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(News | Source: Financial Times) Disney is looking at the possibility of replacing EMI as its international distributor of soundtracks from performers like Hannah Montana or High School Musical. Disney’s contract has about a year left and the company has yet to decide if it will extend it. Disney has approached Universal Music, who handles [...]

(News | Source: Orlando Sentinel) The Walt Disney Company is displaying research on the Key Largo woodrat at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Disney scientists and technicians are running a captive-breeding program of the animals while biologists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services are trying to find ways to preserve the rats in their natural habitat. [...]

(News | Source: Orlando Business Journal) The Walt Disney World Resort has named Bill Warren, founding editor of the Orlando Business Journal, the vice president of government relations for the resort. He will be responsible for Disney’s governmental affairs and advocacy at the state and local levels. “Bill has spent his career building relationships with [...]

(News | Source: WTOP 103.5FM) In May, a 5,000 square foot home will be opening inside Tomorrowland that will give guests of Disneyland a preview of the House of the Future. The home will look like a normal suburban home on the outside but will feature computerized systems that could simplify everyday living. The house [...]

(News | Source: South Florida Water Management District) According to paperwork filed with the South Florida Water Management District, Disney is proposing to demolish the Treehouse Villas and replace them with new treehouses that will have a smaller footprint in the 100 year flood plain. These buildings would only have 95 square feet on the [...]

(News | Source: AP) A truck engine at Kilimanjaro Safari’s at Disney’s Animal Kingdom caught fire on Sunday sending one woman to the hospital with minor injuries. The fire broke out when an engine hose failed. The fire was mostly out by the time the Reedy Creek Fire Department arrived. The woman who was injured [...]

(News | Source: I4U) Disney will be releasing a mini-game titled Discs of Tron on Xbox Live Arcade February 13th. It will be based on the Disney 1980s film Tron and will have players facing off against the evil Sark from the movie. An enhanced mode will add modern graphics to the game.

(News | Source: Walt Disney Company) An American Idol attraction is planned to open later this year at Disney’s Hollywood Studios according to a public relations video released by the Walt Disney Company. The new attraction will guarantee one winner a day a priority time in a regional audition for the American Idol TV show. [...]

(News | Source: WESH) Disney announced that they will be opening a new fun and interactive exhibit at Epcot’s Innoventions titled StormStruck: A Tale of Two Homes. The exhibit is from the Tallahassee, Florida based Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH) which was co-founded by Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The attraction will allow visitors [...]

(News | Source: Wall Street Journal) The Walt Disney Companies first-quarter net income dropped 27% due to sales of its shares of E! Entertainment and US Weekly magazine. The company bucked the gloomy economic outlook with strong performance of the theme parks and advertisement sales. The company beet the Wall Street expectations.

(News | Source: South Florida Water Management District) As previously discussed here, the Treehouse Villas will be demolished and replaced soon. The link sourced above contains a memo discussing the replacement of the Treehouse Villas.

(News | Source: Orange County Comptroller) According to a document filed in Orange County, FL on Jan. 25, 2008, Walt Disney Imagineering has submitted a notice of commencement to the state and county government stating that “improvements” will be made to the site of “Imagination.” These improvements are listed as “Imagination demolition.” The document gives [...]