Disney’s interest in the fast-growing digital media company, part of a routine effort to identify acquisition targets, faded after BuzzFeed provided a high valuation.
The soundtrack to Disney’s animated film topped the chart for a tenth week, while “Happy” held on as top single.
Jerry Bruckheimer, one of Hollywood’s most respected filmmakers, has been making movies with Disney since the early 1990s, when he was executive producer of “The Ref.”
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Of 101 films released by the six major studios in 2012, Glaad said only 14 of them contained characters that were identified as lesbian, gay or bisexual, and none that were were transgender.
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A Breakingviews analysis suggests the studio’s value to the Magic Kingdom falls short of the $7.4 billion purchase price.
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The cuts come as Disney is reviewing its staff levels at the studios as well as at other business units, like theme parks.
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ABC had always stood apart from the Disney way, but recently the network has floated a few pilots on concepts drawn from its powerful parent’s library.
The online video Web site Hulu, in a state of flux as its owners decide what to do with it, said that Andy Forssell, the person in charge of content for the site, would become its acting chief executive.
Disney quiety scrapped plans it announced in 2010 to redo a retail shopping area on Disney property. Now it has announced new plans, for a themed mall called Disney Springs.
The company is delaying the introduction of Infinity from June until August, moving it closer to the all-important holiday sales season but possibly disappointing some investors.
Feld Entertainment, which produces Disney on Ice and other touring shows, will introduce a road show featuring Spider-Man and other Marvel superheroes in summer 2014.
Cable shows continue to dominate over most network offerings on Sunday nights, and Fox overtakes a flagging NBC for the season.
The company, owned by Disney, says it will pursue a “new direction” in animated programming based on the Star Wars narrative.
Robert A. Iger, Disney’s chairman and chief executive, had been reported to be under fire despite Disney’s excellent results, but more than 57 percent of the company’s shareholders supported his $40.2 million compensation plan for 2012.
A deal with Nielsen will allow ABC to measure viewing whether on television or online.
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