Comments on: DISNEY GETTING DIZZY http://markhasty.com/archives/2004/02/11/disney-getting-dizzy/ E AHO LA'ULA Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:54:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Dave http://markhasty.com/archives/2004/02/11/disney-getting-dizzy/#comment-314 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://markhasty.com/archives/2004/02/11/disney-getting-dizzy/#comment-314 What would be very entertaining is if they took everything, but spun off Mickey and company. As you pointed out, the problem seems to be Disney, not its subsidiaries. What would be very entertaining is if they took everything, but spun off Mickey and company. As you pointed out, the problem seems to be Disney, not its subsidiaries.

]]> by: Zygote http://markhasty.com/archives/2004/02/11/disney-getting-dizzy/#comment-315 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://markhasty.com/archives/2004/02/11/disney-getting-dizzy/#comment-315 Hah, you are part of the cover up. The price is $66.6 billion 666 The number of the beast. Now if you will excuse me, I'll be in my basement with my shotgun. Hah, you are part of the cover up.
The price is $66.6 billion
666
The number of the beast.
Now if you will excuse me, I’ll be in my basement with my shotgun.

]]> by: Jim http://markhasty.com/archives/2004/02/11/disney-getting-dizzy/#comment-316 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://markhasty.com/archives/2004/02/11/disney-getting-dizzy/#comment-316 Actually, the most profitable part of the Disney empire is the theme parks. They throw off tons of cash, which is used to prop up unprofitable losers like ABC. Disney has lost its way in the movie-making business, relying on Pixar instead of developing in-house talent. Some people think Eisner (and his mercurial temper) is to blame for that, as he has a tendency to alienate the creative types. Eisner blew the Pixar deal long before last month. Steve Jobs' current proposal is a bad deal for Disney (Pixar wanted Disney to redo the current deal, which would cost Disney millions), but if the relationship had been managed properly, Jobs wouldn't have been in a position where he could make such a grandstand play. This bid by Comcast makes an interesting situation even more interesting. The last active member of the Disney family has been trying to get Eisner thrown out for a few months (see www.savedisney.com), and now there's all this Comcast drama. Like Mark said, it's been quite a while since we've had an interesting business-deal drama to watch. Actually, the most profitable part of the Disney empire is the theme parks. They throw off tons of cash, which is used to prop up unprofitable losers like ABC. Disney has lost its way in the movie-making business, relying on Pixar instead of developing in-house talent. Some people think Eisner (and his mercurial temper) is to blame for that, as he has a tendency to alienate the creative types.

Eisner blew the Pixar deal long before last month. Steve Jobs’ current proposal is a bad deal for Disney (Pixar wanted Disney to redo the current deal, which would cost Disney millions), but if the relationship had been managed properly, Jobs wouldn’t have been in a position where he could make such a grandstand play.

This bid by Comcast makes an interesting situation even more interesting. The last active member of the Disney family has been trying to get Eisner thrown out for a few months (see www.savedisney.com), and now there’s all this Comcast drama. Like Mark said, it’s been quite a while since we’ve had an interesting business-deal drama to watch.

]]>