Disney

Brief Time Line


1901 - Walter E. Disney is born

1928 - Mickey Mouse is featured for the first time in the short animated film,
1929 - Walt Disney Productions formed
1937 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is released. It is Disney's first full length animated film
1940 - Walt Disney Productions offers stock as the company goes public to help lower debt.
1945 - Walt's brother, Roy, becomes president of company
1953 - Buena Vista Distribution Company is formed to act as Disney film distributor
1966 - Walt Disney dies from lung cancer
1971 - Walt Disney World opens in Orlando, FL.
1993 - Disney acquires Miramax Films
2001 - News Corp. sells Fox Family Worldwide to Disney. Cable channel later becomes known as ABC Family
2003 - Roy Disney resigns as vice-chairman of the Walt Disney entertainment group

Disney own many different things, some of these include :

Film
Walt Disney Pictures
Touchstone Pictures
Hollywood Pictures
Miramax Films Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pixar
Broadcast Television
ABC Network
Music
Buena Vista Music GroupWalt Disney RecordsHollywood RecordsLyric Street Records
Publishing
Book Publishing Imprints
Hyperion
Michael di Caupa Books
Disney Global Children's Books
Disney PressGlobal Retail
Global Continuity
Magazine titles include:
Automotive Industries
Biography (with GE and Hearst)
Discover
Disney Adventures
Disney Magazine
ECN News
ESPN Magazine (distributed by Hearst)
Parks and Resorts
Disneyland Resort
Walt Disney World Resort
Tokyo Disney Resort
Disneyland Resort Paris
Hong Kong Disneyland