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The Motley Fool
February 17, 2004
Jeff Hwang |
Disney Ends Round 1 With its original offer shot down, will Comcast increase its bid?   |
The Motley Fool
February 11, 2004
Bill Mann |
Comcast's Hostile Tango Comcast has approached Disney, putting in a $66 billion takeover bid. Disney CEO Michael Eisner may be opposed, but the company's board may find Comcast a perfect harbor from the storm that's swirling around the House of Mouse. |
The Motley Fool
March 25, 2004
Bill Mann |
Comcast Shows Discipline Disney shareholders either expected Comcast to raise its bid, or they expected another company to come in and outbid. Disney's board rejected the Comcast offer as being insufficient, and no other suitors have stepped forward. |
InternetNews
February 17, 2004
Roy Mark |
Disney Rejects Comcast's Takeover Bid Board leaves door open for higher bid from the cable ISP player. |
The Motley Fool
March 10, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney on Ice Disney and Comcast continue their sad courting rituals. |
The Motley Fool
April 28, 2004
Phil Wohl |
Comcast Is a Cash Machine The big immediate news was Comcast's withdrawal of its $48.4 billion hostile takeover bid to acquire Disney. The other quieter but just as important news from the cable giant was its first-quarter earnings announcement. |
The Motley Fool
February 11, 2004
Jeff Hwang |
Disney Puts Up The company releases strong earnings early as if in rebuttal to Comcast's surprise bid. |
The Motley Fool
September 15, 2004
Ben McClure |
Comcast Wins in Sony-MGM Deal Comcast shareholders should be thrilled with the Sony-MGM deal. |
The Motley Fool
April 29, 2004
Phil Wohl |
MGM Readies for Close-Up Pretty first-quarter results have the firm looking good. |
InternetNews
July 21, 2004
Colin C. Haley |
Comcast, Disney Patch Differences Months after Disney rebuffed Comcast's takeover bid, the companies ink an online content/distribution pact. |
The Motley Fool
November 22, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney Deals and Deals Again Comcast acquired the entertainment giant's 39.5% stake in E! Networks. The deal makes sense. Disney gets $1.23 billion for the stake, and now Comcast will own the entertainment network in its entirety. What will it mean to investors? |
The Motley Fool
September 13, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Eyes on Eisner Folks who bought into the company five years ago are sporting a loss on paper. Disney's CEO gets ready to move on. |
BusinessWeek
March 8, 2004
Grover & Lowry |
Get Mickey II: The Plot Thickens Comcast may well make a fresh bid for Walt Disney -- and throw in some cash. |
The Motley Fool
July 14, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Give Disney Some Credit It seems only months ago that credit rating agencies were threatening to downgrade Comcast if it went through with its proposed acquisition of Disney. Standard & Poor's is now upgrading Disney's corporate credit rating. |
InternetNews
February 11, 2004
Ryan Naraine |
Comcast Sees Broadband Dominance in Disney Bid The blockbuster $66 billion takeover bid comes just days after Disney CEO rejects merger talks. Will the House of the Mouse become a new cable ISP gorilla? |
The Motley Fool
December 29, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
A Disney Year Take a tour through Disney's busy 2004. January: Who will ink the next wave of animated Disney classics?... February: In another slap to Disney's managerial performance, Comcast made a hostile buyout bid... etc. |
The Motley Fool
May 13, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney's Big Cheese Disney scores a great quarter in a sea of turmoil. |
The Motley Fool
February 13, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Eisner's Last Stand With Disney in play, the days may be numbered for its CEO. |
The Motley Fool
January 20, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Save Disney? Roy Disney Jr. continues to battle his former company, virtually. |
The Motley Fool
January 25, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney Hearts Pixar Disney set to acquire Pixar in a $7.5 billion deal. This is a clear case where the two companies are more valuable together than apart. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
July 2, 2004
Steven Mallas |
MGM Waiting for Final Cut MGM has yet to be sold to some deep-pocketed conglomerate. Shareholders won't mind a tug of war for its library. |
The Motley Fool
May 6, 2004
Brian Gorman |
Disney's Trap Disney's decision to block the release of Michael Moore's new film about the September 11 attacks and the Bush family's relationship with prominent Saudis plunges it into a political boondoggle. |
The Motley Fool
March 3, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The Case for Eisner Disney's annual meeting today will be an eventful one. |
The Motley Fool
March 10, 2004
Jeff Hwang |
Sports Matters The NBA TV channel helps Comcast compete with satellite. |
The Motley Fool
March 4, 2004
Aaron Byrd |
Disney: Notes From the Front Line Even after Disney shareholders voiced their lack of confidence in staggering numbers, the board installed an existing member as the new chairman. |
The Motley Fool
March 23, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney Learns to Crawl Disney hasn't shaken the dissidents off its mouse tail just yet. |
The Motley Fool
September 29, 2004
Ben McClure |
Comcast's on a Roll The cable provider inks another deal that should please investors. |
The Motley Fool
February 18, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney Gets Piggy Disney purchases Muppets to add to their content after contract negotiations break off with Pixar. |
The Motley Fool
December 30, 2009
Claire Stephanic |
Is Disney Up to the Challenge? Disney's acquisition of Marvel leaves the question of whether it's is up to the challenge of making Marvel's more obscure characters a success. |
The Motley Fool
September 2, 2004
Dave Marino-Nachison |
MGM Stays in the Picture A very large and valuable pile of assets now stands to change hands, possibly quite soon. |
The Motley Fool
April 22, 2004
Steven Mallas |
Sony on Lion Safari Sony is looking to buy MGM for $5 billion. What kind of plot will ultimately unfold? |
BusinessWeek
February 23, 2004
Ronald Grover |
Payback Time For An Ex-Boy Wonder? Disney's wunderkind, Stephen Burke, created a hugely profitable chain with the Disney stores. Will he return? |
The Motley Fool
February 6, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Jobs for Disney A look at the possibility of Apple's Steve Jobs taking the helm at Disney. Eisner isn't ready to step out. Jobs isn't ready to step in. That still doesn't detract from the tantalizing possibilities. |
The Motley Fool
September 17, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The Next Big Cheese Running Disney isn't easy. You have fans, special interest groups, and investors pulling at the company in different directions, and one may have to concede that it's a thankless job if you ultimately can't make everybody happy. |
InternetNews
September 10, 2004
Colin C. Haley |
Disney's Eisner to Make Exit in 2006 After rebuffing Comcast's hostile takeover attempt, the CEO plans to bid the mouse adieu. Could a tech CEO succeed him? |
InternetNews
February 12, 2004
Colin Haley |
Comcast: New Technologies Can Spur Disney Deal Comcast execs say streaming media, video-on-demand and personal video recording services will maximize Disney's content; growth markets are online too. |
The Motley Fool
February 12, 2004
W.D. Crotty |
The Other Cable Story Cox Communications offers investors lots to ponder. |
The Motley Fool
August 6, 2004
Steven Mallas |
Disney Dumping Stores? Children's Place and Disney will discuss a sale of Disney's retail operations. |
The Motley Fool
May 18, 2005
W.D. Crotty |
It's Getting Goofy at Disney Former Disney board members want to shake up the company's board. What happens if they succeed? Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
November 22, 2006
David Lee Smith |
Comcast Visits the Magic Kingdom Comcast and Disney have been unusual among media companies in 2006 -- the year has been good to their shareholders. That shouldn't change now, since it appears that these two revitalized companies have inked a win-win agreement. |
BusinessWeek
March 8, 2004
Gene G. Marcial |
A Nibble From The Mouse? Some pros who owned shares of both Walt Disney and Comcast before the latter made its bid for Disney are now buying into InterActiveCorp. Here's why: They figure it's undervalued on assets and fundamentals and also that Disney may end up buying it. |
The Motley Fool
May 12, 2004
Nathan Slaughter |
Say Hello to NBC Universal NBC officially completed its merger today with Vivendi's VUE. |
The Motley Fool
August 11, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney's Mindful Moves The entertainment giant saw its fiscal third-quarter profits rise by 21% to $0.29 a share on a 17% spike in revenues. |
The Motley Fool
July 12, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Disney's Dividend Beleaguered Walt Disney CEO Michael Eisner hinted that shareholders may hear about an increased dividend before the year is out. |
The Motley Fool
September 23, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Give 'Em Mel, Disney Disney shouldn't be in a hurry to fill a vacancy that is 24 months away. |
The Motley Fool
December 29, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
3 Ways for Disney to Rock Marvel The family entertainment giant's $4 billion deal to acquire Marvel Entertainment is nearly complete. |
BusinessWeek
March 15, 2004
Grover & Lowry |
Now It's Time To Say Goodbye How Disney's board can move beyond the Eisner era |
The Motley Fool
February 1, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney's Extreme Makeover Disney is laying down the groundwork for a grand fiscal 2005. Earnings would have come in at just $0.33 a share if it weren't for a favorable charge relating to its sale of Disney Stores to The Children's Place and an extra day in the 2005 fiscal quarter. |
The Motley Fool
September 1, 2004
Seth Jayson |
Bill Gates to Upgrade Fun The Microsoft man has a plan for Six Flags amusement parks. What it is, he's not saying yet. Investors bid the software stock up 30% this week. |
The Motley Fool
July 31, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney Doesn't Hit It Out of the Theme Park The family entertainment giant barely tops Wall Street's quarterly expectations. |
