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BusinessWeek April 22, 2010 Shields & White |
CFTC Green-Lights a Film Derivatives Market Hollywood insiders and some senators worry that movie derivatives could influence which films bomb at the box office. |
The Motley Fool December 31, 2004 Steven Mallas |
Lemony's a Lemon for Viacom Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events is having an unfortunate time at the box office. Viacom shareholders were certainly hoping for something more. |
The Motley Fool March 8, 2005 Steven Mallas |
Disney High on Diesel The Pacifier, starring Vin Diesel, brings success for Disney's studio division despite large production costs. |
The Motley Fool September 2, 2004 Steven Mallas |
Disney's Global Conquest The Buena Vista International unit achieved more than $1 billion in box office gross. With the stock having seen much better days, the news was not as impressive as it sounds. |
The Motley Fool May 31, 2006 Alyce Lomax |
Disney's Download Deal CinemaNow and Disney team up to digitally distribute more movies. |
The Motley Fool July 22, 2011 Elizabeth Moran |
How Smart is Viacom's New Venture? A fledgling animation division could help Paramount recruit a new generation of loyal moviegoers. |
BusinessWeek November 7, 2005 Ronald Grover |
The Lion, The Witch, And The Franchise Disney is counting on Narnia to reel in an audience of kids, gamers, and Christians. |
The Motley Fool June 21, 2011 Anders Bylund |
Apple's Secret Marketing Machine How does Apple get tons of big-screen product placement while claiming not to pay for any of it? |
The Motley Fool February 16, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Date DreamWorks, Marry Disney, Kill Viacom Investors, here are recommendations for a short-term trade (date), a long-term investment (marry), and a stock to short (kill). |
The Motley Fool October 5, 2004 Steven Mallas |
Disney Studio Climbs Ladder "Ladder 49" finally brings the company's movie segment some relief. |
BusinessWeek May 5, 2011 Michael White |
This Summer, Hollywood Could Use a Hero Hollywood will roll out big-budget movies almost weekly this summer in an effort to erase a $500 million box-office deficit so far in 2011. |
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 September 21, 2006 Steven Mallas |
News Corp. Has Faith Fox looks to the heavens for shareholder value. The company's Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment unit revealed plans to target the faith-based marketplace. |
BusinessWeek June 11, 2007 Jason Bush |
Mouse Ears Over Moscow Disney, already a force in Russia, is set to make local movies and launch a TV channel. |
BusinessWeek October 29, 2009 Ronald Grover |
Disney Remakes the Movie Studio Disney CEO Robert A. Iger is applying the company's brand marketing savvy to film making. |
Fast Company August 10, 2011 Jay Woodruff |
Rich Ross Makes Moves (and Movies) at Disney Innovation in Hollywood isn't for the faint of heart. Meet Rich Ross, the outsider (from television, no less!) tugging Disney's movie studio into the 21st century. |
The Motley Fool September 16, 2005 Steven Mallas |
Disney Studios Need Some Magic The Mouse's studios are set to lose as much as $300 million in the fourth quarter. Disney really is a frustrating stock at times. |
The Motley Fool November 7, 2006 Steven Mallas |
Borat Make Fool Big of Disney News Corp.'s Borat comedy steals the ho-ho-ho thunder of Disney's latest release. There's a lesson to be learned from Borat -- don't underestimate the competition. Robust marketing and hip satire can trump big franchises. |
The Motley Fool October 2, 2007 Steven Mallas |
Disney and The Rock: A Great Tag Team The new Disney family film The Game Plan offers further proof that Disney's branding strategy works. Disney wants to focus on family fare and keep its movie slate to a minimum number of releases that yield a maximum return. |
BusinessWeek May 13, 2010 James E. Ellis |
Hollywood's Big Bets on Summer Movies Tinseltown is hoping for a blockbuster summer season. |
The Motley Fool July 7, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney's Pirates at the Multiplex Disney's latest swashbuckler film has "blockbuster" written all over it. And that's good news for investors. |
The Motley Fool January 12, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
A Royal Short? A night at the movies may not result in a happy ending for Regal. While the company's healthy cash flow has been the bright spot with Regal, it should be noted that more than half of the third quarter's free cash flow was the result of asset sales. |
The Motley Fool October 19, 2010 Anders Bylund |
Disney Wants Its Heroes Back Disney wants to have its superhero cake and eat it, too. |
BusinessWeek June 2, 2011 Ronald Grover |
Disney's Toy Branding Strategy Animated film shorts featuring Toy Story characters may spur merchandise sales. |
The Motley Fool August 24, 2007 Steven Mallas |
Viacom, Blu-ray, and Michael Bay The format wars continue. Backlash from Viacom's recent decision to produce its Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation movies only in HD-DVD format. |
Fast Company December 2005 Mark N. Vamos |
Editor's Letter: Hooray for Hollywood There is a revolution taking place in the film industry. |
CRM December 2011 Eric Barkin |
The Monday Morning Numbers on Movie Marketing How international growth, social media, and a decline in DVD sales are changing the film industry's marketing strategies. |
The Motley Fool June 1, 2006 Steven Mallas |
Box-Office Blues Banished The summer should provide a lot of opportunity for the various motion picture studio operating segments to bring in the bucks. Investors, now's the time to shop. |
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. |
Home Theater May 6, 2009 |
Hulu Gets Disney The video streaming site Hulu got a new high-profile partner last week with the announcement that Disney movies and TV shows would be available. |
The Motley Fool May 11, 2006 Anders Bylund |
Viacom Looking for Clues Here we have a slow-growing but dependable cable TV operation, with a film studio that can't seem to grow except by buying other companies, and some waffling on how to spend freshly borrowed money. Investors, do you see what Viacom's ready for in the near future? |
The Motley Fool May 25, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Pirates Invade the Multiplex Disney's Pirates hits the screen in a major way. For Disney, this is more than just a movie. |
BusinessWeek March 28, 2005 Ronald Grover |
Hello DreamWorks, Goodbye Pixar? With Michael Eisner out of the picture, Disney has more options |
BusinessWeek April 17, 2006 |
The Director's Cut Steven Spielberg discusses the breakup with Universal, his new pals at Paramount, and Indiana Jones 4. |
The Motley Fool November 9, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The Best Blue Chip for 2007: Disney Investors, Disney is the family-friendly blue chip that you know well. |
The Motley Fool October 7, 2011 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
3 Reasons Why Comcast's $60 Movies Will Fail The cable giant is testing on-demand rentals of nearly first-run features. |
The Motley Fool May 3, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Drawn to DreamWorks DreamWorks Animation has a mixed quarter, but the real test lies with Over the Hedge. Investors, caution is the word here. |
The Motley Fool November 15, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
DreamWorks Gets a Courtesy Flush Bad movie? Flush. Secondary offering? Secondary flush. Right now, individual investors have the opportunity to buy into a company for less than the $28 a pop that fat-cat institutions and brokerage clients paid in the fall of 2004. |
The Motley Fool September 28, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
No Hollywood Ending ... Yet GE and DreamWorks SKG won't wed after all, but there are plenty of potential suitors waiting in the wings. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool July 8, 2005 Steven Mallas |
Disney's Summertime Blues Disney's movies are slumping at the box office -- along with the industry as a whole but investors needn't worry. |
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. |
The Motley Fool December 16, 2010 Jordan DiPietro |
Our Top 3 Entertainment Stocks for 2011 Roundtable of best entertainment stocks for next year, including one that is almost like a mutual fund. |
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 October 6, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Casting Changes for Hollywood Execs Disney and Universal swap out their movie-studio top brass. |
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 March 7, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
It's a Small World, Disney Disney is making waves in China and Japan. |
Financial Advisor May 2006 Louis Stanasolovich |
Managed Futures: Worth A Look Most financial advisors and the general public have little knowledge of managed futures as an investable asset class, but they offer a way to increase returns and diversification in a long-term bear market. |
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 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 August 3, 2004 Steven Mallas |
Disney's Haunted Village "The Village" was the No. 1 movie over the weekend... but is it enough to break Disney's movie slump? |