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Published Date: Aug. 3, 1999
Company Name: The Walt Disney Company
Address: 500 S. Buena Vista St.
Burbank, Calif. 91521-0000
Main Telephone
Number: 818/560-1000
Chief Executive
Officer: Michael D. Eisner
Chief Financial
Officer: Tom Staggs
Investor Relations
Contact: Wendy Webb
Business number: 818/560-5758
Public Relations
Contact: John Dreyer
Business number: 818/560-5300
Industry: Entertainment/Media
Trading Symbol/
Exchange: DIS/NYSE
Company description: The Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney Company is a diversified diversified (di·verˑ·s , international family entertainment and media company whose operations include theme parks and resorts, filmed entertainment including motion pictures and television shows, home video products, records, consumer products, a cruise line A cruise line is a company that operates cruise ships. Cruise lines have a dual character; they are partly in the transportation business, and partly in the leisure entertainment business, a duality that carries down into the ships themselves, which have both a crew headed by the , radio and television stations, broadcast and cable networks, Internet offerings, publishing activities and professional sports The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. enterprises. Disney owns ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. Inc. Founded in 1923 by Walter E. Disney and his brother Roy O. Disney Roy Oliver Disney (June 24, 1893–December 20, 1971, aged 78) was, with his younger brother Walt Disney, co-founder of what is now The Walt Disney Company. Roy served as the company's chief executive officer (1929–1971)-though title name wasn't given until 1968-, , The Walt Disney Company generated revenues of $23 billion in 1998. It employs more than 110,000 people worldwide. |
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