IN BRIEF.VALLEY INDEX GAINS: The Daily News/Bloomberg Index rose 0.81 to 138.67, led by Burbank's 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 Co. and Sylmar's MiniMed Inc. Disney rose 2 11/16 to 113 3/16. MiniMed 1-3/8 to 51-3/4. - Bloomberg News DISNEY TUNES IN: N2K Inc., the No. 2 online music company, agreed to be the exclusive music store on the web sites of Burbank-based Walt Disney Co., broadening its exposure with space on the media company's popular Internet pages. N2K, which sells music through its Music Boulevard sites, will also jointly create Web pages for ABC's radio networks and radio stations. - Bloomberg News JURASSIC SEQUAL SEQUAL Seasonal Equatorial Atlantic Experiment SEQUAL Seasonal Response of the Equatorial Atlantic (experiment) COMING: Universal Pictures will produce a third ``Jurassic Park'' movie, hoping to build upon the $1.5 billion the two earlier dinosaur films grossed in theaters worldwide. The movie, which is scheduled to be released as early as the summer of 2000, will be developed by Michael Crichton, who wrote the novels ``Jurassic Park'' and ``The Lost World'' on which the films are based. Steven Spielberg Noun 1. Steven Spielberg - United States filmmaker (born in 1947) Spielberg , who directed the earlier films, will produce the third movie through his Amblin Entertainment production company. Besides box office revenue, the Jurassic Park series tied into theme park attractions, home-video releases and consumer products for Universal City-based Universal. - Bloomberg News KCAL kcal kilocalorie. kcal abbr. kilocalorie kcal kilocalorie. FOR SALE: Young Broadcasting Young Broadcasting NASDAQ: YBTVA is an American holding company that operates 13 television stations. Though the company is publicly held, it is the outgrowth of the ad representation/invest firm Adam Young, Inc. Inc., the New York-based owner of a dozen television stations including KCAL-TV of 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. , put itself up for sale in a move analysts predicted could fetch about $1.9 billion, sending the company's shares up as much as 39 percent. Young's stations reach 9 percent of all U.S. households. After a year of consolidation in the TV and radio industries, Young is one of the few independent companies remaining that serve a big U.S. market. - Bloomberg News |
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