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Category: Disney

  • Disney

Hello, It’s Stitch

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on February 10, 2025

Walking the shows in Nuremberg and Hong Kong, there was one ubiquitous character that everyone…

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  • Disney

The Walt Disney Company’s Struggles – Its Impact on Toy Sales

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on August 28, 2023August 28, 2023

Disney stock is struggling. It closed the day on Thursday, August 24, 2023 at $82.47. That…

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  • Disney

Will Apple Buy Disney?

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on August 13, 2023August 13, 2023

Will Apple buy Disney? I don’t know about you, but my first reaction was, “No.”…

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  • Disney

Disney Lays Off 4,000 Employees, 3,000 More By Summer

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on April 24, 2023April 24, 2023

The Walt Disney Company today announced its second round of layoffs bringing the total of…

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  • Disney

The Mickey Mouse Copyright Runs Out in 2024 – What That Means for All of Us

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on January 11, 2023March 13, 2023

2024 will specifically pull “Steamboat Willie, “The Barn Dance,” and that original design of Mickey…

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Play Pals exhibit, Dollhouse case, The Strong, Rochester, New York
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Play Pals: Dolls, Action Figures, and More

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on March 31, 2022

For as long as play has existed, humans have been making dolls in some form…

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  • Disney

Felix the Cat Was a Big Star but There Were Copy Cats Even Then

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on December 29, 2020January 4, 2021

I am reading a fascinating book about the history of animated cartoons. Written by Reid…

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  • Disney

Mulan is a $30 Rental; here’s why

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on August 10, 2020August 10, 2020

The Walt Disney Company announced last week that Mulan, its live-action movie about a Chinese…

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  • Disney

Mickey Mouse Is Lonely as Disney Struggles

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on July 7, 2020July 7, 2020

“With every passing day of coronavirus uncertainty and social upheaval, Disney finds itself scrambling not…

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  • Disney

Disney Is In Trouble

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on May 4, 2020May 30, 2020

“Minnie! There’s no audience.” – Mickey Mouse, House of Mouse, 2001 …… The Walt Disney…

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