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Volume, Emotion, Sponsorship: What Brands Have An Edge on Social Media Strategies? - Posted April 30, 2012
Market Strategies International recently released the first edition of what it says will be an annual Social Media Brand Index, a measure for brands both of consumer-generated soci... [semanticweb.com]

Revolving Door: MSNBC, Salon, and More from the News Corp Hacking Scandal - Posted April 23, 2012
MSNBC's top spokesperson Jeremy Gaines is heading to the Gannett Company... [PRNewser]

Jane Goodall is the Spokesperson for Disney's 'Chimpanzee' - Posted April 19, 2012
Primatologist and conservationist Jane Goodall is serving as the spokesperson... [PRNewser]

We Will Be Inundated With Movie Marketing Forevermore - Posted April 12, 2012
Still smarting from the ... [PRNewser]

'Prometheus': One Movie, Six Videos - Posted March 19, 2012
We know you're ... [PRNewser]

'John Carter' is a Flop and Marketing Takes a Chunk of the Blame - Posted March 13, 2012
So John Carter is... [PRNewser]

J.R. Martinez Inks Deal with Hyperion - Posted January 16, 2012
J.R. Martinez, the winner of Season 13 of Dancing with the Stars, recently landed a book deal with Hyperion. According to ... [GalleyCat]

MongoGraph One Ups MongoDB With Semantic Power - Posted January 11, 2012
MongoDB has been gaining traction: 10gen, which began the MongoDB project and offers commercial MongoDB support services, said that for 2011 there was a 300 percent increase in Fortune 500 enterprise customers. The list included Disney, Viacom, HP and McKesson. The company also noted strong adoption in Europe including Telefonica and... [semanticweb.com]

Jenny McCarthy Inks Deal at Hyperion - Posted October 19, 2011
Actress Jenny McCarthy landed a deal with Hyperion to publish her next book, Sinner: Confessions of a Recovering Catholic. According to the release, the new book will maintain "the theme of her comedic New York Times bestsellers, from Belly Laughs to Love, Lust & Faking... [semanticweb.com]

Hulu is No Longer for Sale - Posted October 17, 2011
[caption id="attachment_81329" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Glee: One of Hulu's most popular shows"][/caption] In a short and to the point statement released mid-week, equity owners and Hulu senior management team announced that Hulu was no longer for sale: ''Since Hulu holds a unique and compelling strategic v... [SocialTimes.com]

Rick Riordan Hosts New York City Toga Party - Posted October 3, 2011
Tomorrow children's writer Rick Riordan will release the latest title in the Heroes of Olympus series, The Son of Neptune. Hyperion has ordered ... [GalleyCat]

Roll Call: Edelman, 'EW,' and LightSquared - Posted August 24, 2011
Edelman has appointed Steven Behm GM of the Atlanta office. He's been with the firm for five years, building its crisis, risk, and public affairs practice in the Southeast. He's also served as the firm's associate director for the national crisis and risk practice. ... [PRNewser]

First Disney Android App: A Winnie the Pooh Puzzle Book - Posted July 13, 2011
The first Disney produced Android app is available. And, surprise, it is not based around Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck. But, perhaps with the new Winnie the Pooh movie set to open this Friday, it is not such a surprise that the first Disney Android app revolves around Winnie the Pooh. ... [SocialTimes.com]

Emily Gould To Launch Digital Bookstore - Posted July 6, 2011
Writer Emily Gould will partner with Ruth Curry to establish a digital bookstore. According to The New York Observer, they have contacted OR Books ab... [GalleyCat]

Melissa de la Cruz on Writing for Adults - Posted May 27, 2011
Melissa de la Cruz began her career with the YA vampire series, Blue Bloods, but she will soon release her first adult title, Witches of East End. At BEA, she joined a panel of YA authors who have also finished their first adult projects. ... [10,000 Words]

Disney Plans To Start Several New Subscription Magazines for Kids - Posted March 21, 2011
At a moment where it seems like everyone is lamenting the death of print, Disney is taking the opposite tack -- it plans to build a children's subscription magazine business in the U.S. Such hopeful news! As it turns out, Disney's magazine business is just thriving in Europe, and so on Tuesday,... [FishbowlNY]

Disney Reaches Agreement with ABC-Affiliates Over Retrans Money - Posted February 17, 2011
A handful of ABC-affiliates have struck a deal with Walt Disney Co. to share a portion of the retrans fees they collect from cable and satellite providers. Here's Bloomberg on the development: ... [TVSpy]

Rachel Cohn Lands Four Book Deal - Posted February 4, 2011
Disney Publishing imprint Disney-Hyperion has acquired a four-book science fiction series written by Rachel Cohn. Beta, the first book of the YA series, will be published in fall 2012. Executive editor Emily... [GalleyCat]

Three Snow White Movies in the Works - Posted February 3, 2011
Beginning in 2012, three different adaptations of Snow White will hit theaters: The Brothers Grimm: Snow White (2012), Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), and Snow a... [GalleyCat]

Disney Releases 'Tron As Interactive iPad Book App - Posted January 20, 2011
The classic sci-fi story 'Tron is now available as an interactive iPad app. Disney Publishing released the interactive book app this... [AppNewser]

Disney Gets Into eBook Apps - Posted December 17, 2010
Since the iPad launched back in April, Disney has been exploring how interactive eBook apps for kids. In April 2010, Disney launched an app for its Toy Story franchise aimed at bringing the film to life by taking advantage o... [FishbowlDC]

Gowalla Checks In at Disney Parks - Posted November 18, 2010
Location-based mobile app Gowalla is officially a Mickey Mouse operation, as it announced the launch of Disney ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Make Your Dreams Come True as the New Senior Writer for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts - Posted November 2, 2010
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Tech, Media Dominate Landor Associates' 2010 Breakaway Brands Study - Posted October 11, 2010
Clif Bar and Kraft Foods have something else in common besides edible products: They were the only two companies to crack the top-10 list in the 2010 Breakaway Brands Study from strategic brand consulting and design firm ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Former Yahoo! Media Head James Pitaro Is Going to Disney World - Posted October 4, 2010
Yahoo! vice president and head of media James Pitaro (pictured) is going to Disney World, joining ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Disney Wants Your Memories - Posted September 27, 2010
Disney Parks and Resorts is making submitted videos and images a main focus of the company's new marketing campaign "Let the Memories Begin." Disney is asking for submissions to Facebook, Twit... [PRNewser]

Thomson Reuters, MTV Make Best Global Brands List - Posted September 18, 2009
We were encouraged to see that a few media brands crept their way onto Interbrand's list of the 100 Best Global Brands of 2009, out today. Of course, some of the world's biggest brands rounded out the top five: Coca-Cola, IBM, Microsoft, General Electric (which ow... [FishbowlNY]

Fortune Recognizes Media Mavens On 50 Most Powerful Women List - Posted September 11, 2009
It's no surprise that some media movers and shakers made their way onto Fortune's 50 Most Powerful Women List. ... [FishbowlNY]

On The Menu: Disney's Marvelous Acquisition - Posted September 1, 2009
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Disney-ABC Adds Three Execs to Digital Media - Posted September 9, 2008
The good people at Disney sent over this press release, touting their poaching of Karin Timpone and Lauren DeVi... [FishbowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted August 22, 2008
Rats! "Film credits from the 1920s revealed imprecision in copyright claims that some experts say could invalidate Disney's long-held copyright" of ... [FishbowlLA]

Wal-Mart Calls Hannah Montana in Mobile Deal - Posted July 24, 2008
Wal-Mart and Disney have hooked up in a new marketing deal, but we can't decide if it's a way to push ... [ThinkMobile - SocialTimes.com]

Mobile Ad Bits: Snacks from IAB's Mobile Leadership Forum - Posted July 22, 2008
Throughout the various sessions at the IAB's first mobile advertising event two themes resonated: "It's all about the consumer" and "the real impact of mobile advertising is what happens after the click-through." Some other takeaway snippets from the forum, which was held in New York on Monday. Gary Schwartz, president and CEO of... [ThinkMobile - SocialTimes.com]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted June 30, 2008
W. The Movie: As local screenwriter Chris Farnsworth says of the upcoming Oliver Stone film about George W. Bush... [FishbowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted May 14, 2008
Have A Food Fight With Tom Hanks: To benefit Shakespeare Festival/LA, you can bid on a speaking role - including an onstage food fight - in a staged reading of Taming of the Shrew with Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson Annette Bening, William Shatner, Christina Appl... [FishbowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted April 1, 2008
Woody Sues Dov: Woody Allen sued American Apparel Inc. for using images from Annie Hall without his consent. And not, as we had initially assumed, for being manhandled by Dov Charney... [FishbowlLA]

Season of Wishes: Come For The Love, Stay For The Cake - Posted December 4, 2007
The Make-A-Wish Foundation is taking over the Grove again this evening, granting children their wishes and ensuring that there is not a dry eye at the mall. 6-year-old Klarissa Ramos, of Galveston, TX; Spirit Cosey, 9, of Minneapolis, and 10-year-old Tykazja "Ty" McCoy, of Ft. Lauderdale have a... [FishbowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted November 27, 2007
In Case You Were Wondering: Reporter Susan King details all the cute little Disney homages in Enchanted. But if you were the type of person who wanted to read this st... [FishbowlLA]

Season of Wishes: Make-A-Wish Foundation Sends Lil' Princess Off To Disney World - Posted November 17, 2007
The fairy godmothers at Make-A-Wish Foundation are sending 6-year-old Kiara Williams off to Disney World to celebrate her apparent victory against leukemia. Kiara, who has a thing for Cinderella, was diagnosed when she was three and treated for two years at Long Beach Miller's Children's Hospital. Now that she's feeli... [FishbowlLA]

Donald Duck Blamed For Heresy by Australian Archibishop - Posted October 11, 2007
Considering how litigious Disney is, how does Australia's Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal Pell get away with ranting about the Donald Duck heresy? In a compilation of essays due out this week, the Cardinal criticiz... [FishbowlLA]

Trade Round-Up: Oct. 1, 2007 - Posted October 1, 2007
Game Plan Picks Off Kingdom Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson rocked the box-office over the weekend with his family laffer The Game Plan from Disney. The kid pic opened at $22.7 million, exceeding weekend expecations, THR ... [FishbowlLA]

Trade Round-Up: Sept. 27, 2007 - Posted September 27, 2007
Transformers 2 Picks a Date Paramount and DreamWorks are moving ahead with plans for a Transformers 2 project, stamping down June 26, 2009 as the release date, reports Variety. The story say... [FishbowlLA]

Trade Round-Up: Sept. 6. 2007 - Posted September 6, 2007
Shepherd to Join View, Variety Says Variety does some source leaning in today's paper, announcing that Sherri Shepherd is the new cohost on The View, taking the fifth spot on the morning chatfest alongside Barbara Walters, Joy Behar, Elizabeth H... [FishbowlLA]

Trade Round-Up: Sept. 5, 2007 - Posted September 5, 2007
Burton Busts Out Todd in Venice Tim Burton took his filmmaking act to the Venice Film Festival where he picked up a Golden Lion Award for lifetime achievement. In return, Burton took the festival opportunity to unspool an eight-minute sneak of the big-screen adaptation of his next pic, Sweeney Todd ... [FishbowlLA]

Ebert Sticks In His Thumb, And Writes Up This Plum - Posted August 30, 2007
Per Monday's Romenesko, film critic Roger Ebert says he never asked Disney to remove his trademarked "Thumbs" from the At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper. I am discussing with Disney my association with the show that Gene ... [FishbowlLA]

Costumed Characters Help Spain Promote Reading - Posted August 16, 2007
The Times reports on a most unusual campaign dreamt-up by the Spanish Federation of Publishers (FGEE) and backed by the Government: Little Red Riding Hood, Mary Poppins, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza are just some of the characters accosting tourists on the coasts, part of... [GalleyCat]

Dangerous Book for Boys To Be Filmed - Posted August 7, 2007
Variety reported yesterday that the film rights for Conn and Hal Iggulden's smash hit THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS - already the inspiration for many a knockoff - were bought by Disney and Scott Rudin in a deal wo... [GalleyCat]

Ebook Experiment for Scholastic and Disney - Posted June 12, 2007
AP's Hillel Italie reports that Scholastic and Disney, two leading children's publishers, are entering the ebook world. Scholastic has just launched BookFlix, an educational Web site pairing short films based on popular picture books along with nonfiction e-books that allow early readers to follow the text online. "We're so lucky to... [GalleyCat]

LAT in 90 Seconds - Posted June 11, 2007
All Is Happy In Happy Valley: The David Mamet TV show The Unit skipped the headaches of filming in L.A. by shooting its exterior shots on a Santa Clarita cul-de-sacs, where locals are happy to pocket location cash and graze at c... [FishbowlLA]

LAT in 90 Seconds - Posted April 5, 2007
Cube=Square: We knew hip-hop was dead when we saw Karl Rove rap. But for those of you who held out hope, we offer you this. ... [FishbowlLA]

In The Trades: Heads Roll, Queens Rule, Lawyers Drool - Posted February 9, 2007
Jim Samples has stepped down as head of the Cartoon Network, after the edgy if stupid Aqua Teen Hunger Force marketing effort blew up (or looked like it could) in Boston. Sarah, the Dutchess of York, aka the other Fergie, gets a producer cr... [FishbowlLA]