The Travelears

Adrienne Bailon, member of Disney’s multi-platinum The Cheetah Girls, confirmed that the group is officially over. “I think that the brand has now come to an end,” she told Just Jared Jr. at the Sundance Film Festival. “But like everything – ‘High School Musical’ will no longer be. Same thing. We had a great run.” [...]

Walt Disney Co.’s ABC television division, pressured by a downturn in the economy that is depressing advertiser spending, said today that it was trimming its workforce by 5%, becoming the latest media company to undergo cutbacks.  The Burbank-based television group said it would eliminate 400 jobs by letting go 200 employees and leaving another 200 [...]

Join us as we again have a full house, and discuss traveling to the Disney parks either as or with a pregnant woman. Luckily we have Shannon from the Magic Never Ends Podcast with us to shed the light on the female perspective for this topic. As a reminder we are only expressing our opinions [...]

The Disney/ABC Television Group has expanded its content partnership Verizon, and for the first time will distribute full-length prime-time content through V Cast, the wireless firm’s subscription-based mobile video service. As part of the new pact, ABC will deliver full episodes of its biggest hits to V Cast subscribers, including Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy, Lost [...]

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Walt Disney Company’s Disney-ABC Television Group said Thursday that it would merge its ABC Entertainment and ABC Studios units to streamline the creative process and address the changing realities of the entertainment business.  The new unit, to be called the ABC Entertainment Group, will be led by Steve McPherson, the longtime president of ABC Entertainment.  [...]

Walt Disney Co. is offering buyout packages to about 600 executives at its U.S. theme parks and resorts, a company spokeswoman said Wednesday, due to pressures stemming from the economic downturn.  Disney already working to cut expenses at its domestic parks and resorts, is offering a voluntary separation plan to the executives in an effort [...]

Listen to what the entire travelears crew would do if they had a no limit Disney Visa Card for 5 days at the Walt Disney World Resort. Find out which hotel and resort each person chooses. Listen to our dining and entertainment choices and what other resort amenities were chosen and how much park time everyone would [...]

Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Robert Iger received $2 million salary and a $13.9 million bonus for fiscal 2008, and his overall compensation was up nearly 11% from 2007, according to a proxy statement filed by the company.  According to the filing, Mr. Iger’s total compensation for 2008 was valued at $30.6 million, which was [...]

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