Miramax, Disney Said Near Split -LA Times
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Walt Disney Co. and its Miramax Films unit have moved significantly closer in recent days to severing their fractious relationship, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing sources familiar with the negotiations.
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Disney is throwing its considerable weight behind the Blu-ray digital media standard. Blu-ray backers, including technology developer Sony, are in a pitched battle with supporters of the competing
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The longtime relationship between Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Michael Eisner and ex-Disney President Michael Ovitz underwent a &quot;slow deterioration&quot; beginning in early 1996 that eventually lead to Ovitz&#39;s
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The brothers who founded and run Disney Corp.&#39;s Miramax Films unit are sticking together, The New York Post is reporting. Harvey and Bob Weinstein now hope to work things with out with Disney, and stay within the Disney fold, the report stated.
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Altria, the owner of food company Kraft and the world&#39;s biggest cigarette maker Philip Morris, may split itself up to help limit the effect of legal battles.
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Just a few days ago, it appeared that Time Warner (TWX ) was near an upset victory in the bidding war for famed movie studio MGM (MGM ), which owns the world&#39;s biggest film library.
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The Walt Disney Co. is hoping a fractured fairy tale that swaps Manhattan for a magic kingdom, a divorce lawyer for a prince, and roaches and pigeons for wholesome forest creatures will turn into its newest film franchise.
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rights to Chinese director Zhang Yimou&#39;s martial-arts epic, &quot;Ying xiong,&quot; or &quot;Hero.&quot; Miramax, Biskind says, hoped that &quot;Hero&quot; might become the next &quot;Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.&quot; It didn&#39;t, though. The company bungled the picture&#39;s release, reportedly ...
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Miramax may be a smaller and calmer organization under Daniel Battsek, but the studio has nonetheless remained in the thick of the awards race.
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Walt Disney Co, which is locked in contentious contract talks with the chiefs of its Miramax Films unit, said on Monday it expects a new direction from the art house filmmaker when the current deal with brothers Bob and Harvey Weinstein expires next year.
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Miramax Films is gunning for Oscar gold next year. But the honor and prestige coming from award-winning movies may not be enough to save the jobs of company founders Harvey and Bob Weinstein.
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Media conglomerate Viacom Inc. on Wednesday said an offer to trade its shares for those of Blockbuster Inc. was a success, moving it closer to splitting off the video-rental chain.
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US entertainment giant Walt Disney has ruled out a new distribution deal with Pixar Animation Studios to continue their lucrative partnership, the CNBC TV reported Wednesday.
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Two of PeopleSoft&#39;s (PSFT) largest shareholders indicated Tuesday that they would split on supporting Oracle&#39;s (ORCL) $8.8 billion takeover bid for its business software rival, plunging the deal into uncertainty.
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Wall Street got more hints that Altria Group Inc., owner of the Philip Morris cigarette companies, may be closer to splitting its domestic and international divisions.
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The Walt Disney Co. is hoping a  fractured fairy tale that swaps Manhattan for a magic kingdom,  a divorce lawyer for a prince, and roaches and pigeons for  wholesome forest creatures will turn into its newest film  franchise.
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With the Blu-ray Disc Association securing non-exclusive backing from Disney, the major Hollywood studios are split down the middle over next-generation DVD.