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Mickey Mouse, Tigger and more: Notable works entering the public domain in 2024
1Jan By adminNo Comments
Entertainment

Mickey Mouse, Tigger and more: Notable works entering the public domain in 2024

The earliest versions of Mickey and Minnie Mouse now belong to the American people. The characters as they appear in the animated short films "Steamboat Willie" and "Plane Crazy" entered the U.S. public domain Monday, along with thousands of other works from 1928.Legal experts at Duke University say the Walt Disney Company still retains the copyrights to later iterations of the iconic mice for the time being, as well as the trademarks, but people "are free to copy, share and build on" the 1928 depictions of the pair. Mickey Mouse in "Steamboat Willie." 1928. LMPC via Getty Images What is the public domain and how does it work?"Public Domain Day" is observed annually on the ...
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Mickey and Minnie Mouse set to enter the public domain on Jan. 1
31Dec By adminNo Comments
Entertainment

Mickey and Minnie Mouse set to enter the public domain on Jan. 1

Mickey and Minnie Mouse set to enter the public domain on Jan. 1 - CBS News Watch CBS News Beginning Jan. 1, the earliest iteration of Disney's iconic duo, Mickey and Minnie Mouse --- from the 1928 animated short "Steamboat Willie" --- will enter the public domain. Jo Ling Kent has details about what lead up to the landmark moment. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On
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Forex reserves jump by $9.11 bn to $615.97 bn for week ending Dec 15
22Dec By adminNo Comments
Business

Forex reserves jump by $9.11 bn to $615.97 bn for week ending Dec 15

5:21 PMNewsClick Case: Delhi Court grants Delhi Police further two months to complete the investigation The Patiala House Court of Delhi grants Delhi Police a further two months to complete the investigation in the case registered under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, following allegations that News Portal NewsClick received huge money for pro-China propaganda.5:21 PMRBI MPC brief In the minutes of the December meeting, MPC member Jayanth Varma says a stance is not needed at all at this stage. "If at all there is a stance, it should be neutral"5:20 PMForex reserves jump by $9.11 bn to $615.97 bn for week ending Dec 15 India's forex reserves jump by $9.11 bn to $615.97 bn for the week ending December 15.  5:02 PMBajrang Punia retur...
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Disney-Reliance entertainment biz deal may be beset with antitrust issues
16Dec By adminNo Comments
Business

Disney-Reliance entertainment biz deal may be beset with antitrust issues

Elara Capital estimates Disney and Viacom18 together will have the biggest share of the TV ads market at 43% while Zee-Sony would have 25%, making it difficult for others to compete A merger of Walt Disney's India unit and billionaire Mukesh Ambani's media business would create an entertainment powerhouse in India, but lawyers say any deal would draw intense antitrust scrutiny and assets would likely need to be shed. Disney and India's Reliance, which each have a major streaming service as well as 120 TV channels between them, are looking at merging into an entity in which Ambani's group would likely have a majority stake, sources said this week. In particular, a deal could benefit Disney whose Hotstar streaming app has been loss-making. CEO Bob Iger said last month th...
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Why large consumer brands have a lot at stake in Disney, Sony deals
15Dec By adminNo Comments
Business

Why large consumer brands have a lot at stake in Disney, Sony deals

By Andy Mukherjee Two large media deals in India are giving the likes of Unilever Plc and Procter & Gamble Co. a reason to worry: If entertainment goes the way of telecom and ends up effectively as a duopoly, will it become costlier for large consumer brands to reach 1.4 billion people?    The first of these two transactions may come as early as Monday and would see Walt Disney Co. enter into a non-bidding agreement with Mukesh Ambani to merge their media businesses in the country. The richest Asian tycoon will hold at least 51% of the combined television and streaming operations.  The second, which is looking half-baked even after being in the oven for more than two years, is expected to meld Sony Group Corp.’s local unit with Zee Entertainment Enter...
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Disney, Reliance plan London meeting for India media merger talks: Report
13Dec By adminNo Comments
Business

Disney, Reliance plan London meeting for India media merger talks: Report

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries and U.S. giant Walt Disney are discussing a plan to hold next-stage talks about their India media business merger in London next week, two people familiar with the matter said. Disney and Reliance have held talks to merge their India businesses by forming a joint venture company in which Ambani's media unit would hold a majority stake, though finer details of business structures and valuations are yet to be discussed. Next week, senior Disney executives and Reliance officials from its headquarters in Mumbai are likely to fly to London for the proposed meeting, said the two sources, declining to be named as the talks are private. Reliance and Disney did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A pos...
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Elon Musk Wants Bob Iger ‘Immediately’ Fired From Disney
8Dec By adminNo Comments
Technology

Elon Musk Wants Bob Iger ‘Immediately’ Fired From Disney

Elon Musk on Thursday called for the firing of Bob Iger, escalating his attacks on the Disney CEO over the entertainment company’s decision to temporarily suspend advertising on X, formerly Twitter, over an antisemitic post by the tech billionaire.Last month, Musk appeared to endorse a post saying Jews are “pushing the exact kind of dialectical hatred against whites that they claim to want people to stop using against them.”Musk replied to the post, writing: “You have said the actual truth.”Musk has since apologized and walked back that statement, which prompted an advertising boycott against X, conceding it was “one of the most foolish if not the most foolish” posts he’s made on the platform during an appearance at The New York Times’ DealBook Summit. Still, during the same interview, he...
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Disney’s Bob Iger Plays Down Asset Sales, Vows to Build Modern Version of Company
29Nov By adminNo Comments
World

Disney’s Bob Iger Plays Down Asset Sales, Vows to Build Modern Version of Company

Updated Nov. 28, 2023 3:45 pm ETDisney Chief Executive Bob Iger told employees Tuesday that the task he faced after returning to the company a year ago was harder than expected, and he played down his previous comments suggesting major asset sales were on the table.“I knew that there were a myriad of challenges…I must say there were many more of them than I expected,” said Iger, who was interviewed by ABC News anchor David Muir at a companywide town hall at New York’s New Amsterdam Theatre.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Money talks, and Disney doesn’t like what it says
27Nov By adminNo Comments
Money

Money talks, and Disney doesn’t like what it says

Sometime far in the future, or maybe as soon as five years from now, parents will regale their children with tales of the ancient times, when the average father was happy to order a Bud Light at the bar and parents lined up at the movie theater for each new Disney movie no matter what.I’m old enough (and young enough) to remember getting excited about every Pixar release, knowing that the next film would be a guaranteed classic (and in the era from Toy Story to Up, I was right). Disney bought Pixar in 2006. Since then, nearly half of Pixar’s offerings have been sequels or spin-offs. HOUSE INCUMBENTS STEPPING DOWN TO RUN FOR STATE OR HIGHER OFFICE IN 2024 Now, Disney is losing millions on streaming, and the company’s box-office showings over Thanksgiving were miserable. The Marvel...
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