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(News | Source: Orlando Sentinel) Disney is currently building a $110 million, 15-story tower next to the Contemporary Resort but is still being quiet on what is going there. More than likely, the new building will be a new Disney Vacation Club resort. Permits filed with the Reedy Creek Improvement District indicate the property is [...]

(News | Source: Worchester News) Sales of rodents in Worcestershire, UK, have increased significantly since the release of Disney’s Ratatouille in theaters. Some pet stores in the county have indicated they have been selling at up to three times as many in the three months before Christmas. Some stores have not seen the increase but [...]

(News | Source: Palm Beach Post) Disney awarded 119 runners who have competed in all the 15 Walt Disney World Marathons with a plaque saying “Thank you for being part of the magic for 15 years.”

(News | Source: New York Times) The Walt Disney Company will invest in the National Basketball Association (NBA) China giving them about 5% of the organization. This will give Disney broadcasting and merchandising rights for the sport. The league will work with the state-run Chinese Basketball Association which has a poor reputation for players and [...]

(News | Source: WCCO) Adriano Bastos, from Brazil, won his fourth straight Walt Disney World Marathon in 2 hours, 20 minutes and 56 seconds. John Garton of Voorhees, New Jersey came in second at 2:35:02. Melanie Peters of St. Petersburg, Florida, came in first for the women at 2 hours, 47 minutes and 29 seconds.

(News | Source: Walt Disney Company) Chad Johnson and C. Fred Joslyn came in first and second at the Walt Disney World Half Marathon within a second of each other. Johnson, 31, beat his teammate Joslyn, 23, by a second with the official time of 1:06:53. The two were part of the “Hansons-Brooks” distance running [...]

(News | Source: High Def Digest) Disney is set to release Enchanted on March 18th on Blu-ray and DVD. Extras on the Blu-ray version will include three ‘making-of’ featurettes, deleted scenes, outtakes and interactive BD-Java game ‘D-Files.’ The Blu-ray disc is expected to retail for $34.98.

(News | Source: Bloomberg) The Walt Disney Company paid its newest Chief Executive Officer Robert Iger $27.7 million in salary and compensation last year.

(News | Source: Home Textiles Today) The Rug Market, an area and accent rug company, has signed a multi-year licensing agreement with the Walt Disney Company to create a collection of sophisticated, non-character rugs targeting adults. The line will derive design inspiration from classic films such as Fantasia, Cinderella, Dumbo and Peter Pan. The rugs [...]

(News | Source: Reuters) The Little Mermaid has been panned by critics after its first day on Broadway. The story is based on the animated 1989 Disney film with the same name. The cast received good reviews but the show set and costumes seemed to be the problem and were criticized. The show was also [...]

(News | Source: Market Wire) Disney and Cogeco Cable have signed a video-on-demand deal which will offer new releases and classic movies from the Walt Disney Company. This will feature releases from Walt Disney Pictures, Disney Animation, Pixar, Touchstone Pictures and Miramax. Cogeco Cable operates in Canada and Portugal and is the second largest cable [...]

(News | Source: WFTV) Guests have reported that they have been finding bed bugs at Disney Resorts. One guests indicated they were bitten at Disney All-Star Movie Resort but dropped their complaint after Disney offered them $5,000 and a free trip. Disney said that they occasionally compensate guests who have less than a magical experience [...]

(News | Source: India Infoline) Disney Publishing Worldwide will be publishing 8 Disney classic stories into local Indian languages this year. Popular Prakashan, a leading publisher in India, will publish the books into Hindi, Marathi and Malayalam. The books to be included are The Jungle Book, Aladdin, The Lion King, Winnie the Pooh, Bambi, Cinderella, [...]

(News | Source: Orlando Sentinel) Darren Scott Snyder, part of the engineering services team at Animal Kingdom, passed away from his injuries after the 70 car pileup on I-4 in Polk County earlier this week. Snyder passed away nearly 12 hours after the accident caused by heavy smoke and fog near Orlando.

(News | Source: Digital Spy) The Walt Disney Company and Sony have purchased FilmFlex, a provider of on-demand videos for Virgin Media in Europe, from the On Demand Group (ODG). The existing management team will continue to run the company under Sony and Disney while creative production services will be outsourced to the previous owner, [...]