Spirited News & Observations II -- NGE/Baxter

Lee

Lee

Adventurer
I don't have a lot of time at the moment, but this was pointed out to me earlier today and I thought some if you might find this...odd.

The same story, about Disney Dining, from both Fox News (*spits*) and USA Today.
Clearly it's a planted story, that's obvious.
But shared between two major, and totally seperate, news outlets?
Strikes me as a bit off...

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/04/25/best-disney-restaurants-for-every-occasion/?intcmp=related

http://www.usatoday.com/story/trave...isney-restaurants-for-every-occasion/2116321/
 
lazyboy97o

lazyboy97o

Well-Known Member
Lee said:
I don't have a lot of time at the moment, but this was pointed out to me earlier today and I thought some if you might find this...odd.

The same story, about Disney Dining, from both Fox News (*spits*) and USA Today.
Clearly it's a planted story, that's obvious.
But shared between two major, and totally seperate, news outlets?
Strikes me as a bit off...

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/04/25/best-disney-restaurants-for-every-occasion/?intcmp=related

http://www.usatoday.com/story/trave...isney-restaurants-for-every-occasion/2116321/
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Right at the top of each article, they're both sourced to TheDailyMeal.com. And the same article is on their main page as well.
http://www.thedailymeal.com/best-disney-restaurants-every-occasion
 
PhotoDave219

PhotoDave219

Well-Known Member
Lee said:
I don't have a lot of time at the moment, but this was pointed out to me earlier today and I thought some if you might find this...odd.

The same story, about Disney Dining, from both Fox News (*spits*) and USA Today.
Clearly it's a planted story, that's obvious.
But shared between two major, and totally seperate, news outlets?
Strikes me as a bit off...

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/04/25/best-disney-restaurants-for-every-occasion/?intcmp=related

http://www.usatoday.com/story/trave...isney-restaurants-for-every-occasion/2116321/
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I'm gonna stand up for my friend AJ here. AJ runs DisneyFoodBlog.com and rather sucessfully. AJ is very fair and plays it down the middle here. Disney dining is their fortè. AJ is not a "plant."

EDIT: Actually... AJ wrote it for someone else (TheDailyMeal) and both USAT & Fox picked it up. Its a fluff piece and props for The Daily Meal for selling their content twice!

If anything, its a larger look at how consolidated reporting and writing is becoming, with more and more outlets relying on a very select set of people to fill their content. If USAT or Fox wanted something original rather than a wire piece, they'd have sent someone to cover it.

Either way, its like a wire service story running in both NYT & WaPo. No big deal.
 
ScoutN

ScoutN

OV 104
Premium Member
WDWFigment said:
Maybe it's just wishful thinking on my part, but I'm not ready to write Lone Ranger off so quickly. I think its success will largely hinge on reviews and word of mouth, much like the first Pirates.

In terms of marketing, Disney has been treating it as if expectations are high. (I suppose it could conversely be said that marketing is being used to prop up the movie.)
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The largest issue I see with marketing is reaching the demographic that KNOWS who The Lone Ranger is. Everything thus far screams marketing Depp to the young crowd. Hitting these Baby Boomers with nostalgia is key to the film's success IMO.
 
Funmeister

Funmeister

Well-Known Member
MattM said:
I'm starting to think maybe you're first year B School. It's the only logical explanation. And it's OK. You're not supposed to know it all in college. You're just supposed to think you do.

Side note: you've hit your allowable quota on "lol" for all of 2013 today. ;)
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You are too much...lol lol lol lol lol ;)
 
Cosmic Commando

Cosmic Commando

Well-Known Member
Snowflake82 said:
In accounting, the term used is "intercompany" as in between two different companies that are both subsidiaries of the same corporation, also typically used even when doing entries between 2 divisions that are not legally separate subs. I have never heard an accountant talk about "intra-company" entries.
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Calling a transaction between WDW Marketing and WDW Food & Beverage "intercompany" is like calling a flight from JFK to MCO "international".

(Not an attack against you personally... just the entire accounting industry, I guess.)
 
The Empress Lilly

The Empress Lilly

Well-Known Member
PhotoDave219 said:
I'm gonna stand up for my friend AJ here. AJ runs DisneyFoodBlog.com and rather sucessfully. AJ is very fair and plays it down the middle here. Disney dining is their fortè. AJ is not a "plant."

EDIT: Actually... AJ wrote it for someone else (TheDailyMeal) and both USAT & Fox picked it up. Its a fluff piece and props for The Daily Meal for selling their content twice!

If anything, its a larger look at how consolidated reporting and writing is becoming, with more and more outlets relying on a very select set of people to fill their content. If USAT or Fox wanted something original rather than a wire piece, they'd have sent someone to cover it.

Either way, its like a wire service story running in both NYT & WaPo. No big deal.
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You know, you might want to consider taking Lazyboy off ignore. The clever boy had it all figured out already (and in one go too, we'll call him a media expert!). All of us had already read everything about it in the post directly above yours, making the sight of you slowly figuring it out too look a bit silly. :p
 
Genie of the Lamp

Genie of the Lamp

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Animaniac93-98 said:
While we're on the subject of Box Office retruns, does anyone know if Oz is out in China yet? Couldn't easily find that one out.
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Oz is out in China now and the movie has collected $25.5 million from that market/country.
Approximate B.O.R. totals for Oz as of 4/27/13:
Domestic (U.S. & Canada)-$224.3 million
Foreign-$254.8 million
Total-$479.1 million

Found this as well talking about Mothers group (MomsRising) petitioning Disney/WDW over their sick pay laws:
http://news.yahoo.com/mothers-group-petitions-disney-over-sick-pay-laws-001048209.html
 
Figments Friend

Figments Friend

Well-Known Member
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The topic is currently the big blockbusters Disney is releasing in the next month or two....but earlier we were talking about marketing. I missed that, but have now caught up a little and i had something to add. Forgive a moment of thread drift...

It seems Disney is doing a heavy marketing campaign up in the Northeast these days via radio and tv ads for the upcoming 'Monsterous Summer' campaign.
In the past i do not recall such 'discounts' being offered during the prime Summer months, and it has been a long time since i have heard ads on the radio up in these parts. I noticed this radio blitz last week and every day since then i have heard the same ads several times. Usually it is during the winter months when marketing kicks in up in these parts, but this Summer is being marketed in a similar way now.

The impression i am getting is that WDW is having trouble getting rooms booked this Summer. Not sure if this is the actual case, but the sudden marketing push for what is usually their busy season made me question if they are having some issues.
Perhaps the currant offerings ( New Fantastland, etc..) are not driving business ( which we already know ) or perhaps the new My Magic tech is scaring people away?

I wanted to mention it...add it into the pot for thought processing.
 
thehowiet

thehowiet

Wilson King of Prussia
Figments Friend said:
It seems Disney is doing a heavy marketing campaign up in the Northeast these days via radio and tv ads for the upcoming 'Monsterous Summer' campaign.
In the past i do not recall such 'discounts' being offered during the prime Summer months, and it has been a long time since i have heard ads on the radio up in these parts. I noticed this radio blitz last week and every day since then i have heard the same ads several times. Usually it is during the winter months when marketing kicks in up in these parts, but this Summer is being marketed in a similar way now.

The impression i am getting is that WDW is having trouble getting rooms booked this Summer. Not sure if this is the actual case, but the sudden marketing push for what is usually their busy season made me question if they are having some issues.
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I live outside Philadelphia and what I've observed as far as WDW marketing in this area has been very similar to your observations. I assume they were not happy with the early numbers for summer bookings and decided to basically just extend their spring promotion, which if I remember correctly was also 30% off.

The only summer within the past few years that I can remember being heavily discounted was summer 2009 with the "buy 4, get 3 free" offer. That was a great promotion. I had already booked our 5 night vacation prior to that offer being released so when I called to have that discount applied to my reservation and got an additional two nights at the Contemporary with MK view for less than my 5 night package, I was a very happy man.

The "buy 4, get 3 free" days appear to be history, but I'm still somewhat surprised with the number of discounts they keep releasing, especially after Iger spoke publicly a couple years ago about weening the public off of the discounts. Even though the discounts don't seem to be as deep, I guess that's easier said than done.
 

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