| Company name | The Walt Disney Company |
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| Company logo | |
| Company type | Public ()Dow Jones Industrial Average Component |
| Foundation | Los Angeles, California, U.S..(October 16, 1923) |
| Founder | Walt and Roy Disney |
| Location city | Burbank, California, U.S. |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people | Robert Iger(President & CEO)John E. Pepper, Jr. (Chairman)Steve Jobs(Shareholder & Board Member)Anne Sweeney(President, Disney-ABC Television Group; Co-Chair, Disney Media Networks) |
| Num employees | 150,000 (2008) |
| Net income | US$3.31 Billion (FY 2010) |
| Assets | US$63.1 Billion (FY 2010) |
| Divisions | Walt Disney Motion Pictures GroupDisney Music GroupDisney-ABC Television GroupWalt Disney TheatricalRadio DisneyDisney Interactive Media GroupDisney Consumer ProductsWalt Disney Parks and Resorts |
| Subsid | Pixar Animation StudiosMarvel Entertainment, LLCPlaydomTapulousESPN (80%)ABC Inc.A&E; Television Networks (42.5%) |
| Homepage | http://www.disney.com |
After the demise of the Alice comedies, Disney developed an all-cartoon series starring his first original character, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, which was distributed by Winkler Pictures through Universal Pictures. Disney only completed 26 Oswald shorts before losing the contract in February 1928, when Winkler's husband Charles Mintz took over their distribution company. Mintz hired away all of Disney's animators except Ub Iwerks to start his own animation studio.
In December 1950, Walt Disney Productions and The Coca-Cola Company teamed up for Disney's first venture into television, the NBC television network special An Hour in Wonderland. In October 1954, the ABC network launched Disney's first regular television series, Disneyland, which would go on to become one of the longest-running primetime series of all time. | 3,115 | 1,081 | 3,306 | | | 7,502 |- ! scope=row | 1993 | 3,673.4 | 1,415.1 | 3,440.7 | | | 8,529 |- ! scope=row | 1994 | 6,001.5 | 2,150 | 3,959.8 | 414 | | 12,525 |- ! scope=row | 1996 | 4,502 | 4,142 | 6,849 | 3,193 | 5,532 | 7,142 | 260 | 22,976 |- ! scope=row | 1999 | 6,548 | 3,030 | 6,106 | 7,512 | 206 | 23,402 |- ! scope=row | 2000 | 6,465 | 2,440 | 6,691 | 9,733 | | 25,360 |- ! scope=row | 2003 | 8,713 | 2,511 | 7,750 | 11,778 | | 30,752 |- ! scope=row | 2005 | 7,529 | 2,193 | 9,925 | 14,368 | | 34,285 |- ! scope=row | 2007
1 Miramax was sold to Filmyard Holdings, LLC in 2010.
2 DiC was sold back to Andy Heyward on November 17, 2000, and on July 23, 2008, Cookie Jar Group merged with DiC.
3 Excludes The Muppets Take Manhattan, Muppets from Space, and Kermit's Swamp Years, which are owned by Sony Pictures, and It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie, which is owned by NBC Universal. Jim Henson Productions, creators of The Muppets, remained owners of Fraggle Rock. Sesame Street's Muppets were sold to the nonprofit Sesame Workshop in 2001.
4 Excludes the Winkler Productions and Walter Lantz Oswald cartoons, which are still owned by NBC Universal.
5 Name changed to after Disney's acquisition; plans to shut down in 2011.
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| Name | Walt Disney |
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| Imagesize | 220px |
| Birth name | Walter Elias Disney |
| Birth date | December 05, 1901 For most of his early life, Robert helped Elias financially. In 1906, when Walt was four, Elias and his family moved to a farm in Marceline, Missouri, While in Marceline, Disney developed his love for drawing. He also developed his love for trains in Marceline, which owed its existence to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway which ran through town. Walt would put his ear to the tracks in anticipation of the coming train. Then he would look for his uncle, engineer Michael Martin, running the train. |
| Before | None |
| Title | Voice of Mickey Mouse |
| Years | 1928–1947 |
| After | Jimmy MacDonald}} |
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| Name | Selena Gomez |
|---|---|
| Background | solo_singer |
| Birth name | Selena Marie Gomez |
| Born | July 22, 1992Grand Prairie, Texas,United States |
| Genre | Dance-pop, pop rock |
| Occupation | Actress, singer, songwriter, fashion designer |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Label | Hollywood |
| Associated acts | Selena Gomez & the Scene |
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Selena Marie Gomez (born July 22, 1992) to Ricardo Gomez and former stage actress Mandy Teefey (née Cornett). She earned a high school diploma through homeschooling in May 2010. The band's second album A Year Without Rain was released on September 17, 2010. The record debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 4, selling 66,000 copies.
Gomez was named spokesperson for UNICEF's 2009 Trick-or-Treat campaign, for the second year in a row. Gomez participated in a celebrity auction On October 6, 2009, Gomez made a surprise visit to a Los Angeles elementary school as part of the "A Day Made Better" program that was sponsored by OfficeMax. Variety reported that: "In August, XYZ [Films] inked a similar deal with Time Inc. and management-production company the Collective to finance the development of the print media giant's content for the bigscreen [...] As part of the July Moon-XYZ deal, [Selena] Gomez will have the ability to cherry-pick projects from the vast Time Inc. library, which includes Time, Sports Illustrated, Fortune and Life."
In October, 2009, Gomez announced her plan to launch her own fashion line, called "Dream Out Loud by Selena Gomez", which is set to launch in fall 2010. Gomez said that the line will reflect her own personal style Gomez said of the partnering: "When I met Tony and Sandra, I was instantly comfortable with them and now they are just like family to me [...] They are so creative and I love how I can just call them up whenever and talk to them about everything, even if it's just about changing a button [...] They've been so cool about everything." The brand will be manufactured by, Melillo and Campos teamed with New York-based Adjmi Apparel and formed by Adjmi CH Brands LLC; which is the holding company for the brand.Main role |- |2008 |Horton Hears a Who! |Helga |(Voice) |- |2009 |Princess Protection Program |Carter Mason |Disney Channel Original MovieMain role |- |2009 | |Alex Russo |Disney Channel Original MovieMain role |- |2009 |Arthur and the Vengeance of Maltazard |Princess Selenia |(Voice)(Replaced Madonna) |- |2010 |Ramona and Beezus"That's What Friends Are For?" (Season 2, episode 18)"(We're So Sorry) Uncle Earl" (Season 2, episode 22) (uncredited) |- |2009 |Sonny With a Chance |Herself |"Battle of the Networks' Stars" (Season 1, episode 13) |- |2009 |The Suite Life on Deck |Alex Russo |"Double-Crossed" (Season 1, episode 21) |- |2007 to present |Wizards of Waverly Place |Alex Russo |Main role |}
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