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How To Find a Job in 2010

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Americas Workplace Expert, America, Bulletproof Your Job, Technology, Jobs, Producers, Tricks, Bulletproof Your Resume, Headhunter From Hell, Mommy, Machiavelli, Workplace Guru, Networking, Unemployment, Charlie Gibson, Katie Couric, CBS News, Stealing, Harpercollins, Disney, Stephen Viscusi, Good Morning America, Media News
Stephen Viscusi

It is time, to figure out how to re-invent yourself for 2010. Desperate times call for desperate measures.

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Schlock Doctrine: Where, and by Whom, Was Your Christmas Made?

Randall Amster | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Toys, Sesame Street, Made in China, The Shock Doctrine, Children, Child Labor, Raising Children, Globalization, China Toys, Parenting, Wal-Mart, Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine, Schlock, Labor, Sweatshop Labor, Christmas, Disney, Sweatshops, China, Living News, Green Living, Healthy Living News
Randall Amster

There are certainly many alternatives for purchasing products with greater ethical standards. But let's face it -- parents are busy, disposable incomes are tight, children need stimulation, time is money, and this is America.

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Rick Ross Named Disney Studio Chairman

AP | RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Walt Disney, Disney Studios, Disney, Rich Ross, Dick Cook Replacement, Media News

LOS ANGELES — The Walt Disney Co. on Monday named Disney Channels Worldwide top executive Rich Ross as its movie studios chairman, following a y...

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447,000 Car Seats Recalled

AP | CHRISTINE SIMMONS | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Made in China, Car Seat Handle, Parenting, Disney Car Seat Recall, Safety 1st, Dorel Juvenile Group, Cpsc, Eddie Bauer, Child Seat Recall, Cosco Recall, Disney, Car Seat Recall Repair Kit, Eddie Bauer Car Seat Recall, China, Safety 1st Car Seat Recall, Cosco, Repair Kit, Business News

WASHINGTON — A baby product manufacturer recalled on Friday about 447,000 of its infant car seat carriers, including some branded with Eddie Bau...

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Walt Disney's Grandson Arrested In Los Angeles

http://cbs2.com/local/Walt.Disney.grandson.2.1361176.html | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Handgun, Disney, Woodland Hills, Firearms, Walt Disney, Patrick Disney Miller, Los Angeles News

Los Angeles police say the grandson of the late Walt Disney has been arrested on suspicion of illegal gun possession. ...

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Disney/ABC In No Rush For Oprah Replacement Decision, Will Review Live Performances Post-Lambert

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Anne Sweeney, Abc, Disney, Oprah Replacement, Disney/ABC, Media News

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co can wait 12 to 15 months before it decides how to fill the gap left by reigning daytime TV queen Oprah Winfrey, wh...

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Disney Exec Shuffle: CFO, Parks Chief Switch Roles

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Disney, Tom Staggs, Jay Rasulo, Media News

LOS ANGELES — After recasting executives at its faltering movie studio, The Walt Disney Co. is now switching up the roles of a couple of its hig...

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Disney: China Approved Shanghai theme park

AP | ELAINE KURTENBACH | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Walt Disney Company, Disney World, Disney, Disney World China, Disney World Shanghai, World News

SHANGHAI — China's planning agency has approved plans for a Disney theme park in Shanghai, the Walt Disney Co. said Wednesday, a major step towa...

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Earthquake To Cost Haiti's Economy At Least 15% Of GDP

Bloomberg | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Bank of America, Walt Disney, Amex, Credit Agricole, Lowe's, Western Union, Business Community, Bofa, Coprporate Donations, Wells Fargo, Tesco, Businesses, Digicel, Ups, Haiti Earthquake, Haiti Economy, Visa, World Bank, JPMorgan Chase, Disney, Foundations, Business News

The earthquake in Haiti will cost the nation's economy at least 15 percent of its gross domestic product, said Pamela Cox, the World Bank's vice presi...

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Disney Grandson Pleads Not Guilty To Drug Charges

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Walt Disney, Narcotics, Disney, Patrick Disney, Guns, Patrick Disney Miller, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES — The grandson of Walt Disney has pleaded not guilty to drug and gun charges in Los Angeles. Patrick Disney Miller was being held i...

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It's Official: America Hates Indicted Right Wing Dancers

Stu Kreisman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Donny Osmond, Tom DeLay Dancing With the Stars, Teabaggers, Tom Delay, Rush Limbaugh, President Obama, Nobel Peace Prize, Glenn Beck, Media, Dancing With the Stars, Abc, Disney, Media News
Stu Kreisman

What were the producers thinking when they cast DeLay in the first place? Did they believe that after seeing him do a samba, America would forget what a repulsive human being he is and embrace him in its collective bosom?

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Apple TV Service Courts CBS, Disney Examine Apple's TV-Subscription Service

wsj.com | SAM SCHECHNER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Apple Cbs Disney, Apple Tv Service Cbs, Apple TV, Apple Tv Cbs Disney, Disney, Apple TV Service, Apple TV Subscription, Technology News

CBS Corp. and Walt Disney Co. are considering participating in Apple Inc.'s plan to offer television subscriptions over the Internet, according to peo...

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Cannes 2009 Day One: "Up" Review

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Disney, Up, Pixar, Animation, Cannes Film Festival, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

Cannes kicked off with a gentle, sweet even sublime film: Pixar's Up.

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Cameron's Avatar: Jar Jar Binks Meets Pocahontas

Athena Andreadis, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: White Man's Burden, Science Fiction, Aliens, Mother Earth, James Cameron, Militarism, Disney, Noble Savage, Imperialism, Avatar, New Age Spirituality, Evolution, Entertainment News
Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.

All of James Cameron's films after The Abyss increasingly resemble the Hindenburg: bloated, self-indulgent, lacking originality and subtlety in all but F/X. Avatar is the culmination of these -- with CGI.

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Disney Rewards Volunteers With Free Park Admission

Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Walt Disney, Volunteering, Volunteer, Disney World, Disney, Free Admission, Hands on Network, Disneyland, Impact News

The Walt Disney Co. just unveiled its Give a Day, Get a Disney Day campaign in partnership with Hands On Network to inspire one million people to volu...

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Disney Offers Free Park Admission To Volunteers

Los Angeles Times | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Philanthropy, Volunteering, Disney Theme Parks, The Giving Life, Volunteer, Florida, Walt Disney World Resort, Disney, Giving, Volunteerism, Healthy Living News

The Walt Disney Co. today unveiled a new promotional campaign for 2010 to spur volunteerism -- even as it sought to boost attendance in its domestic t...

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Disney: Children's Books Now Online

The New York Times | BROOKS BARNES | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Children's Books Online, E-Books, Disney Publishing, Children's E-Books, Disney, Children's Books, Books, Online, Books News

LOS ANGELES -- The Walt Disney Company hopes an ambitious new digital service it plans to unveil on Tuesday will transform how children read its story...

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Disney Prepares To Replace Johnny Depp In ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean' Franchise

Cinemablend | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Dick Cook, Johnny Depp, Film, Disney, Pirates of the Caribbean, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Entertainment News

Given that the Pirates franchise was the only live-action property making any money for the studio, they could reach deep in their pockets and keep De...

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Should Disney/ABC Change the Name of "Good Morning America" to ABC's "Good Morning Gay America"? My TOP TEN Picks to Replace Diane Sawyer

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Sam Champion, Abc, Kathy Travis, Meredith Vieira, Paula Abdul, Rosie O'Donnell, Robin Roberts, Morning Joe, Suze Orman, Nbc, Heidi Klum, Fire Island, Wendy Williams, Diane Sawyer, Sarah Palin, Campbell Brown, Hode Kobe, Msnbc, Tory Johnson, womenforhire.com, Dr. Phil, Career, Barbara Walters, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Job, Today Show, Willie Geist, Lesbians, Disney, Gays, Gma, Media News
Stephen Viscusi

Here are my top ten more realistic picks (men and woman) to replace Diane Sawyer on Good Morning America.

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Metro Station and Miley & The Rockits Plays Staples Center

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Miley Cyrus, Wal-Mart, The Cure, David Cassidy, Billy Ray Cyrus, Metro Station, Joan Jett, The Flying Graysons, The Jonas Brothers, The Last Song, Mason Musso, Ruby & the Rockits, The Clash, Trace Cyrus, Patrick Cassidy, U2, The Go-Gos, Disney, Staples Center, Batman & Robin, Shaun Cassidy, Annie Leibovitz, South Park, Entertainment News, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Power-pop group Metro Station played the Staples Center Tuesday night and pretty much set the tone for the act that followed... Miley somebody.

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Obama Saw "Up" With 3D Glasses

Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Obama Watched Up, Movie Obama Saw, Obama Up, Obama in 3D Glasses, President Obama, Obama 3D Glasses, Obama Movies, Obama, Obama Saw Movie, Video, Up, Pixar, Disney, Entertainment News

During an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman on Monday, President Obama dished on a movie he saw recently -- while he was sporting 3D gl...

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Dick Cook, Walt Disney Studios Chairman, Steps Down

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Dick Cook, Disney, Dick Cook Disney, Media News

Dick Cook, the chairman of Walt Disney Studios, is stepping down. Cook had been head of the studio since 2002. An industry source has told the Huffin...

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Three Clues to the Economy and Disney World

Blythe McGarvie | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: France, Krugman, Military, Savings, United Kingdom, Economy, Gdp Growth, Technology, Disney, Confidence Index, Blythe McGarvie, Confidence, China Economy, Shiller, Sapienza, World News
Blythe McGarvie

Lately, I've been reflecting about my first visit to EPCOT at Disney World. Many of the countries exhibit their natural beauty. The U.S. highlights technology and its prowess in military victories.

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Irresistible Glam

Yvette Kantrow | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Gordon Gekko, Cadbury Plc, Skype, Disney, Kraft Foods Inc., Ebay, Wall Street, Oliver Stone, Marvel, M&A, Media News
Yvette Kantrow

Our obsession with deal leaks and scoops subsided along with the boom that fueled it, resulting in a column that trained its occasionally gimlet eye on everything from basic business reporting to Analystgate.

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At TechCrunch50, Patching Up the Old Is the New "New"

Maya Baratz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Toybots, match.com, Clicker, Google Video, Facebook, Xbox, Playstation, techcrunch50, Udorse, Hulu, Citysourced, Spawn Labs, Disney, Itunes, 5:1, Sony, Fluidhtml, Business News
Maya Baratz

If the first half of the conference is any indication, what's "new" in the tech industry these days is a renown effort to bridge gaps between industry archetypes that aren't.

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