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{{redirect|Disney|its Walt Disney Studios division, which owns [[20th Century Studios]]|Walt Disney Studios (division)}} {{distinguish|Walt Disney Pictures}}
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* [[Susan Arnold]]<br>(Chairwoman)
* [[Bob Iger]]<br>(CEO), John Nallen COO, Viet Dinh CLO, SteveTommy TomsicLee CFO, previouslyat 20th Century FoxPBS (now part of Disney) StaceySusan SniderArnold CEOCFO, John Gelke VP Global Operations, J Young SVP Growth, Gerard Devan Group Executive APAC, Stephanie Gruber Group Executive Television, Christopher Greavu Vice President of Sales.
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* [[Marvel Entertainment]]
* [[National Geographic Partners]] (73%)
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'''The Walt Disney Company''', commonly known as '''Disney''', is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate that is headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was started on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy Disney as Disney Brothers Studio; it also operated under the names Walt Disney Studio and Walt Disney Productions before changing its name to The Walt Disney Company in 1986.
 
Disney is known for [[Mickey Mouse]], [[Donald Duck]], [[Winnie the Pooh]], [[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 movie)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]], [[Cinderella (1950 movie)|Cinderella]], [[The Little Mermaid (1989 movie)|The Little Mermaid]], [[The Lion King]], [[Mary Poppins (movie)|Mary Poppins]], [[Aladdin (1992 movie)|Aladdin]], [[Frozen (2013 movie)|Frozen]], [[Beauty and the Beast (1991 movie)|Beauty and the Beast]] and [[Pinocchio (1940 movie)|Pinocchio]]. [[Pixar]] famous movies are [[Toy Story]] and [[Cars (movie)|Cars]]. [[Marvel Comics]] well known famous original comics such as [[Spider-Man]] and [[Hulk (Marvel Comics)|Hulk]]. Lucasfilm media franchises such as [[Star Wars]] and [[Indiana Jones]]. Jim Henson original franchise like [[The Muppets]].
In its early existance, the company established itself as a leader in the animation industry with the short film Steamboat Willie, which used synchronized sound to become the first post-produced sound cartoon and debuted the widely popular character Mickey Mouse, who would go on to become the company's mascot and corporate icon.▼
 
▲In its early existance,days the company established itself as a leader in the animation industry with the short film ''[[Steamboat Willie]]'', which used synchronized sound to become the first post-produced sound cartoon and debuted the widely popular character Mickey Mouse, who would go on to become the company's mascot and corporate icon.
 
== Divisions ==
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=== Studio Entertainment ===
This unit, also called the [[Walt Disney Studios]], is headed by [[Chairman]] [[Dick Cook]]. It consists of:
* The [[Walt Disney Studios (division)|Walt Disney Studios]] – [[movie]] studios [[Walt Disney Pictures]], [[Touchstone Pictures]], [[Lucasfilm]], [[20th CenturyMarvel Studios]], and [[Hollywood Pictures]].
* The [[Disney Music Group]] – [[Walt Disney Records]], [[Mammoth Records]], [[Lyric Street Records]] and [[Hollywood Records]].
* [[Distribution]] companies: [[Buena Vista International]] and [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment]].
 
One of the Studios' largest assets lies in [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]], which has made a successful string of [[animation|animated]] movies for almost seven decades. Because of failures with most of their recent additions, it has changed its focus from traditional hand-drawn to [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] movies. [[Pixar]], also owned by Disney, is one of the first studios to create CGI movies. Since 20092006, Disney has bought three movie studios: [[Marvel Comics]], [[Lucasfilm]] and [[20th Century StudiosPixar]].
 
On April 1, 2027, The Walt Disney Company bought [[PBS]] for $17.3 billion [[United States dollar|USD]] and moving to new headquarters in [[Florida]] located in [[Walt Disney World]].
On March 20, 2019, The Walt Disney Company bought [[21st Century Fox]] for $52.4 billion [[United States dollar|USD]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://in.bookmyshow.com/entertainment-news/movies/hollywood/disney-acquired-fox-results-huge|title=Disney Acquired Fox And The Results Could Be Huge|last=|first=|date=15 December 2017|newspaper=|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023023826/https://in.bookmyshow.com/entertainment-news/movies/hollywood/disney-acquired-fox-results-huge|archive-date=23 October 2020|work=BookMyShow|via=|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
=== Parks and Resorts ===
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* [[Walt Disney World]] in Orlando, Florida
** [[Magic Kingdom]] in Florida
** [[PBS]]'s new headquarters moving to [[Walt Disney World|Disney World]] in Florida
** [[Epcot]] in Florida
** [[Disney's Hollywood Studios]] in Florida
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=== Media Networks ===
The [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[television]] network, which Disney bought in 1995, serves as the center of this unit. [[Cable television]] channels within it include [[Disney Channel]], [[Disney XD]], [[Freeform]], [[ESPN]] and [[SOAPnetPBS]] (which Disney's ABC owns the Public TV network). It also partly owns Lifetime, A&E and E!.
 
[[Buena Vista Television]], responsible for the [[syndication]] of many Disney series, produces some of its own as well: ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire]]'', ''[[Live with Regis and Kelly]]'', and ''[[Ebert & Roeper]]''.
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== History ==
* 1923: The Disney Company is founded
* 1925: First appearance of [[Pegleg Pete]] cartoonscartoon, ''[[Alice Solves the Puzzle]]''
* 1928: First [[Mickey Mouse]] cartoonscartoon, ''[[Airplane|Plane]] Crazy''
* 1928: First appearance of [[Minnie Mouse]] cartoonscartoon, ''Plane Crazy''
* 1928: First official Mickey Mouse episodecartoon, ''Steamboat Willie''
* 1929: Start of the ''[[Silly Symphonies]]'': ''The [[Skeleton]] Dance''
* 1929: First Silly Symphony episode, ''The Skeleton Dance''
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* 1934: First Walt Disney segment, ''The Hot Choco-Late Soldiers''
* 1934: First [[Donald Duck]] cartoon, ''The Wise Little [[Hen]]''
* 1937: First [[Daisy Duck]] cartoonscartoon, ''[[Don Donald]]''
* 1937: First Donald Duck episode, ''Don Donald''
* 1937: First [[Pluto, Jr.]] cartoons. ''[[Pluto's Quin-Puplets]]''
* 1937: First full-length animated movie, ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 movie)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]''
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* 1984: [[Touchstone Pictures]] starts with ''[[Splash]]''
* 1984: Michael Eisner became the CEO of Disney
* 1984: [[Disney Television Animation]] is founded
* 1985: Disney's first animated movie that was rated PG: ''[[The Black Cauldron (movie)|The Black Cauldron]]''
* 1985: Disney's first two animated series for television ''The Adventures of the Gummi Bears'' and ''The Wuzzles'' premiere on NBC and CBS’ Saturday Morning lineups.
* 1987: Disney animated television series ''DuckTales''
* 1988: Who framed Roger Rabbit's debut
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* 1994: [[The Lion King]] is released. It becomes the highest grossing hand drawn animated movie of all time.
* 1994: Jeffrey Katzenberg resigns from Disney.
* 1995: Disney acquires [[American Broadcasting Company]] (ABC) and [[ESPN]]▼
* 1995: First [[Pixar]] movie, ''[[Toy Story]]''
▲* 19951996: Disney acquires [[American Broadcasting Company]] (ABC) and [[ESPN]]
* 2001: Disney Channel television series ''Lizzie McGuire''
* 2001: First [[Pixar]] movie that was nominated for Best Animated Feature, Monsters Inc.
* 2003: First [[Pixar]] movie that won an Oscar for Best Animated Feature, Finding Nemo
* 2003: ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' becomes studio's first family movie with a rating of [[MPAA|PG-13]]
* 2004: Disney acquired [[The Muppets|the Muppets franchise]] from [[The Jim Henson Company|Henson]]
* 2004: ''[[Home on the Range (2004 movie)|Home on the Range]]'' is Disney's last traditionally animated movie to use CAPS
* 2004: First [[Pixar]] movie that is rated PG, The Incredibles
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* 2005: First self-made [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] movie, ''[[Chicken Little (2005 movie)|Chicken Little]]''
* 2009: Up becomes the first Pixar animated feature to be nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
* 2009: Disney buys comic book publisher [[Marvel Comics]] for 4 billion US dollars - including [[Hulk (Marvel Comics)|Hulk]], [[Spider-Man]], [[X-Men]], [[Fantastic Four]] and the [[Avengers]].
* 2010: Disney sells one of its movie studios, [[Miramax Films]], to Filmyard Holdings.
* 2012: Disney buys movie studio [[George Lucas|Lucasfilm]] for 4 billion US dollars - including ''[[Star Wars]]'' and ''[[Indiana Jones]]'' - the removed ending of Lucasfilm at the studios from [[20th Century Fox]] and [[Paramount Pictures]].
* 2013: Disney releases ''Frozen'', which becomes the studio's first non-Pixar movie to win an Oscar for Best Animated Feature.
* 2016: Disney releases ''Moana''.
* 2017: Disney agrees to buy most of Fox’s assets for 52 billion US dollars.
* 2018: DisneyToon Studios was closed down
* 2018: John Lasseter left Disney
* 2018: [[Touchstone Pictures]] was closed down
* 2019: Disney completes its purchase ofacquired [[21st Century Fox]] and [[List of’s assets owned by 21st Century Fox|its assets]].
* 2019: Disney's acquisition of [[PBS]] soon by 2027.
* 2019: Ed Catmull retires
* 2019: Disney creates their own streaming service, [[Disney+]] (including [[Pixar]], [[Marvel Comics]] and [[Star Wars]]) in November 2019.
* 2020: Disney renames 20th Century Fox to "20th Century Studios", to avoid confusion with [[Fox Corporation]].
* 2020: Bob Iger resigns as the CEO of Disney. He was replaced by Bob Chapek as CEO.
* 2021: Disney closes its radio station, [[Radio Disney]].
* 2021: [[Disney+]] creates [[Star (Disney+ hub)|theChannel Starand Disney hub]]XD outside of the US, which has Disney movies and television programs for adultskids.
* 2021: The Walt Disney Company Latin America rebrands all the channels with the FoxDisney name in Latin America, to StarDisney-PBS.
* 2022: The Walt Disney Company Latin America closes Star Premium in January 31st, 2022.
* 2022: Bob Chapek got fired, and Bob Iger returned as a CEO of Disney.
* 2023: Disney celebrates the 100th Anniversary.
 
== Disney+ ==
{{main article|Disney+}}
* On November 12, 2019, Disney launched their own streaming service, [[Disney+]]. The platform features almost all of their cartoons, short movies, movies and TV shows along with those made by properties bought by Disney, such as Disney, [[The Muppets]], [[Pixar]], [[Lucasfilm]], and [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]]. It also features original content, such as several [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] and [[Star Wars]] programs. [[R rating|R rated]] movies and shows appear on [[Hulu]] and [[Star (Disney+ hub)|the international Star hubPBS]], and movies, cartoons, and TV shows that feature [[smoking]], [[swear words]], [[violence]], and stereotypical depictions of [[African Americans]], [[Native Americans]], [[Asia]]ns, and other [[Minority group|minorities]] come with a warning.
 
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