HMF
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It really does not matter what you own, it's what you do with it.
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Spirited News & Observations II -- NGE/Baxter
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John
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Yes and absolutely not. She worked for two months ....two to three nights a week. Completeing her requirement and then some. The problem was one hand not knowing what the other is doing. We had a sinilar problem last year. She had filled out her availability form only to get calls from fellow Cms saying she was on the schedule. Although her availability sheet said otherwise. She had to call and they made changes. This time she recieved the termination letter which in itself is what I feel is wrong. If you are going to fire someone atleast do it to thier face or at minimum a phone call. After 17 yrs you would think thatyou would atleast have earned that much. Its nice that you assume you know the situation. But you do know what they say about assumptions......right?
Update: There isnt any....Manager hasnt returned her call. Waiting for Monday morning to place other calls.
HMF
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Since acquiring Lucasfilm they have killed one of the most popular animated shows on television and a well-known gaming studio which has produced a major amount of content for the Star Wars Franchise. I would not consider that a wise use of a beloved brand they supposedly just spent a fortune on. It's incredibly foolish to buy such a cultural institution and then begin to dismantle the things that made it successful.I hear they are thinking about making an Avengers movie. I would guess that could make a decent return. And maybe even a Star Wars movie. They could call it Episode VII. Yeah, that could work. Who knows, they might even make some Pixar movies.
Sorry.
GoofGoof
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Firing someone with a letter is just plain wrong. I don't care if someone is a part time worker or the CEO. I wouldn't even end a temporary employee from an agency's assignment without at least a phone call and preferably a face to face meeting. It's just common courtesy.
It will be very interesting. While UNI goes pedal to the floor with major new projects (yeah, I should have more info this week on that end), Disney continues its descent into DVC and blogger madness and, now, employees who aren't what they claim to be ... sorta makes you just want to put on 220 pounds and sit with a citrus swirl in one hand and a turkey leg in the other.
The issue concerning the Disney publicist who has misrepresented herself is no longer restricted to this forum or TWDC. Apparently, the New York Times takes its integrity and that of its contractors (or, as she put it, correspondents) quite seriously. The contract required of all NYTimes writers includes more onerous guidelines than those imposed by the Associated Press, do a search for those if you are interested or @PhotoDave219 might be able to offer up some more detail.
Anything that gives even the potential appearance of impropriety or an absence of bias is off limits. Concurrently working in PR for TWDC -- FOR ANY COMPANY -- and writing for the Times is a definite not-in-this-lifetime thing. So, while we may discuss whether her lying on her resume should result in any consequences from her actual employer -- Disney, the NYT is concerned with her misrepresentation as an alleged ten year-plus "correspondent" of the paper's.
She was not. Ever.
And, yeah, that is a pretty big one in the ethics department. Coming from a social media 'expert' for one of the world's largest media companies, it's just sad.
Oh, one other thing that came up in 'research' this weekend. But Disney has a Mommy Blogger with a whole 173 followers (how many are fellow Mommy Bloggers and relatives? Not that it should even matter. ... We'll have 2-3 times as many views on this thread alone in the next hour to place this in some context and you don't see Disney giving me anything ... except for some heartburn and plenty of fodder for these forums!) who is a Canadian that lives in Mexico and Disney sends her to Aulani (as the official Mommy there) and on as many Adventures By Disney tours as it possibly can. They spend more on her in likely in a few months than the average Disney guest earns in a year. ... Again, to what end? Can we page Shel Holtz or Mark Ragan or Josh Hallett to the thread. Or maybe just Thomas.Smith@Disney.com?
They are so poorly informed and so off the mark in their strategies ...
One other thing, also heard that not only are they not thrilled with Wannabe Lou, but Disney hasn't been very happy with THE REAL LOU either of late. It seems like while he is great at WDW promotion, he is even better (this is shocking, I know) at SELF PROMOTION. They, particularly, don't like him using Disney to sell the Lou Mongello BRAND, which he just did on Bloomberg. ... I mean, a sleazeball like Lou ... who could have ever thought he'd be involved in self interest above all else, right? A lawyer ... right @WDWFigment?
They are so poorly informed and so off the mark in their strategies ...
One other thing, also heard that not only are they not thrilled with Wannabe Lou, but Disney hasn't been very happy with THE REAL LOU either of late. It seems like while he is great at WDW promotion, he is even better (this is shocking, I know) at SELF PROMOTION. They, particularly, don't like him using Disney to sell the Lou Mongello BRAND, which he just did on Bloomberg. ... I mean, a sleazeball like Lou ... who could have ever thought he'd be involved in self interest above all else, right? A lawyer ... right @WDWFigment?
ThemeParks4Life
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Wait, who's the wannabe Lou?
HMF
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Tom Corless.
jt04
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Actually I think LucasArts was probably seen as redundant. I am sure the most talented or those with unique skills will find work with the mouse.
Cartoon Network owned rebroadcast rights to Clone Wars from my understanding and quite possibly was not willing to negotiate on those. Not sure. But I understand the mouse wanting to only produce SW content that is 100% owned by the WDC.
ThemeParks4Life
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Lee
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173?!?!?
He'll, I've got more followers than that here on Magic....and I'd quite enjoy a trip to Aluani.
The Empress Lilly
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I'm sorry, but how does that add up?
If she is considered 'a contractor of the Times', if she was 'writing for the Times', then she didn't misrepresent herself in the first place. If however she isn't, then these issues - of her integrity as a NYT contractor and of her concurrent activity as PR for TWDC plus writing for the NYT - are by default non-existent.
the.dreamfinder
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Tom Corless
Beat me too it. Reading between Mad Men commercials ... WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOUR HAIR BETTY!!!!!!?!?!?!!
GoofGoof
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To summarize, she is/was/claims to be a correspondent for the Lakeland Ledger which is/was owned by The New York Times Co which owns/owned a bunch of local papers. On her linkdin page she lists herself as a local correspondent for The New York Times Co.
Animaniac93-98
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173?!?!?
He'll, I've got more followers than that here on Magic....and I'd quite enjoy a trip to Aluani.
Yes, but you're neither a mommy, nor someone who says nothing but good things about Disney 24/7. So no trip to Hawaii for you!
On that note, 173 is less than the average number of follwers a Pinterest users has and I gaurantee you there are plenty of legit moms on that site who would love to brag about an all-expense paid trip to Aluani.
Meanwhile Orlando Parks News has close to 2,500 facebook fans, but I doubt they see a penny's worth of swag from Disney for their weekly coverage of the parks. Maybe it's because they actually call them out when they see something wrong, or talk about their competition?
Genie of the Lamp
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So instead of spending this money on areas/units of this company that reek of improvements (WDW specifically), Disney decides to shell out the casholla for this Canadian (living in Mexico) mommy blogger and probaly others as well to take yearly frequent trips to wherever of their choosing be it with Aulani so they can show their face at events that basically accomplish nothing of significance for this company. Sickening. Once again proves that something is wrong with the system in place that is of social media to this company.
Everytime I watch Lou's in the box weekly podcast videos, I never feel he is promoting WDW (except for those top 5 videos). Moreso he just talks/discusses the whereabouts of what's going on at WDW. I always feel he is self promoting himself and his brand be it with their product line of WDWRADIO t-shirts (marketing them in front of WOD), audio guides (marketing them in front of HM), books (marketing them in front of ETR),etc. So that doesn't suprise me.
Edit: I also wonder if this puts his 2nd annual WDW Radio Cruise week on the fantasy with special guest Ridley Pearsons this november in jepordy? He does do a great job however promoting the Swan and Dolphin Food and Wine Classic that's been going on the last few years.
Everytime I watch Lou's in the box weekly podcast videos, I never feel he is promoting WDW (except for those top 5 videos). Moreso he just talks/discusses the whereabouts of what's going on at WDW. I always feel he is self promoting himself and his brand be it with their product line of WDWRADIO t-shirts (marketing them in front of WOD), audio guides (marketing them in front of HM), books (marketing them in front of ETR),etc. So that doesn't suprise me.
Edit: I also wonder if this puts his 2nd annual WDW Radio Cruise week on the fantasy with special guest Ridley Pearsons this november in jepordy? He does do a great job however promoting the Swan and Dolphin Food and Wine Classic that's been going on the last few years.
ThemeParks4Life
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I tried listening to WDWRadio a few months ago but after 2 weeks I stopped. Seriously, how many shirts and trivia books does this guy have?!?!