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DisneyFreak
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Although that would be great I don't see it happening. The Hensen Family is very protective over Jim's creations and they are actually trying to stop Disney from using the Muppets all together. Supposedly Disney and Jim Hensen only had a hand-shake deal for the rights to use the Muppets. This would mean the closure of Muppet Vision.
DisneyFreak
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BTW, I would like to see Disney buy Pixar before their contract runs up.
MrPromey
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Me too. I think that would be awesome but I don't know how well it would work out. Disney would probably have to keep it running as a separate company or risk loosing half the talent when they try to make it conform to Disney standards... It really seems almost like a no-brainer to me though, I wonder why there hasn't been talk of it before. I'm pretty sure Pixar is publically owned so if Disney wanted it, the could probably get pretty much with or without Steve Jobs or anyone else's consent (could be wrong on that one though, especially if Mr. Jobs has controlling stock).. It seems that it would be cheaper to acquire it now before they release a few more movies and it becomes even more valuable, you know?
MrPromey
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I don't know that Disney would be able to easily swing that one. Universal is a pretty big company. They are by no means an AOLTimewarner but it would still be difficult and costly. Anyway, I'd hate to think that Disney had anythign at all to do with those two parks in Orlando unless they were to do some MAJOR reworking of them....
MrPromey
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I know the internet boom has sort of fizzled but I'd like to see them get their hands on Yahoo.. I remember back when internet stocks were riding high and Yahoo was worth more than Disney on paper (what were people thinking?) there was talk that Yahoo might acquire Disney. I'm really, really glad we never had to witness that but now that things have calmed down, I think both Yahoo and Disney could befit as long as Disney didn't try to completely absorb yahoo. I mean, I don't want to see a yahoo.go.com or to type in www.disney.com and get sent to disney.yahoo.com. I think if the run it as their own thing sort of like they do ABC for television, it could work. There would be plenty of opportunities to cross promote both in the parks and on the website with lots of links to Disney. Yahoo already has a really big user base and is trusted as a web brand name in much the same way that Disney is trusted as a real world brand name… If they could do it without a lot of cost, I think it would be a good move. It would also lock them in for a foothold in the interactive TV market if it ever comes to pass. I don't think it's going to the way they thought it would but I can still see TV and the internet coming a lot closer together in future years with things like movies on demand 'rented' directly from the studios that released them as well as many other possibilities. This kind of a deal would lend Disney a lot of credibility in the online world in the future when they may need it...
MrPromey
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That's what I'm afraid they would do, just stick their name on it! It would complicate things a lot if they did that anyway (unless the sold off the two parks). They'd have to arrange transportation to these parks from WDW and then people would be awfully close to International Drive where there are tons of business just waiting to get their hands on tourists and all their money...