Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Week 5: Quiz + Disney

Dont forget your name and student number! 


____1. Cool is…. (a) insightful  (b) low status  (c) authentic  (d) mainstream
____2. The paradox (悖論) of cool: (a) nobody knows it, but everyone wants it  (b) because it is cool, everyone gets it, then it is not cool (c) cool people hate cool (d) when you are cool, only you know you are cool
____3. The people who help companies find cool are  (a) cool people  (b) cool seekers  (c) marketers  (d) coolhunters
____4. The purpose of cool, for a big company, is to…  (a) sell products  (b) give their brand a higher status  (c) make sure cool people buy their products  (d) help Black-Americans
____5. The NBA markets… (a) Allen Iverson  (b) black culture  (c) basketball  (d) shoes and clothing 
____6. When consumers encounter black culture in popular culture, what is missing?  (a) politics  (b) marginal communities  (c) poverty  (d) cool
____7. In this class, culture =  (a) what people do  (b) a person’s identity  (c) the power to say who is in and who is out  (d) a specific group of people
____8. Allen Iverson was an idol among young black people because  (a) he stood for black power politics  (b) he was well spoken and polite  (c) he was rich  (d) he was a complete human being from black culture
____9. When cool spreads, it spreads from  (a) low status people to high status people  (b) high status people to low status people  (c) from middle class to middle class people  (d) from people with few social contacts to people with many social contacts
____10. Jazz entered Europe after the First World War brought by…  (a) rich white Americans  (b) black soldiers  (c) British soldiers coming back from America  (d) soldiers from farms in America

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American Mass Culture
Week 5


Disney, Consumer Culture, Brand Meaning, Consumption, Identity

 

 

 

 

This week we learn…..

 

       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHrYDL9LkIQ

Introduction:
Things Disney Owns

Corprote

Marketing

D23 (Disney)

Disney Archives

Disney Enterprises, Inc., copyright and trademark holder of Disney-branded properties

Disney Worldwide Services, Inc., shared services

The Disney Children's Center, Inc., child care center

Earth Star, Inc., corporate airline

Synergy Group

The Walt Disney Studios

Production

Walt Disney Pictures: common name for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Disneynature

Animation

Walt Disney Animation Studios

DisneyToon Studios

Pixar Animation Studios

Lucasfilm Ltd.

Industrial Light & Magic

Lucasfilm Animation

Lucasfilm Animation Singapore

LucasArts: All in-house development was ceased in April 2013, but they remained open as a publisher and licensor.

Lucas Licensing

Lucas Books, licensed book publishing imprint

Lucas Online

Skywalker Sound

Lucasfilm Story Group

Marvel Studios

Marvel Music

Marvel Film Productions LLC (Delaware)

MVL Development LLC (Delaware)

MVL Productions LLC: an indirect wholly owned film development subsidiary

MVL Film Finance LLC: holder of Marvel's Movie debt and theatrical film rights to the twelve characters and supporting characters as collateral.

MVL Rights, LLC: subsidiary holding movie rights of all Marvel Characters with some on contract with MVL Film Finance

Iron Works Productions LLC: subsidiary holding debt to finance the Iron Man films.

Incredible Production (Delaware)

Asgard Productions LLC (Delaware)

 

Introduction:
Things Disney Owns

Introduction:
Things Disney Owns

Buena Vista Concerts[6]

Disney Theatrical Group

Disney Theatrical Productions

Disney Live Family Entertainment

Disney on Ice (produced by Feld Entertainment

Disney Live  (produced by Feld Entertainment)

Walt Disney Special Events Group[7]

Disney Theatrical Licensing

New Amsterdam Development Corp.

New Amsterdam Theatre (long term lease)

New Amsterdam Theatrical Productions, Inc.

Walt Disney Theatrical Worldwide, Inc.

Buena Vista Theatrical Ventures, Inc.

Buena Vista Theatrical Merchandise, LLC

Disney Studio Services

Disney Digital Studio Services - Studio Post Production

Studio Production Services

Walt Disney Studios (Burbank)

Golden Oak Ranch

Prospect Studios

KABC7 Studio B

 

Introduction:
Things Disney Owns

       Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media

       Disney Licensing (formerly directly a part of Disney Consumer Products)

       Disney Baby

       Disney Retail

       Disney Store Worldwide, Inc.

       Disney Store North America

       Disney Store Europe

       Disney Store Japan

       Disney Shopping, Inc. (formerly Disney Direct Marketing Services, Inc.) catalog and direct marketing channels[10]

       Disneystore.com

       Disneybaby.com

       The Walt Disney Catalog

       Disney Direct Response Publishing, Inc.

       Integrated Retail, consolidates all other North American retail channels

       Disney Games & Apps

       Disney Mobile

       Starwave Mobile[11]

       Disney Canada Inc.

       Club Penguin

       Playdom

       Gamestar

       Rocket Pack

       DCPI Labs team[12]

       The Muppets Studio (formerly Muppets Holding Company LLC)[13]

       DCPI Content

       Maker Studios

       Maker Music

       Polaris

       MakerGen

Introduction:
Things Disney Owns

       DCPI Content & Media

       Advanced Media

       Social Media and Micro Content

       Disney Co/Op, custom content and all platform ad sales

       disney.com

       Disney Style

       Oh My Disney

       Disney LOL

       babble.com

       Disney Family (Family.com)

       Go.com: formerly GO Network

       StarWars.com

 

Introduction:
Things Disney Owns

       Disney Publishing Worldwide

       Core Publishing[16]

       Disney Magazine Publishing, Inc.

       Disney Comics, Inc.

       Disney Libri

       Disney Libros (Spain)

       Disney Book Group (Disney Book Publishing, Inc.)

       Disney·Hyperion

       Disney·Jump at the Sun

       Disney Press

       Disney Editions

       Marvel Press

       ABC Daytime Press

       ESPN Books

       Kingswell imprint

       Freeform imprint

       Digital Publishing - Disney Book Apps

       Disney Learning

       Disney Educational Productions

       Disney English

       Disney Imagicademy

       CrossGen: restarted & discontinued as an imprint by Marvel Comics

Introduction:
Things Disney Owns

Introduction:
Things Disney Owns

Introduction:
Things Disney Owns

       Walt Disney Parks and Resorts

       Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. owns and operates two resorts in the United States and another three internationally through various joint ventures and licensing agreements.

 

       Walt Disney Imagineering Research & Development, Inc.

       Walt Disney Creative Entertainment

       Disney Parks Merchandising

       World of Disney Stores

       Disneyland International, oversees Disney's interest in Tokyo Disney Resort[17]

       Disney Destinations, LLC, runs the disneytravelagents.com website[18]

       Disneyland Resort

       Disneyland, Inc.

 

       Disneyland: 1955

       Club 33

       Disney California Adventure: 2001

       Downtown Disney

       Resorts:

       Disneyland Hotel: WCO Hotels, Inc.

       Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa

       Disney's Paradise Pier Hotel

       Walt Disney World Resort

       Walt Disney World Company, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States

 

       Magic Kingdom: 1971

       Epcot: 1982

       Disney's Hollywood Studios: 1989

       Disney's Animal Kingdom: 1998

       Disney Springs

       Downtown Disney Marketplace

       Downtown Disney Westside

       ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex

       Water Parks:

       Disney's Typhoon Lagoon: 1989

       Disney's Blizzard Beach: 1995

 

       Euro Disney S.A.S.: 100% Disney ownedmanages Euro Disney S.C.A., Euro Disney Associés and EDL Hotels SCA

       Euro Disney Investment SAS: owning 9% and general partner of Euro Disney Associés

       Centre de Congrès Newport S.A.S

       Newport Bay Club Convention Centre: leased to EDL Hôtels S.C.A.

       EDL Holding Co.: 99.9% owned by Disney holds 82% ownership of Euro Disney S.C.A.

       EDL Participations S.A.S.: sole general partner of Euro Disney S.C.A.

       Euro Disney S.C.A.: 2% owned by public shareholders, directly owns 82% of Euro Disney Associés

       Euro Disney Commandité S.A.S.: a general partner of Euro Disney Associés

       Euro Disney Associés S.C.A.: operating company of Disney Paris

       EDL Hôtels S.C.A.: owns the Phase IB land and operates the hotels

       EDL Services SAS: manages Phase IB Financing Companies, owners of the various hotels and Disney Village

       Euro Disneyland Participations S.A.S.: 100% Disney owned and owns 17% of

 

       Euro Disneyland Park S.N.C.: owns Disneyland Park (Paris)

       Disneyland Park: 1992 (opened as Euro Disneyland)

       Walt Disney Studios Park: 2002

       Disney Village: 1992 (Opened as Festival Disney)

       Golf Disney

       Resorts:

       Disney's Davy Crockett Ranch

       Disneyland Hotel

       Disney's Hotel Cheyenne

       Disney's Hotel New York

       Disney's Hotel Santa Fe

       Disney's Newport Bay Club

       Disney's Sequoia Lodge[19]

       Hong Kong International Theme Parks

       Disney 48%, Hong Kong Government 52%

 

       Hong Kong Disneyland Resort -Penny's Bay, Lantau Island, Hong Kong

       Hong Kong Disneyland: 2005

       Inspiration Lake: 2005

       Resorts:

       Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel

       Disney's Hollywood Hotel

       Disney's Explorer Lodge

       Hong Kong Disneyland Management Limited: owned 100% by Disney and manages the park

       Shanghai Disney Resort

       Shanghai International Theme Park Company Limited: 43% owned by Disney, 57% owned by Shanghai Shendi Group: owner company for theme parks within the resort

       Shanghai Disneyland Park

       Shanghai International Theme Park Associated Facilities Company Limited: 43% owned by Disney, 57% owned by Shanghai Shendi Groupowner company for associated facilities within the resort

       Shanghai International Theme Park and Resort Management Company Limited: 70% owned by Disney, 30% owned by Shanghai Shendi Groupmanages the resort as a whole as well as the project to develop it

 

 

       Resorts:

       Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa

       Disney's Old Key West Resort

       Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge

       Disney's Beach Club Resort

       Disney's BoardWalk Inn

       Disney's Contemporary Resort

       Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa

       Disney's Polynesian Village Resort

       Disney's Wilderness Lodge

       Disney's Yacht Club Resort

       Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground

       Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort

       Disney's Coronado Springs Resort

       Disney's Port Orleans Resort: French Quarter

       Disney's Port Orleans Resort: Riverside (formerly known as Disney's Dixie Landings Resort)

       Disney's All-Star Movies Resort

       Disney's All-Star Music Resort

       Disney's All-Star Sports Resort

       Disney's Pop Century Resort

       Disney's Art of Animation Resort

       Landholding companies

       Compass Rose Corporation

       Walt Disney Travel Company

       Disneyland Paris

       Opened on 12 April 1992 as the Euro Disney Resort. Located in Marne-la-Vallée, France (Disney 51%, public shareholders 49%) Euro Disney Investments, Inc.

 

 

 

       Adventures by Disney

       Aulani

       Disney Cruise Line

       ships

       Disney Magic (1998)

       Disney Wonder (1999)

       Disney Dream (2011)

       Disney Fantasy (2012)

       ports

       Castaway Cay (1998)

       Port Canaveral, Florida

       Disney Vacation Club

       Disney Vacation Development, Inc.

       Disney Vacation Club Management Corp.

 

       Disney's Vero Beach Resort, Vero Beach, Florida

       Disney's Hilton Head Island Resort, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

       also hotel at the major resorts and Aulani are involved and are listed under their respective resorts, see Disney Vacation Club article

       Palm Financial Services, Inc., financing arm

 

 

       Disney Media Networks

       DisneyABC Television Group

       ABC, Inc. d.b.a. DisneyABC Television Group[20]

 

       American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.[21] - generally seen as the copyright holder for ABC owned shows

       Disney/ABC Television Group Digital Media

       Walt Disney Television

       Disney-ABC Home Entertainment and Television Distribution

       DisneyABC Domestic Television - formerly Buena Vista Television

       Hulu (30% in partnership with NBC Universal,21st Century Fox and Time Warner)

       Disney Media Distribution - formerly Disney-ABC International Television and before that, ABC Cable and International Broadcast Group

       American Broadcasting Company (1943 Radio) (1948 Television)

       ABC News (1945)

       ABC News Radio (1968)

       ABC News All Media

       ABC News production unit

       ABC News Productions(1994)

       Lincoln Square Productions (2003present)

       A&E Networks

       joint venture with Hearst Corporation; 50% equity holding

 

       A&E network

       A&E

       Crime & Investigation Network

       Fyi

       History network

       History

       Military History

       History en Español

       A+E Networks International

       A+E Networks Latin America (joint venture with Ole Communications)

       A+E Networks UK (joint venture with British Sky Broadcasting)

       Blaze

       A+E Networks Asia (joint venture with Astro Overseas Limited)

       A+E Networks India

       History TV18 (joint venture with Network 18)

       FYI TV18 (joint venture with Network 18)

       A+E Networks Consumer Products

       A+E Studios

       A&E IndieFilms

       A+E Films

       A+E Networks Digital

       Lifetime Entertainment Services

       Lifetime

       LMN

       Lifetime Real Women

       Lifetime Movie Club

       Lifetime Radio for Women

       Lifetime Press

       Lifetime Digital

       myLifetime.com

       LMN.tv

       Lifetime Games

       Roiworld.com

       DressUpChallenge.com

       LifetimeMoms.com

       MothersClick.com

       Vice Media, Inc. a 10% minority stake[22] with an additional direct Disney investment at a 10% stake[23]

       Viceland

       ABC Entertainment Group

       ABC Digital

       ABC Entertainment

       ABC Studios (formerly Touchstone Television and ABC Television Studios)

       ABC Signature

       Greengrass Productions

       Keep Calm and Carry On Productions

       Victor Television Productions

       ABC/Kane Productions

       Times Square Studios (division)

       ABC Daytime (1960)

       Valleycrest Productions Ltd.

       ABC Media Productions - formerly Buena Vista Productions

       ABC Family Worldwide

       Freeform (TV channel)

       ABC Spark IP (licensed by Corus Entertainment)

       ABC Family Digital

       ProdCo, Inc., ABC Family production company

       BVS Entertainment, formerly Saban Entertainment

       Saban / Fox Kids library.

       DePatie-Freleng Enterprises / Marvel Productions, Ltd library.

       ABC Owned Television Stations

       WLS-7 Chicago, Illinois

       KFSN-30 Fresno, California

       KTRK-13 Houston, Texas

       KABC-7 Los Angeles, California

       WABC-7 New York City

       WPVI-6 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

       WTVD-11 Raleigh-Durham

       KGO-7 San Francisco, California

       Live Well Network

       ABC National Television Sales

       ABC Regional Sports and Entertainment Sales[24]

       Disney Channels Worldwide

       Disney Channel

       Disney Cinemagic

       Disney Junior

       Disney XD

       Broadcast Satellite Disney Co., Ltd. (April 2009) operator of Dlife channel (Japan)[25]

       Hungama TV (2006)

       Radio Disney

       KDIS (AM)

       Production

 

       Disney Television Animation

       It's a Laugh Productions

       ESPN Inc.

       (Disney (80%) [26]

 

 

 

       ESPN

       ESPN2

       ESPN3

       ESPN on ABC: formerly ABC Sports

       ESPNews

       ESPN Deportes

       ESPN Films

       ESPNU

       ESPN Classic

       ESPN America

       ESPN UK

       ESPN Now

       ESPN PPV

       Longhorn Network (joint venture with the University of Texas at Austin and IMG College)

       SEC Network

       ESPN Regional Television dba ESPN Events

       ESPN Radio

       ESPN MVP

       ESPN The Magazine

       ESPN Books

       ESPN Home Entertainment

       ESPN Outdoors

       BASS

       ESPN Digital Center

       ESPN International (see for complete list of channels)

       Sony ESPN (Joint venture with Sony Pictures Networks)

       CTV Speciality Television Inc. is a jointly venture by ESPN International and Bell Canada's Bell Media division. Any percentages below refer to the portion of each channel owned by CTV Specialty, with the balance in each case being owned by additional partners such as Discovery Communications.

       Discovery Channel Canada (80%, joint venture with Discovery Communications)

       RDS Info

       Animal Planet Canada (80%, joint venture with Discovery Communications)

       Discovery Science Canada (80%, joint venture with Discovery Communications)

       Discovery Velocity (80%, joint venture with Discovery Communications)

       ESPN Classic Canada

       Réseau des sports (RDS)

       RDS2

       TSN1

       TSN2

       TSN3

       TSN4

       TSN5

 

 

       Marvel Entertainment

       Cover Concepts, Inc.

       Marvel Characters, Inc.

       Marvel Television division

       Marvel Animation

       Marvel Animation Studios (2012present)

       SH DTV Partners (2012present)

       Squad Productions LLC (Delaware)

       Green Guy Toons LLC (Delaware)

       MVL Iron Works Productions Canada, Inc. (Province of Ontario)

       MVL Incredible Productions Canada, Inc. (Province of Ontario)

       Marvel Entertainment International Limited (United Kingdom)

       Marvel Internet Productions LLC (Delaware)

       Marvel Property, Inc. (Delaware)

       Marvel Toys Limited (Hong Kong)

       MVL Development LLC (Delaware)

       Marvel International Character Holdings LLC (Delaware)

       MRV, Inc. (Delaware)

       MVL International C.V. (The Netherlands)

       Marvel Characters B.V. (The Netherlands)

       Marvel Worldwide, Inc.

       Marvel Comics

       Marvel Custom Solutions, customized comic books[27]

       Icon Comics

       MAX

       Ultimate Comics

       Marvel Press

       Other Marvel Comics imprints

       Marvel Toys

       Marvel Toys Limited (Hong Kong)

 

 

       International

       Disney International

 

       The Walt Disney Company Latin America

       Miravista Films[28]

       The Walt Disney Company Argentina

       Patagonik Film Group, an Argentina-based production company and joint venture[29]

       Germany

       Disney Television (Germany), Inc.

       RTL Disney TV Limited Partnership (RTL DISNEY Fernsehen GmbH & Co. KG) a 50% joint venture of TWDC with RTL Group

       [30] Kividoo - kids SVOD service

       Scoyo learning platform

       Super RTL network, Germany

       Toggolino Club

       Toggo Plus network (June 4, 2016)

       Tele-Munich Television Media Participation Limited Partnership (Tele-Müchen Fernseh-GMBH & Co. Medienbeteiligung KG)[31] joint venture

       ATV Private Limited Partnership (ATV PrivatFernseh-GMBH)

       ATV2 channel, Austria

       RTL 2 Limited Partnership (RTL 2 FERNSEHEN GMBH & CO. kg)

       RTL II channel, Germany

       RTL II HD channel, Germany

       RTL 2 Austria

       TM-TV GMBH

       Tele 5 (Germany)

       Tele 5 HD (Germany)

       Tele 5 (Austria)

       Walt Disney Co., Ltd. Japan

       Studio Entertainment

       Walt Disney Studios Japan

       Disney Music Group

       Disney Character Voice International

       Disney Theatrical Group

       Media Networks

       Walt Disney Television International Japan

       Disney Channel

       Media Distribution

       Disney Interactive Group Japan

       Disney Online

       Disney Mobile

       Disney Interactive Studios

       Parks and Resort

       Disney Destination International

       Disney Vacation Club Japan

       Disney Consumer Products

       Disney Publishing Worldwide Japan

       Disney Store Japan [32]

       Broadcast Satellite Disney Co.

       Dlife channel[33]

       Disney India Inc.

       UTV Software Communications (100% stake since 2/2012)

       UTV Communications (USA) LLC

       IG Interactive Entertainment Ltd.

       UTV Global Broadcasting Ltd.

       UTV TV Content Ltd.

       UTV Games Ltd.

       First Future Agri & Developers Ltd.

       UTV Motion Pictures PLC

       UTV Toons

       UTV New Media Ltd

       Indiagames Ltd

       group's stepdown subsidiaries

       UTV Ignition Entertainment Ltd.

       True Games Interactive

       Genx Entertainment Ltd.

       UTV Entertainment Television Ltd.

       UTV Tele-Talkies Ltd.

       RB Entertainment Ltd.

       Vikatan UTV Content Ltd.

       Screenshot Television Ltd.[34]

       The Walt Disney Company Iberia S.L.

       Sociedad Gestora de Television NET TV SA, joint venture with Vocento SA, Intereconomía Corporation SA[35]

 

       Disney Channel (Spain) HD

       Disney Channel (Spain)

       Intereconomía TV

       Disney Channel Spanish +1

       Other

       Disney Character Voices International

       Times Square Studios

       Silver Creek Pictures, Inc.

       Catalyst Investments, LLC

       POW! Entertainment: 10% of the outstanding shares of stock[36]

       Reedy Creek Energy Services

       BVCC, Inc. (Buena Vista Construction Company) Disney World general contractor

       Sphero (June 2015) TWDC purchased a stake in the robotic toys company then approached them about building BB-8[37]

       Property holding companies

       Carousel Holdings EAT LLC, Carousel Inn & Suites, Anaheim, California[38]

       Axman Realty Corp.

       Boss Realty, Inc.

       Commercial Apartment Properties, Inc.

       The Celebration Co.

       Disney Keystone Properties, Inc.

       Disney Realty, Inc.

       Dutchman Realty, Inc.

       The Dolphin Hotel, Inc.

       Homestead Homes, Inc.

       The Little Lake Bryan Co.

       Maple Leaf Commercial Properties, Inc.

       The Swan Hotel, Inc.

       Walt Disney Properties Corp.

       Buena Vista Street, Burbank CA

       Pine Woods Properties, Inc.

       Holmes Houses, Inc.

       Key Bridge Properties, Inc.

       Florida properties

       Lake Bryan, Inc.

       Madeira Land Co., Inc.

       Magnolia Creek Development Co.

       Financial

       Arvida Disney Financial Services Inc.

       Arvida Real Estate Capital Inc., a commercial real estate investment banking subsidiary to arrange financing for commercial, industrial and retail projects[39]

       Venture capital

       Steamboat Ventures: ownership positions not revealed

 

       Baynote

       EdgeCast

       Elemental Technologies

       EMN8

       Fanzter, Inc.

       Fastclick

       FreeWheel

       GameSalad

       GoPro

       Greystripe

       Kapow Software

       MediaBank

       MerchantCircle

       Passenger

       Photobucket

       RazorGator

       Vobile

       VoodooVox

       Zettics[40]

       Chinese holdings

       51Fanli

       Bokecc

       Cocoa China

       Gridsum Technology

       Netmovie

       Shangpin

       Troodon

       UUSee

       Yoyi Media

       YY[41]

       Unsorted

       2139 Empire Avenue Corp.

       Alameda Payroll, Inc.

       Andes Productions, Inc.

       Animation Collectors, Inc.

       BVHV Services

       Before & After Productions, Inc.

       Berl Holding Co.

       Billy B. Productions, Inc.

       Bird-In-Hand Woodworks, Inc.

       Blue Note Management Corp.

       Buena Vista Catalog Co.

       Buena Vista Laboratories, Inc.

       Buena Vista Trading Co.

       C.A. Productions, Inc.

       DCSR, Inc.

       Devonson Corp.

       Disney Art Editions, Inc.

       Disney Computer Magazine Group, Inc.

       Disney Interfinance Corp.

       Disney International Employment Services, Inc.

       Disney Media Ventures, Inc.

       Disney Special Programs, Inc.

       Disney, Inc.

       DreamWorks II Distribution Co. LLC, originally a copyright holder of DreamWorks-branded properties[42][43]

       ERS Investment Ltd.

       Entertainment Development, Inc.

       Film Brothers Property Corp.

       From Time to Time Inc.

       Hardware Distribution, Inc.

       Heavy Weight, Inc.

       Hodi Investments, Inc.

       Hughes Flying Boat Corp.

       IJR, Inc.(inactive)

       Indian Warrior Productions, Inc.

       J.B. Productions, Inc.

       Kelly Management, Inc.

       LBV Services, Inc.

       Merriweather Productions, Inc. (inactive)

       Montrose Corp.

       One For All Productions, Inc.

       PNLH Payroll Inc.

       Palm Hospitality Co.

       Plymouth Productions

       RCE Services, Inc.

       Stakeout Two Productions, Inc.

       Supercomm International, Inc.

       Swing Kids Productions, Inc.

       The Inn Corp.

       The Quiz Show Co.

       Theme Park Productions, Inc.

       Toon Town, Inc.

       Voice Quality Coordination, Inc.

       WCO Leisure, Inc.

       WCO Parent Corp.

       WCO Port Management Corp.

       WCO Port Properties, Ltd.

       WCO Vacationland, Inc.

       WDT Services, Inc.

       WDW Services, Inc.

       Wanderlust Productions, Inc.

Discussion

       1930s – Walt Disney begins thinking about building a city

       Realizes every Mickey Mouse toy is an advertisement for his cartoons – realized the concept of “Synergy”

 

Discussion

       Now everyone in marketing realizes that those childhood toys and experiences, in adulthood, become the desire to enter into the world of that identity, to become the meaning of the brand

       Disney began understanding this before any other big brand

 

Discussion

       This strong consumer desire to become one with favorite pop-culture products is exploited by every one of the superbrands — from Nike to Viacom to the Gap to Martha Stewart – as they use synergy-based lifestyle marketing

Discussion

       Disney is the best: Michael J. Wolf, a famous management consultant to big companies like Viacom, Time Warner, MTV, writes:

“I can't begin to count the number of times that people who run consumer businesses have confided to me that their goal is to create the broadbased success that Disney seems to bring to every project and every business it touches.”

 

Discussion

       Or as Shaq put it in his own marketing efforts:

Everyone wants to be…..

 

“…..like Mickey Mouse."

Discussion

       Disney invented modern branding

Discussion

       Walt Disney Company created the model for the branded superstore, opening the first Disney Store in 1984.

       Such branded stores, in expensive locations, often lose money. But they create brand image and help spread the idea of the brand

Discussion

       Disney also created the branded holiday – not merely resorts, but also a Disney cruise ship line, which goes to Disney’s privately owned island in the Caribbean.

       Even Nike has a sports-themed cruise ship line….

Discussion

       Branded towns, too: Disney owns Celebration, Florida, a Disney branded town.

       http://tinyurl.com/7hs6w4c

       The irony of Celebration: (from No Logo)


Oddly enough, Celebration is not even sales vehicle for Mickey Mouse licensed products; it is, in contemporary terms an almost Disney-free town - no doubt the only one left in America. In other words, when Disney finally reached its fully enclosed, synergized, self-sufficient space, it chose to create a pre-Disneyfied world- its calm, understated aesthetics are the antithesis of the cartoon world for sale down the freeway at Disney World.”

 

There are no other brands allowed either.  But as one critic says, “it is private space that pretends to be public” since everything is under Disney’s control, from the size of the roads to the shape and color of the buildings.s

History

       "Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation."

-            Walt Disney, Founder, Walt Disney Group of Companies.

 

       "Disney boldly diversified into television, commercials, music, comic strips and amusement parks at a time when other studios could think of little but celluloid"

 

History

       As noted before, Walt Disney invented the ideas of brand management, merchandising campaigns, and brand extension into other product fields

History

       In 1927, Disney created the highly successful Oswald the Lucky Rabbit for Universal Pictures.

       He left Universal over a copyright dispute and in 1928 invented Mickey Mouse

       With third Mickey cartoon, Steamboat Willie, Disney introduced synchronized sound. Very Popular http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBgghnQF6E4

History

       In early 1930s Disney experimented with animation that created emotions, and experiences

History

       In 1938, with the film Snow White, the first-full length animated picture, he became the first producer to have a complete merchandising campaign for a film.

       It became the highest-grossing film of all time.

 

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       He started Mickey Mouse Clubs for children which offered them games and prizes, to cement their loyalty to the company.

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       In early 1940s he began to imagine the first theme park, Disneyworld, with rides and Disney-themed products

       But Disney spent the 1940s doing war-related propaganda for the government

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       In the 1950s Disney became a major name in television

       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_r4BxI3BVg

 

       Note role of TV in creating brand synergy between TV, movies, and toy and other products

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       In 1950 Disney released Cinderella, a huge hit, which led to opening of Disneyworld in California in 1955

       Walt Disney became confident in TV as a medium to promote his movies, when other companies were afraid of the new technology

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       1960s Disney moved into live-action films with Swiss Family Robinson, The Absent-Minded Professor, and one of the greatest movies ever made, Mary Poppins.

       MP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b-Z0SSyUcw&feature=related

       SFR: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjDUFFMmLN4

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       Walt died in 1960s

       In 1971 Disney World Florida opened

       Walt’s son Roy dies in 1970s. Company begins to lose its direction and intelligence – it turned down Raiders of the Lost Ark and ET

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       Early 1980s Disney was more concerned with real estate and recreation than entertainment

       The company was dying. In 1983 the Bass brothers bought 25% of Disney and installed new management team headed by Michael Eisener

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       From 1983 to 1987, annual revenues more than doubled, profits nearly quintupled, and the value of Disney stock went from $2 billion to $23 billion.

       Expansion depended largely on a wide array of business activities in which the new management team aggressively exploited the Disney brand name, such as the stores

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       1990s = Disney Decade

       Disney bought many other companies, including ABC and ESPN

       Released  The Little Mermaid (1989),  Beauty and the Beast (1991) and The Lion King (1994), most successful animated feature ever produced, resurrected its movie power

 

       Late 1990s saw Disney begin to sink again, but after Eisner was forced out (in Shrek Lord Farquaad is thought to be Michael Eisener) Disney grew with Pirates of the Caribbean (2003) and Finding Nemo (2003),

       TV:  Disney experiences continued success with TV hits such as Desperate HousewivesLostGreys’ Anatomy,High School Musical, and Hannah Montana

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