Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Disney profit inches up as travelers spend more at its parks

Walt Disney World and Disneyland set attendance records this spring, helping the Walt Disney Co. overcome a disappointing film slate during the third quarter of its fiscal year.

URL: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/the-daily-disney/os-disney-third-quarter-earnings-20130805,0,941709.story?track=rss

Disney profit inches up as travelers spend more at its parks

The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday that quarterly profit inched up 1 percent to $1.8 billion, as travelers spent more money in its theme parks and more nights in its hotels.

URL: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/the-daily-disney/os-disney-third-quarter-earnings-20130805,0,941709.story?track=rss

Author Jeff Lenburg's Walt Disney Biography Now Released as an Audiobook

Aug. 6, 2013 - Bestselling author and animation historian Jeff Lenburg's acclaimed biography, Walt Disney: The Mouse That Roared , is now available as an audiobook.

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Disney quarterly earnings report should include MyMagic+ update

The Walt Disney Co. will report fiscal third-quarter earnings after the stock markets close today, and investors should get a progress report from management on MyMagic+, the billion-dollar technology project currently in testing at Walt Disney World.

URL: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/the-daily-disney/os-disney-third-quarter-earnings-20130805,0,941709.story?track=rss

ABC discusses creating Star Wars TV shows

ABC is working with Lucasfilm to create Star Wars TV shows.

URL: http://www.wdwinfo.com/news/Television_and_Film/ABC_discusses_creating_Star_Wars_TV_shows.htm

Disney quarterly earnings report should include MyMagic+ update

The Walt Disney Co. will report fiscal third-quarter earnings after the stock markets close today, and investors should get a progress report from management on MyMagic+, the billion-dollar technology project currently in testing at Walt Disney World.

URL: http://www.topix.com/who/walt-disney/2013/08/disney-quarterly-earnings-report-should-include-mymagic-update?fromrss=1

Bonus Five - Class from the Past - plus a story about 'Old Yeller'

Steve McQueen stars in a beautiful rodeo story directed by Sam Peckinpah with an all-star cast.

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