Disney to buy Marvel

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3if39271c89709c28e51aaec2525f7793b

Disney to buy Marvel for $4 bln
Stock and cash deal to combine character library
By Paul Bond and Georg Szalai
Aug 31, 2009, 09:39 AM ET
Disney has agreed to acquire Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion.

Under the terms of the deal, Marvel shareholders would receive $30 per share in cash plus about 0.745 Disney shares for each Marvel share.
Overall, the deal is valued at $50 per Marvel share as of Friday's closing price.

"We believe that adding Marvel to Disney's unique portfolio of brands provides significany opportunities for long-term growth and value creation," said Disney CEO Robert Iger.

"Disney is the perfect home for Marvel's fantastic library of characters given its proven ability to expand content creation and licensing businesses," said Marvel CEO Ike Perlmutter.

Both companies' board have approved the deal. It now requires antitrust and Marvel shareholder approval.

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Wed., August 26th

7:00 - 9:30 PM

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PITCH! - You've Created a Great Animated Project, Now, Who, Where, & How to Pitch It.



We've invited some heavyweights to provide helpful hints and pitching techniques with an opportunity for one or two of you to actually pitch your project and receive invaluable feedback! Invited guests include:



Karen Rupert Toliver - VP Production - Twentieth Century Fox Animation



Dwayne Corbitt - Co-Presidnet/Partner, Farcor Studios, Da Jammies (new series)



Sidney Clifton - President/Producer - Sanctuary Enterprises



Roland Poindexter - VP of Original Animation Programming, Nickelodeon



Eric Elder - Ow! Entertainment



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Student Body President talks about the new lab donated by the SIGGRAPH outreach team. We are proud to have been able to volunteer during the project.



Student demonstrated what he learned in MAYA earlier that morning.

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