Comcast faces tough selling job on proposed Disney acquisition

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Comcast Gets Tough on Spam

Comcast Gets Tough on Spam 06/12/2004 06:45 PM

Comcast completes acquisition of TechTV

Comcast completes acquisition of TechTV 05/14/2004 12:05 AM

Comcast walks away from Disney bid

Comcast walks away from Disney bid 04/28/2004 01:17 PM

Disney spurns Comcast bid

Disney spurns Comcast bid 02/17/2004 04:11 AM
ZDNet UK Feb 17 2004 8:38AM GMT

Comcast Wants To Buy Disney For $66
Billion

Comcast Wants To Buy Disney For $66
Billion 02/11/2004 09:27 AM

Comcast drops Disney bid

Comcast drops Disney bid 04/28/2004 07:34 AM
The cable giant withdraws its multibillion-dollar offer to acquire Disney, citing opposition from the entertainment company.

Other News: Comcast Wants Disney

Other News: Comcast Wants Disney 02/11/2004 05:53 PM
Comcast wants to take over Disney, offering $54 billion to do it.

Comcast pulls out of Disney bid

Comcast pulls out of Disney bid 04/28/2004 07:29 AM
The US cable TV firm scraps plans to buy Walt Disney after the entertainment giant shows "no interest" in its bid approach.

Comcast offers to buy Disney for $66B

Comcast offers to buy Disney for $66B 02/11/2004 05:53 PM
Comcast approached Disney earlier this week with an offer to buy the company but was rebuffed. It made the offer public today.

Comcast offers to buy Disney

Comcast offers to buy Disney 02/11/2004 12:12 PM
Comcast has made a US$66 billion stock-swap offer for Disney. The DRM implications for such a transaction are staggering.

Comcast bids for Disney

Comcast bids for Disney 02/12/2004 02:43 AM
Boston Globe Feb 12 2004 6:04AM GMT

Comcast Withdraws Its Bid for Disney
(Reuters)

Comcast Withdraws Its Bid for Disney
(Reuters) 04/28/2004 08:39 AM
Reuters - Comcast Corp. (CMCSA.O), the largest U.S. cable company, on Wednesday withdrew its unsolicited $48.4 billion bid to buy Walt Disney Co. (DIS.N) after the entertainment conglomerate steadfastly refused to open negotiations.

Comcast CEO writes to Disney CEO. - Feb.
11, 2004

Comcast CEO writes to Disney CEO. - Feb.
11, 2004 02/12/2004 04:23 AM
Comcast's Letter to Disney

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Comcast Drops Takeover Bid for Disney
(AP)

Comcast Drops Takeover Bid for Disney
(AP) 04/28/2004 07:17 AM
AP - The cable giant Comcast Corp. is dropping its takeover bid for The Walt Disney Co., saying Disney management has made it clear it has no interest in putting the two companies together.

Disney Board Rejects Bid From Comcast as
Too Low

Disney Board Rejects Bid From Comcast as
Too Low 02/17/2004 01:15 AM
The board of the Walt Disney Company said that it had unanimously rejected the $54 billion stock offer from Comcast.

Comcast abandons takeover bid for Disney

Comcast abandons takeover bid for Disney 04/28/2004 08:10 PM

Comcast Abandons Takeover Bid for Disney
(AP)

Comcast Abandons Takeover Bid for Disney
(AP) 04/28/2004 08:18 PM
AP - Cable giant Comcast Corp. dropped its two-month-old unsolicited bid for The Walt Disney Co. on Wednesday after being rebuffed by Disney and encountering resistance from its own shareholders.

Comcast Drops Designs on Disney

Comcast Drops Designs on Disney 04/28/2004 09:30 PM
Internet.com Apr 29 2004 1:57AM GMT

Comcast Proposes Buying Disney

Comcast Proposes Buying Disney 02/11/2004 09:27 AM
Comcast Corporation, the largest U.S. cable television operator, Wednesday said it has proposed buying the Walt Disney Company.

Comcast offers $66 billion for Disney

Comcast offers $66 billion for Disney 02/11/2004 09:34 AM
ZDNet Feb 11 2004 1:23PM GMT

Disney Rejects Comcast Offer

Disney Rejects Comcast Offer 02/16/2004 11:55 PM
The board the Walt Disney unanimously rejected the $54 billion unsolicited stock offer from the Comcast Corporation because it was too low.

Comcast makes offer on Disney

Comcast makes offer on Disney 02/11/2004 12:29 PM
Comcast has made a $66 billion offer for Disney.

Comcast also released a letter sent to Eisner indicating that Eisner had personally rejected Roberts' offer to enter into discussions about a merger earlier in the week.

The letter from Roberts called it "unfortunate" that Eisner was not willing to enter into discussions. "Given this, the only way for us to proceed is to make a public proposal directly to you and your board," the letter stated.

Under the merger, Comcast said it would issue 0.78 of a share of its stock for each Disney share, and Disney shareholders would retain 42 percent of the combined company.

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Comcast Puts Disney in Play

Comcast Puts Disney in Play 02/11/2004 07:54 AM
TheStreet.com Feb 11 2004 12:44PM GMT

Comcast May Officially Withdraw Disney
Bid

Comcast May Officially Withdraw Disney
Bid 04/26/2004 07:06 PM
Back in February, when Comcast first announced their hostile bid to buy Disney it was big news. Then everyone looked at and realized that the deal made no sense, and everyone stopped talking about it. Realizing that it's clearly not going anywhere, and it's pretty much meaningless altogether, Comcast is considering withdrawing the bid altogether, which may be seen as an apologetic form of saying "um, okay, we admit, it wasn't the smartest idea in the first place..."

Comcast Makes Unsolicited Bid for Disney
(AP)

Comcast Makes Unsolicited Bid for Disney
(AP) 02/11/2004 08:29 PM
AP - Cable television giant Comcast Corp. made a surprise bid for The Walt Disney Co. that would create the world's biggest media conglomerate and likely spell an end to the 20-year career of Disney chief Michael Eisner.

Disney Stock Halted on Comcast Bid

Disney Stock Halted on Comcast Bid 02/11/2004 10:51 AM
TheStreet.com Feb 11 2004 3:30PM GMT

Comcast CEO outlines Disney plans

Comcast CEO outlines Disney plans 02/11/2004 08:17 PM
NEW YORK - At a hotel directly facing one of Disney's sprawling merchandise stores, Comcast Corp. President and CEO Brian Roberts laid out his strategy and rationale Wednesday for Comcast's $66 billion unsolicited bid for control of The Walt Disney Co.

Other News: Comcast + Disney + Pixar?

Other News: Comcast + Disney + Pixar? 02/12/2004 11:28 AM
A Comcast takeover of Disney could re-open Pixar possibilities.

Comcast Proposes to Buy Walt Disney (AP)

Comcast Proposes to Buy Walt Disney (AP) 02/11/2004 09:40 AM
AP - In a surprise move, cable TV giant Comcast Corp. proposed early Wednesday to buy Walt Disney Co., the iconic media and entertainment powerhouse that owns the ABC and ESPN television networks, movie studios and theme parks, for stock valued at about $54 billion.

Comcast-Disney: Consumers lose out

Comcast-Disney: Consumers lose out 02/12/2004 11:18 AM
ZDNet Feb 12 2004 3:24PM GMT

Comcast Drops Disney Offer

Comcast Drops Disney Offer 04/28/2004 07:35 AM
TheStreet.com Apr 28 2004 11:47AM GMT

Comcast tunes into Disney for broadband

Comcast tunes into Disney for broadband 07/21/2004 10:53 AM
High-speed Net subscribers will get access to children’s entertainment from Disney and streaming media from ABC News.

Disney selling off Celebration, FL

Disney selling off Celebration, FL 01/16/2004 11:35 AM
Celebration, Florida, the New Urbanist planned community that Disney built on the grounds at Walt Disney World, is being sold off as part of the general disintegration of the Disney company. I just finished Walt Disney and the Quest for Community, an academic book by a real-estate scholar about Walt's obsession with urban reform and the fascinating shift in the Disney Company's focus from building futuristic, ambitious domed cities (the original plan for EPCOT, the Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow) to this modest, New Urbanist venture in which the emphasis was on high-speed data, alternative education, and building all the houses out to the curb to encourage inter-neighbor communications.

"I moved here because I loved Disney ? we had such blind faith," said Mrs. Shaw, treasurer of the association board. "But this was just a business venture for them, and now it's up to us. Their success is based on financials, and ours is going to be more, `Are you proud to live here? Do you love your life here?' "

Others, like David Manuchia, who owns two downtown restaurants, said they feared that the town might not be as well-oiled a machine without Disney. "There are enough trash cans, the streets are cleaned, the traffic is orderly," Mr. Manuchia said, citing how meticulous the Celebration Company has been, about special events in particular. "There is probably nobody better than Disney at making things run smoothly."

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Disney board rejects Comcast offer

Disney board rejects Comcast offer 02/17/2004 02:32 AM
SiliconValley.com Feb 17 2004 6:51AM GMT

Disney Board Turns Down Comcast Takeover
Bid

Disney Board Turns Down Comcast Takeover
Bid 02/17/2004 01:29 AM

Comcast ofrece 66.000 millones de
dólares por Disney

Comcast ofrece 66.000 millones de
dólares por Disney 02/11/2004 01:34 PM

Comcast holding fast to $54.1b offer for
Disney

Comcast holding fast to $54.1b offer for
Disney 02/18/2004 02:25 AM
Boston Globe Feb 18 2004 6:02AM GMT

Disney to Study Comcast Merger Offer

Disney to Study Comcast Merger Offer 02/11/2004 04:20 PM
Broadband giant Comcast proposed Wednesday to buy Walt Disney Co. for stock valued at about $54 billion. Disney's board said it would study the offer, which would create the world's largest communications company.

Disney Board Rejects Comcast Takeover
Bid (AP)

Disney Board Rejects Comcast Takeover
Bid (AP) 02/16/2004 10:49 PM
AP - The board of directors of The Walt Disney Company on Monday unanimously rejected a takeover bid from cable television giant Comcast Corp. as too low, but said it would consider a higher offer.
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