Entertainment.Climate: Hollywood studios bounced back in the summer of 2006 following a weak performance the previous summer. Leading the way was the Walt Disney Co.'s "Pirates of the Caribbean This article is about the franchise. For other, more specific uses, see Pirates of the Caribbean (disambiguation). For real pirates, see Piracy in the Caribbean. Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Man's Chest," which earned more than $1 billion in worldwide receipts. Biggest News: The Valley got a double dose of big news in January when the Disney Co. announced its $7 billion acquisition of Pixar Animation. Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . Entertainment and CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. Corp. announced at the same time they were pulling the plug on their respective television networks and replacing them with The CW, based in Burbank. Companies in the News: Disney; NBC Universal saying it would take a second look at using scripted programming during weeknight week·night n. A night of the week exclusive of Saturday and Sunday. week  nights prime time;
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People in the News: Disney Chief Executive Officer and President Robert Iger made good on his pledge to create Disney-branded content, putting that content on as many technological platforms as possible, and expanding into overseas markets. |
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