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Walt Disney Co posted a 17.8 percent increase in quarterly earnings and better-than-expected revenue, boosted by an improving ad climate and strength in the media giant's cable operations.

Walt Disney Co on Wednesday said it restructured its film studio's marketing, distribution, and operations divisions, reflecting a new strategic direction for bringing content to the market.

The Jonas Brothers are keepers at Disney Channel.

The Walt Disney Co has received Beijing's nod to build a theme park in Shanghai, in a major advance for the media and entertainment company in the tough China market ahead of President Obama's first China visit.

The Walt Disney Co's breakthrough deal to build one of its signature theme parks in Shanghai marks a major advance for Western media and entertainment firms trying to crack a tough China market.

With President Barack Obama due to visit China next month, speculation is swirling Walt Disney Co may finally be about to announce a long-awaited deal to build a theme park in Shanghai.

Disney Channel is looking to expand its stable of musically themed comedy series with Dance Dance Chicago.

Walt Disney Co is launching free iPhone and iPod touch applications, giving fans access to Disney content and interactive features anywhere.

The chief executive of Walt Disney has called for a thorough reexamination of the business model for marketing and producing movies as DVD sales tumble and distribution costs rise.

Disney will celebrate Opposite Day. The studio is developing a high-concept comedy with that title and has hired Nancy Drew scribe Tiffany Paulsen to write it.

The Walt Disney Co and Universal studios unveiled changes at the top on Monday, as Hollywood's worst-performing major houses try to turn things around in a potentially record year at the box office.

In one of the quirkiest book cults America has never heard of, a round-snouted troll is hauling consumers' wallets from their pockets despite the worst recession in decades.

The wall-crawling superheroes and caped vigilantes of Marvel Comics will soon overrun the streets and take to the skies in the more sedate precincts of the Magic Kingdom. That might not be a bad thing for comic books.

Walt Disney Studios Chairman Dick Cook said on Friday he will resign, effective immediately, from the unit of the Walt Disney Co to pursue new adventures.

Mickey Mouse's house and his Toon Town world will make way next year for a vastly larger Fantasyland, in the biggest-ever expansion of the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Florida, Walt Disney Co said on Saturday.

The Walt Disney Co on Friday announced a deal with The Beatles' company, Apple Corps, to remake the band's movie Yellow Submarine in 3-D, extending the Fab Four's presence in the 21st century.

Disney has struck a deal with Viz Media to bring the anime series Naruto Shippuden to the Disney XD digital cable network beginning next month.

Timothy Dalton, a former James Bond and a Shakespearean actor to boot, will voice a worthy thespian hedgehog named Mr Pricklepants in Disney/Pixar's Toy Story 3.

Walt Disney Co on Thursday dashed fan speculation that it plans to resurrect the Michael Jackson 3-D film Captain EO in its theme parks, saying the 1986 short movie is dated.

Die-hard fans of Walt Disney Co gather this week in California for the company's first-ever fan exposition and what Disney hopes will be a show of the durability of its brands in a tough time.

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Marvel Entertainment Inc would have to pay the Walt Disney Co a termination fee of $140 million if it terminates a proposed merger with Disney, according to a securities filing on Friday.

Walt Disney Co's $4 billion bet on Marvel Entertainment's superheroes is at best going to take some time to pay off and at worst may have increased some risks for the entertainment behemoth.

Walt Disney Co on Monday agreed to buy Marvel Entertainment Inc for $4 billion in the year's biggest media deal, banking on Marvel's pantheon of superheroes to broaden its lineup of movie franchises that appeal to boys.

Standard & Poor's on Monday said it may cut its debt rating on the Walt Disney Co, citing concerns that its acquisition of Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion will leave it with higher debt.

Disney characters (L-R) Minnie Mouse, Mickey Mouse, Goofy and Donald Duck pose for photographers after their arrival at the airport in Mumbai January 4, 2006.

Walt Disney Co agreed buy Marvel Entertainment Inc for $4 billion in a deal that would add characters such as Iron Man, Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four to its entertainment empire.

Walt Disney Co said on Monday it plans to buy Marvel Entertainment Inc for $4 billion in a deal that would add characters like Iron Man, Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four to its entertainment empire.

Walt Disney Co said on Monday it plans to buy Marvel Entertainment Inc for $4 billion in a deal that would add characters like Iron Man, Spider-Man, and the Fantastic Four to its entertainment empire.