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The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is the third largest media and entertainment corporation in the world, after News Corporation and Time Warner. more...
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Founded on October 16, 1923 by brothers Walt and Roy Disney as a small animation studio, it has become one of the biggest Hollywood studios, and owner of eleven theme parks and several television networks, including the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). The works of the Disney Company are the most translated works in the world, according to the Index Translationum.
Disney's corporate headquarters and primary production facilities are located in California at the Walt Disney Studios (Burbank).
The company is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Holdings
Studio entertainment
Until 1955, Disney's only business was motion picture production. Disney Studio Entertainment, often known as the Walt Disney Studios, includes Disney's movie and animation studios, record labels, and Broadway style stage shows.
Since 2002, it has been headed by chairman Dick Cook
Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group: Disney's movie studio, which includes the Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, and Miramax labels;
Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios: Disney's animation studios, which operate independently of each other;
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures: distributes and markets company's motion pictures in the United States;
Walt Disney Motion Pictures International: distributes company's motion pictures internationally;
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment: distributes company's motion pictures to rental and retail markets;
Walt Disney Records: releases original music and movie soundtracks under four labels;
Walt Disney Theatrical Productions: produces Disney Broadway-style shows;
Disney Live Family Entertainment: produces the Disney on Ice shows.;
DisneyToon Studios;
Film and television library
The Walt Disney Company owns a large and substantial film and television library.
The theatrical films and television shows produced by the Walt Disney label, Touchstone, Hollywood Pictures, Pixar and Miramax;;
The pre-2005 Dimension films library.;
After its purchase of ABC/Capital Cities, the company gained rights to most of its theatrical and television film library (including most of the Selznick International Pictures and Selmur Productions films) and a good mount of the Pre-Disney ABC television shows.;
In 2004, Disney bought the Muppet (The Muppet Show, The Muppet Movie) and Bear in the Big Blue House brands and libraries from The Jim Henson Company.;
Disney also bought individual films as well such as the 1940 version of Swiss Family Robinson from RKO and the silent film version of Peter Pan previously released by Paramount Pictures.;
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