Word: disneyism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Free gifts ranged from Pop-Tarts and apples from the Leo-Burnett Advertising Firm to Mickey Mouse-shaped pencils from the Walt Disney Corporation. Other firms such as Trilogy gave out day books and t-shirts...
...Headly, who graduated from the Business School and returned last Friday to represent the Walt Disney Corporation, said reception to his presentations "has been great...
...voting stock, now has a thorny problem: sweetening his offer will siphon capital from BET's planned expansion. On the other hand, since he has essentially put the company up for sale, a failure to raise the bid might tempt deep-pocketed media giants like NBC or Disney to make a bid. Johnson is adamant that he won't cede control. Says he: "I will not give up my stake. Never. Why should I, when I can make this company grow so much larger...
...show's critics don't recognize that Nothing Sacred is about one priest's search for God. He claims that the attacks, branding the show's two Jewish executive producers "Godless," are anti-Semitic. As of last week, about eight sponsors had begged off. For now, ABC and Disney are standing behind the show, but if the ratings don't improve, last rites may have to be administered. Says producer David Manson: "We all understand that in the end this show has to deliver an audience...
SOLD. SUE, the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever recovered, to Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History; at an auction in New York City. The winning bid of $8.4 million was financed partly by McDonald's and Disney. DIED. JEROME LEMELSON, 74, prolific inventor whose more than 500 patents include the bar-code scanning technology used by stores and factories around the world; of liver cancer; in Los Angeles. He spent years in legal battles with corporations over his patents, won millions in settlements, and used the money to endow a $500,000 annual prize for inventors...