The Walt Disney Company
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The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California.
Disney was originally founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt and Roy O. Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio; it also operated under the names The Walt Disney Studio and Walt Disney Productions before officially changing its name to The Walt Disney Company in 1986. The company established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production, television, and theme parks.
Since the 1980s, Disney has created and acquired corporate divisions in order to market more mature content than is typically associated with its flagship family-oriented brands. The company is known for its film studio division, The Walt Disney Studios, which includes Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Fox, Fox 2000 Pictures, Fox Searchlight Pictures, and Blue Sky Studios. Disney's other main units and reporting segments are Disney Media Networks, Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, and Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International. Through these segments, Disney owns and operates the ABC broadcast network; cable television networks such as Disney Channel, ESPN, Freeform, FX, and National Geographic; publishing, merchandising, music, and theater divisions; and Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, a group of 14 theme parks around the world.The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since 1991. Cartoon character Mickey Mouse, created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, is one of the world's most recognizable characters and serves as the company's official mascot.
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The Walt Disney Company
Mass media company
- Desc: The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney, is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California.
- URL: http://disney.com
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company
- Type: Organization, Thing, Corporation, TheaterGroup
- Result Score: 119845.63
The Walt Disney Company
Company
- Type: Corporation, Thing, Organization
- Result Score: 5077.97
Subsidiary
1994 film
Theme park in Florida
Company
- Type: Corporation, Thing, Organization
- Result Score: 75.63
The Walt Disney Company
Book by WetFeet.com
- Type: Thing, Book
- Result Score: 62.00
American entrepreneur
Entertainment company
- Desc: The Walt Disney Studios is an American film studio, one of the four business segments of The Walt Disney Company. The studio, one of the "Big Five" major film studios and best known for its multi-faceted film divisions, is based at the eponymous Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California.
- URL: http://waltdisneystudios.com/
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney_Studios_(division)
- Type: Corporation, Thing, Organization
- Result Score: 27.83
Theme park company
Concert hall in Los Angeles, California
Picture company
Animation company
Theme park in Chessy, France
Outlet store company
- Desc: The Disney Store is an international chain of specialty stores selling only Disney related items, many of them exclusive, under its own name and Disney Outlet. Disney Store is a business unit of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products.
Disney Store was the first "retail-tainment", or entertainment store.
- URL: http://www.disneystore.com
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_Store
- Type: Corporation, Thing, Organization
- Result Score: 12.10
1937 film
1993 film
Television series
Film company
- Desc: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures is an American film distributor owned by The Walt Disney Company. It handles theatrical distribution, marketing and promotion for films produced and released by the Walt Disney Studios, including Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox 2000 Pictures and Blue Sky Studios.
- URL: http://waltdisneystudios.com/corp/unit/74
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney_Studios_Motion_Pictures
- Type: Corporation, Thing, Organization
- Result Score: 5.25
Television channel
Music company
- Desc: Baby Einstein is a line of multimedia products, including direct-to-video programs, television specials, CDs, books, flashcards, toys, and baby gear that specialize in interactive activities for infants and toddlers, created by Julie Aigner-Clark.
- URL: http://www.kidsii.com/brands/baby-einstein/
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Einstein
- Type: Corporation, Thing, Organization
- Result Score: 3.84
Record label company
- Desc: Walt Disney Records is an American record label of the Disney Music Group. The label releases soundtrack albums from Disney's motion pictures, television series, theme parks, and traditional studio albums produced by its roster of pop, teen pop, and country artists.
- URL: http://music.disney.com/
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney_Records
- Type: Organization, Thing, Corporation
- Result Score: 3.81
2019 film
Film series
Software company
Television broadcasting company
Theme park in Urayasu, Japan
- Desc: The Tokyo Disney Resort is a theme park and vacation resort located in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, just east of Tokyo. It is owned and operated by the Oriental Land Company with a license from The Walt Disney Company.
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Disney_Resort
- Type: TouristAttraction, Thing, Place
- Result Score: 3.16
Fictional character
1989 film
Company
- Desc: Disney Cruise Line is a cruise line operation that is a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. The company was incorporated in 1996 as Magical Cruise Company Limited and is domiciled in London, England, with their operational headquarters located in Celebration, Florida.
- URL: http://disneycruise.disney.go.com/
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_Cruise_Line
- Type: Place, Corporation, Organization, Thing
- Result Score: 2.68
Theme park in Urayasu, Japan
Muppet character
- Desc: Kermit the Frog is a Muppet character and Jim Henson's best-known creation. Introduced in 1955, Kermit serves as the straight man protagonist of numerous Muppet productions, most notably Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, as well as in other television series, films, specials, and public service announcements through the years.
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermit_the_Frog
- Type: Thing
- Result Score: 2.27
Cartoon character
- Desc: Minnie Mouse is one of the funny animal cartoon characters created by Ub Iwerks and Walt Disney. She and Mickey Mouse were first drawn by Iwerks in 1928.
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnie_Mouse
- Type: Thing
- Result Score: 2.13
1998 film
2010 film
2004 film
2009 film
American animated series
- Desc: Phineas and Ferb is an American animated musical comedy television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. Originally broadcast as a one-episode preview on August 17, 2007 and again previewed on September 28, 2007, the series officially premiered on February 1, 2008 on Disney Channel, running until June 12, 2015.
- URL: http://disneyxd.disney.com/phineas-and-ferb
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_and_Ferb
- Type: TVSeries, Thing
- Result Score: 1.83
Collectable company
- Desc: The Topps Company, Inc. is an American company that manufactures chewing gum, candy, and collectibles. Based in New York City, Topps is best known as a leading producer of American football, baseball, basketball, ice hockey, soccer, and other sports and non-sports themed trading cards.
- URL: http://www.topps.com
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topps
- Type: Corporation, Thing, Organization
- Result Score: 1.74
2017 film
- Desc: Star Wars: The Last Jedi is a 2017 American epic space-opera film written and directed by Rian Johnson. It is the second installment of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, following The Force Awakens, and the eighth episode of the nine-part "Skywalker saga".
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Last_Jedi
- Type: Movie, Thing
- Result Score: 1.67
American animated series
Television network
- Desc: The Fox Broadcasting Company is an American free-to-air television network that is a flagship property of the Fox Corporation. The network is headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in New York City, with additional offices at the Fox Broadcasting Center and at the Fox Television Center in Los Angeles.
- URL: http://www.fox.com/
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company
- Type: Organization, Thing, Corporation
- Result Score: 1.61
Shopping complex in Lake Buena Vista, Florida
2008 film
- Desc: WALL-E is a 2008 American computer-animated science fiction film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed and co-written by Andrew Stanton, produced by Jim Morris, and co-written by Jim Reardon.
- URL: http://movies.disney.com/wall-e
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WALL-E
- Type: CreativeWork, Movie, Thing
- Result Score: 1.54
American sitcom
1955 film
2011 film
2015 film
Novel by Mary Shelley
- Desc: Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a hideous sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein
- Type: Thing, Book
- Result Score: 1.32