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...Certainly TV executives - like the audience as a whole - should worry about the results of such vertical integration (at Disney-owned ABC, for instance, it's now nearly impossible for a studio to get a show on the air if it's not owned by the parent company). But The WB's whining is a little disingenuous. "Buffy" is a big hit by the standards of a little network. But it's a niche show nonetheless: It would never go to NBC, ABC or CBS, and if it did, those networks, which need a huge tune-in to keep...
...seems, love Cinderella. Look how many zillions of dollars Disney has made repackaging the theme of pretty-but-unusual-girl-gets-lucky: handsome prince marries a sea creature (The Little Mermaid), handsome prince marries maiden who's been dozing for a hundred years (Sleeping Beauty), newly handsome prince marries bookworm with eccentric dad (Beauty and the Beast). Funny, though: the curtain falls at the wedding. The implicit message is that the chase is more exciting than the prize...
...Bourse Not So Mickey-Mouse A U.S. federal mediator has ruled that employees at Disney World in Florida should be paid for time spent getting into and out of a costume or uniform. Disney faces hefty claims for back pay from 3,000 workers. First to Finnish Mobile phone manufacturer Nokia has topped French business school INSEAD's list of the world's most effective companies. Other high scorers are Renault and BNP Paribas. Confidence Trick While its rivals issue profit warnings, German software giant SAP forecast 20% growth in sales in the first half of the year and announced...
...real-life Broadway crowd, The Producers is a gift from the show-biz gods. For years, most of the street's big musical hits have been operatic British imports. The Lion King was a great homegrown boost, but Disney and Julie Taymor were, and still are, outsiders. The Producers is a product and a celebration of the kind of musical-comedy showmanship that doesn't exist much anymore. "It's as if this is that one last musical from the 1950s, and everybody forgot to produce it," says one of the show's producers, Tom Viertel. "And now here...
...have turned to newsmagazine and reality shows, which deliver comparable audiences for less money than old-fashioned movies-of-the-week and offer similar dramas-in-real-life. But while ABC has cut back on movies, it has begun producing more high-profile "events," including its Wonderful World of Disney and Oprah Winfrey Presents franchises, which have been among the few new network movies to score big ratings. "The old form of movie-of-the-week isn't appealing to audiences anymore," says ABC executive vice president Susan Lyne. "The quality of cable movies has been a wake-up call...