Company Town: Disney’s Mega-Merger : The Holdings
Walt Disney’s planned $19-billion acquisition of Capital Cities/ABC Inc., the first such pairing of a studio and a television network, will create an entertainment powerhouse. A look at what each company brings to the merger:
Walt Disney Co.
Film-Music
* Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures and Miramax Films, producing and distributing a wide array of movies, including “Pocahontas” and “Operation Dumbo Drop”
* Buena Vista Distribution, Buena Vista International, Disney Theatrical Productions
* Hollywood Records, Walt Disney Records
Television-Telecommunications
* The Disney Channel
* KCAL-TV in Los Angeles
* Walt Disney Television
* Buena Vista Home Video
* Touchstone Television
* Disney Interactive
* Partnerships with three regional phone companies
Theme Parks and Resorts
* Disneyland and Disneyland Hotel
* Walt Disney World
* Interests in Tokyo Disneyland and Disneyland Paris
Other Holdings
* Extensive licensing operations for cartoon characters such as Mickey Mouse and Goofy * The Disney Store
* The Disney Gallery
* Walt Disney Publishing
* “Disney on Ice” shows
Capital Cities/ABC Inc.
Broadcasting, ABC Television Network
* Programming interests, including the hit series “Home Improvement” and “World News Tonight with Peter Jennings”
* 10 television stations that reach 25 percent of U.S. homes
* 21 radio stations
* Radio networks serving more than 3,400 stations
* Controlling interest in ESPN and ESPN2 sports cable TV networks
* Partial ownership of A&E; Television Networks and Lifetime Television
Publishing
* Fairchild Publications, parent of Women’s Wear Daily
* Newspapers, including Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The Kansas City Star and many weeklies
* Magazines, including Los Angeles Magazine and Institutional Investor
International Interests
* Half-interest in Tele-Munchen, German TV production and distribution company
* One-third interest in Hamster Productions, a French independent television company
* One-third interest in Eurosport, a London-based Pan-European sports programming service
* Partial interests in cable programming in Japan, Germany and Scandinavia
Source: Associated Press
