{"id":8776,"date":"2013-04-08T02:27:15","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T06:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/?p=8776"},"modified":"2013-04-13T17:57:51","modified_gmt":"2013-04-13T21:57:51","slug":"walt-disneytouchstone-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/2013\/04\/08\/walt-disneytouchstone-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"Walt Disney\/Touchstone Pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Carly Konsker<\/span><\/p>\n

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Profile<\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Walt Disney Company,\u00a0including all of its subsidiaries and affiliates, is known across America and world wide as a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise. This massive corporation contains five main business segments: Media Networks, Parks and Resorts, Studio Entertainment, Consumer Products, and Interactive Media. [1]<\/p>\n

History<\/strong><\/p>\n

On October 16, 1923, Walt and Roy Disney founded The Walt Disney Company, which was originally named The Disney Brothers Studio. The company got its start by producing Alice Comedies, which lasted for four years. They continued with their love of cartoons, and in 1928 the most famous Disney icon was created, Mickey Mouse. Disney won its first Academy Award for Best Cartoon in 1932. Fiver years later, the company shocked the world by developing their first full-length feature film in\u00a01937.\u00a0[2, 3, 4]<\/p>\n

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Walt and Roy proudly displaying their first Oscar with the world’s most famous mouse. [5]<\/p><\/div>\n

Walt Disney, the visionary behind the Disney empire, dies at age 66 on December 15, 1966.\u00a0After his younger brother’s death, Roy Disney took it upon himself to control the financing and construction of Walt Disney World, his brother’s last wish. Since the beginning, Roy was always in charge of the business side of the Disney company, while Walt was the creative genius behind the fantasies. On December 20, 1971,\u00a0Roy O. Disney passed, three months after the opening of Walt Disney World. [2, 4]<\/p>\n

Today, The Walt Disney Company continues to thrive while sticking to their roots of turning dreams into reality.\u00a0Disney reinforces their past by keeping the Disney legacy alive, but the company also creates new content with ground-breaking technology.<\/p>\n

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Current Chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company is Robert A. Iger. [6]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Alan Horn, Chairman of Walt Disney Studios [7]<\/p>\n

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Financials<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n