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(News | Source: Honolulu Star Bulletin)
Hawaii is one of the few places the Walt Disney Company is looking to build a hotel not inside a theme park. Disney representatives confirmed this with the Star-Bulletin. Disney is said to be close to signing a deal with the Ko Olina Resort & Marina.
“We’ve got nothing [...]

(News | Source: Houston Chronicle)
Homebuilder KB Homes indicated that it has signed a deal with Disney to help boost sales of new homes. The company will offer home design features based on Disney’s popular characters. Customers will be able to choose from flooring, lighting, wall paper and other products that will feature Disney [...]

(News | Source: Cinematical)
Pixar’s upcoming film ‘Wall-E’, finally has a teaser poster to go along with the film’s teaser released earlier this year. Andrew Stanton, writer of Finding Nemo, will write and direct the movie.
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Hi all. Since I’ve been quiet lately, you’ve probably figured out that it was because our baby boy was born!
I’m proud to announce Kyler James who weighs in at 6lbs. 11oz. and is 20″ tall. He was born on September 25, 2007 at 11:38am after a very long labor. Everyone is back at home [...]

(News | Source: Trading Markets)
Disney Mobile, a Disney-branded mobile phone system, will cease operations on December 31st, 2007. The company indicated it will explore a new business model for its mobile content and services. ESPN Mobile was Disney’s other attempt at a mobile virtual network that had a similar fate a year ago.
“It’s [...]

(News | Source: Bloomberg)
The Walt Disney Company won a ruling on a 16-year battle over $700 million dollars of royalties for Winnie the Pooh merchandise. Stephen Slesinger Inc. owns the rights to Pooh and claims that Disney had not accurately accounted for the royalties it owed. A judge in 2004 threw out the [...]

(News | Source: Media In Canada)
Sobeys has launched nearly 100 healthy products ranging from dried fruit snack mix to Mickey Burgers for children. The products are aimed at children from 3-12 and feature Disney characters. They also contain no artificial flavors, colors or hydrogenated oils.
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(News | Source: LA Times)
One of two Disney lawsuits that were attempting to block a housing project in the Anaheim Resort District was dismissed. The project would have allowed 1,500 condominiums and low-income apartments next to property Disney owns where a third park could be located.
“It’s a win for the taxpayers and [...]

(News | Source: CNN)
Two protesters were arrested at Hong Kong Disneyland after they lifted banners accusing the Walt Disney Company of labor abuses in China. The incident happened when they disrupted a parade in the park and fought with cast members who tried to stop them. The banners read ‘Disney exploits Chinese labor.’ [...]

(News | Source: Gay.com)
The Walt Disney Company has issued a formal apology for an incident at Disneyland. Wil Kenney, of San Diego, was detained by Disney security for what he claims was simple hand holding with his partner. Disney security claims that Kenney had threatened someone with a gun. Anaheim police were [...]

(News | Source: Digital Media Wire)
Disney will now be allowing consumers in Finland to pay to watch ABC television shows online four days after they have been broadcast in the U.S. The deal is with Finnish broadcaster Nelonen who will be the first to offer American TV shows so soon after their release. [...]

(News | Source: Digital Home)
XM Canada will be adding Radio Disney, ESPN Radio and ESPN News to its current lineup. The stations will be located at the same station number as on its American XM counterpart. The station listings are as follows: Radio Disney - 115, ESPN Radio - 140, and ESPNEWS - [...]

(News | Source: Orlando Sentinel)
High School Musical 2: Schools Out ‘launched’ this Sunday at Disney-MGM Studios. It was indicated that the production on Sunday was a test and that final changes were still in the works. The real opening day will be this Monday. The performance happens very similarly to the original [...]

(News | Source: Travel Daily News)
Disney Cruise Line officially opened their offices at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. During the next five years, the Disney Cruise Line cast members and Disney Imagineers will work alongside with ship builders to deliver the new ships in 2011 and 2012. The two new ships [...]

(News | Source: TG Daily)
Disney’s CEO Bob Iger declared that the Blu-ray was the winner of the high-def video formats. Disney is the most vocal advocate and largest backer of the Blu-ray format. Iger also criticized other studios for not accepting the format and others moving to HD-DVD format.
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