February 11, 2004

Comcast Bids for Mickey Mouse

Comcast, the largest cable company, made a $66 billion bid for Disney this morning. Perhaps the only way to get rid of Eisner is to buy him out. First there was Katzenberg (head of Disney animation when they made Lion King) who went off to form Dreamworks animation studios, John Lasseter who went off to Pixar to make classics like Toy Story, Disney family leaving the board of directors, and then breakup of the Pixar/Disney partnership. Eisner needs to go, no-one wants to work with this guy. "The proposal comes after private conversations earlier this week, in which Disney Chief Executive Officer Michael Eisner rejected Comcast's request to begin merger negotiations, the cable company said. As a result, Comcast said it was bringing its offer to Disney’s board of directors into the public eye." Link Roundup - Norah Jones interviewed on NPR about her second album. Be sure to catch her 13 minute audio interview, she's as adorable in normal conversation as she is with her music. - Microsoft using sex toys in Japan to sell X-box. - Why HDTV is bad for porn. - Don't click on that Osama AOL IM link! [Discussion]