Word: disney
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bloody scandal," says Lane Kirkland, president of the AFL-CIO. "The object is for somebody to make a killing, pure and simple, and I see no virtue in it at all." Counters Minneapolis Investor Irwin Jacobs, who has made runs at targets as varied as ITT and Disney Productions: "We're really not a bunch of big, bad wolves. Mergers and acquisitions have created a great deal of value...
During its infancy, ABC was clearly overmatched by its two veteran rivals, , but slowly began to make its presence felt. The network's earliest hit show was Disneyland, produced by Walt Disney Studios in 1954. Later, ABC spurred television's western craze with such popular shows as The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Maverick and The Rifleman. The network was also home for such TV crowd pleasers of the '50s and '60s as Ozzie and Harriet, The Untouchables, Leave It to Beaver and The Fugitive, some of which are gathering a new generation of fans on daytime and late...
Playing catch-up made ABC receptive to change. It was the first network to encourage Hollywood studios to produce series, striking early deals not only with Disney but also with Warner Bros. (77 Sunset Strip, Hawaiian Eye). ABC was also a pioneer in the made-for-TV movie format. Perhaps its most striking achievements came in sports programming. Under the leadership of Producer Roone Arledge, ABC increased the scope of athletics coverage with its weekly Wide World of Sports; introduced technical innovations like the instant replay; brought pro football into prime time with Monday Night Football; and substantially raised...
...Disney's final trump card is that both of its parks are located in communities that are more than happy to have them and the jobs they generate. Pressing a case against the company on its home ground, contends Florida Attorney James Sisserson, is "like suing God in the Vatican." Lawyers find they have to tread a very fine line, says Hovland, between admitting "we all love Disney and noting that even the most perfect person makes a mistake once in awhile." But jurors by and large remain unconvinced about Disney's fallibility...
Even some plaintiffs' attorneys seem to have nagging doubts about attacking the Magic Kingdom. Says Stanley Jacobs, a Los Angeles lawyer who has lost only six cases in 25 years of practice, two of them to Disney: "I have never been as impressed with an operation as I have been with the Disneyland amusement park. I think Disney wins because it deserves to most of the time...