The long arms of Disney

c. 1997 Religion News Service Here’s a partial list of the holdings of the Walt Disney Co., which the Southern Baptist Convention voted to boycott June 18: Theme parks/Vacation entertainment: Disneyland, Anaheim, Calif. Walt Disney World, Orlando, Fla. Disney Cruise Line Disney Vacation Retail stores: The Disney Store, more than 535 stores. Movie Studios, with […]

c. 1997 Religion News Service

Here’s a partial list of the holdings of the Walt Disney Co., which the Southern Baptist Convention voted to boycott June 18:


Theme parks/Vacation entertainment:

Disneyland, Anaheim, Calif.

Walt Disney World, Orlando, Fla.

Disney Cruise Line

Disney Vacation

Retail stores:

The Disney Store, more than 535 stores.

Movie Studios, with selected releases:

Walt Disney Pictures: “The Lion King,” “Hercules,” and “101 Dalmatians.”

Touchstone Pictures: “Con Air” and “Phenomenon”

Hollywood Pictures: “The Rock,” and “Evita.”

Caravan Pictures: “Powder”

Miramax: “The English Patient,” “Sling Blade” and “Pulp Fiction.”

Broadcast:

ABC television and radio networks

Individual shows, including “Home Improvement,” “Ellen,” “Live! With Regis and Kathie Lee” and “Siskel & Ebert”

Cable:

The Disney Channel

ESPN Inc., 80 percent

A&E Television Networks, 37.5 percent

Lifetime Television’s parent, 50 percent

Sports:

Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, National Hockey League franchise, owner.

Anaheim Angels, American League baseball team, general partner.

Music:

Hollywood Records.

Walt Disney Records.

Print:

Newspapers include The Oakland Press in Pontiac, Mich., and the Albany Democrat-Herald and The Daily Tidings of Ashland, both in Oregon.

Magazines, include Discover and Los Angeles.

Hyperion Press, book publishing.

Plays:

“Beauty and the Beast,” currently on Broadway. “The Lion King,” set to open in the fall.

END RNS

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