The Travelears

Owner Walt Disney Co. hopes to select a winning bidder from offers received by that date and close on a sale of the one-time indie highflyer within 30 days of the deadline.

“Give a Day, Get a Disney Day” – a first-of-its-kind program of Disney Parks – reached its goal of inspiring 1 million people in 2010 to give back to their communities through volunteer service in the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada.

Disney is wringing the pink out of its princess movies.

Sibling cable network ABC Family has acquired the rights to Tim Burton’s 3D fantasy in a deal that will kick off in 2012.

“Alice in Wonderland,” the Lewis Carroll tale re-imagined in 3-D by director Tim Burton, made $116.3 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales for Walt Disney Co. this weekend, the sixth-biggest opening ever.

Cablevision Systems Corp. said Sunday it has answered calls to accept binding arbitration with Walt Disney Co., and Disney had responded by returning the WABC channel to households in the New York City area.

Cablevision Systems Corp. customers lost access to ABC television stations early on Sunday as the cable operator and ABC parent Walt Disney Co. couldn’t come to terms on an agreement about monthly subscription fees.

A window honoring Richard and Robert Sherman will be unveiled in a ceremony at Disneyland next week.

The Los Angeles Times’ critic may have panned the film, but that didn’t stop Disney from paying top dollar to turn the newspaper’s front page into a special advertisement on Friday.

Disney and the University struck a deal that separated the licensing of the school’s mascot and the licensing of the school’s merchandise.