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A Billion Dollars Is Only Sort of Cool for Disney

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Today: Disney has made a lot but not *that* much, Justin Timberlake scores a film, and so does Rupert Everett.

By Dashiell Bennett

May 21, 2012

It Now Costs $87 a Day to Go to Disneyland

Disneyland is raising its admission prices to a staggering $87 for a simple one-day, one-park pass.

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By Eric Randall

Apr 20, 2012

'John Carter' Defeats a Disney Executive

Rich Ross, once lord-of-the-tweens at Disney Channel with hits like Hannah Montana and High School Musical was, alas, not so successful in his role at Disney Studios; he resigned on Friday after Disney lost epic amounts of money on the film John Carter.

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By Justin Elliott, ProPublica

Apr 20, 2012

Way Too Many Media Companies Are Lobbying Against Transparency

Many of the country’s biggest media companies — which own dozens of newspapers and TV news operations — are flexing their muscle in Washington in a fight against a government initiative to increase transparency of political spending.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Apr 19, 2012

The Week's Top Twenty in Social Media

The social media sphere continued to spin this week as spring set in. National Amusements topped the charts, bumping Disney down to number two. Whereas the rest of the top 10 stayed stagnant, there was a lot of movement in the teens, with NBC Universal and WWE both winning the biggest mover status.

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By Richard Lawson

Apr 17, 2012

The Call Sheet

Who Should Play Rupert Murdoch?

Today: Rupert Murdoch gets the movie treatment, Disney resurrects an amphibian, and Charlie Sheen is, well, winning.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Apr 5, 2012

The Week's Top 20 in Social Media

Every week we're taking a tally of who's getting heard, what they're saying, and why it matters. This week: Disney ruled the rankings while Intel figured out that you really, really liked talking about yourself.

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By Richard Lawson

Mar 12, 2012

What 'John Carter' Did Wrong

Disney's new action-adventure sci-fi epic John Carter opened this weekend to a staggeringly low $30 million, earning it certified flop status. So what happened? What did they do wrong? Well, a few things.

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By Eric Randall

Nov 15, 2011

Apple Adds the Disney CEO to Its Board

Apple named Arthur Levinson, a current board member, as its new board chairman, and it also added Disney CEO Bob Iger to the board to fill the seat left by Steve Jobs.

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By Dino Grandoni

Nov 11, 2011

Everybody Wins If the Muppets Host the Oscars

Ever since Eddie Murphy stepped down as Oscars host following Brett Ratner's departure as producer, the Internet has spoken clearly on who it wants the replacement host to be: the Muppets!

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By Adam Clark Estes

Nov 7, 2011