Pixar? With Michael Eisner out of the picture, Disney has more options |
The Motley Fool
May 9, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Don't Be Goofy, Send Mom Some Disney Love Disney is pretty special. Just like mom. |
The Motley Fool
May 11, 2011
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Does Disney Need a Skype? The family entertainment giant may need to jump start its organic growth. |
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. |
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
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. |
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
January 31, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney in 2010 Let's take a look at what Disney may look like two years in the future. |
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
July 29, 2005
Steven Mallas |
McDonald's Trades Mouse for Troll McDonald's enters an agreement to promote DreamWorks Animation's Shrek 3 -- how does Disney feel? |
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. |
The Motley Fool
August 30, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
From Zero to Hero For a filmmaker that prides itself on milking a hit through its various operating revenue streams, fiscal success often begins with the successful parting of the red curtains. Disney needed a hero, but this Hero came too late. |
The Motley Fool
November 1, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Drawn to DreamWorks This stock has gone nowhere. The playing field is crowded. Direct-to-video is drying up as a major release outlet. What's an investor to do? Its third-quarter profit is just the beginning of a possible upswing. |
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. |
