DISNEY VETOES POTENTIAL SALE OF MAGAZINES.Byline: Dave McNary Daily News Staff Writer A week after putting them on the sales block, 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 Co. announced Thursday that it has decided to keep Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. magazine, Women's Wear Daily Women's Wear Daily (WWD) is a fashion-industry trade journal sometimes called "the bible of fashion."[1][2] It is the flagship journal of Fairchild Publications, Inc.[3] WWD's publisher is Ralph Erardy, Sr. and the fashion monthly W. Disney had announced Jan. 28 that it might sell the newspapers and magazines it bought as part of its takeover of Capital Cities/ABC Inc., prompting analysts to speculate that Disney could fetch up to $3 billion from sales. The Burbank-based entertainment giant also said it could retain some of the publications, swap them or spin them off to shareholders. Spokesman John Dreyer John Louis Emil Dreyer (February 13 1852 – September 14 1926) was a Danish-Irish astronomer. He was born Johan Ludvig Emil Dreyer in Copenhagen. In 1874, at the age of 22, he went to Ireland to work as the assistant of Lord Rosse (the son and successor of the said Disney has not yet decided the fate of the other assets other assets Assets of relatively small value. For financial reporting purposes, firms frequently combine small assets into a single category rather than listing each item separately. , including The Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). Star and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram The Fort Worth Star-Telegram is a major U.S. daily newspaper serving Fort Worth and the western half of the North Texas area known as the Metroplex. Its area of domination is checked by its main rival, The Dallas Morning News newspapers, medical publications and the Chilton Co. group of trade publications. He said a decision will be made within a year. Dreyer reported that all the assets have drawn interest from potential buyers since Disney announced its $19 billion takeover of Capital Cities/ABC in August 1995. ``That interest became elevated following the announcement last week,'' he added. Disney decided to keep Fairchild Publications, the parent of W and Women's Wear Daily, so it is keeping a string of publications that include Footwear News, Golf Pro, Salon News, Sports Style and Daily News Record, which covers the men's fashion industry. Los Angeles magazine, a monthly headquartered in Century City, will become part of Fairchild. Dreyer said Fairchild's strength in consumer magazines fits well with other Disney publications, such as Disney Adventures, Discover, Family Fun and Family PC, and will give Disney two different platforms for launching new magazines. Fairchild plans to debut Jane, a magazine for women in their 20s, he noted. Reports have emerged that Fairchild attracted buying interest from an S.I. Newhouses subsidiary, Advance Publications Inc., whose magazines include Conde Nast and the New Yorker, and Meigher Communications LP, whose titles include Saveur and Garden Design. |
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