tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post3345040153684853427..comments2024-03-26T22:42:06.412-07:00Comments on TAG Blog: The June LinkoramaSteve Huletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-26423553372418696382008-06-21T17:37:00.000-07:002008-06-21T17:37:00.000-07:00Under the proposed deal, Cookie Jar would acquire ...<B>Under the proposed deal, Cookie Jar would acquire DIC's stock for <B>$0.7153</B> a share, or a total of $31.5 million. It also agreed to assume $42 million in outstanding debt and pay $14 million in transaction fees. Upon closing, DIC would become a division of Cookie Jar.<BR/><BR/>Only two years ago, DIC was worth considerably more. But the firm, which last year acquired a European licensing company, has struggled recently in a field that is dominated by three giant players: Walt Disney Co. with its Disney channels; Viacom Inc., which owns Nickelodeon; and Time Warner Inc., which owns the Looney Tunes and Hanna-Barbera characters and the Cartoon Network. -- LA TIMES </B><BR/><BR/>Welll now. DIC is a penny stock.<BR/><BR/>Again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-41905072803853307202008-06-21T13:43:00.000-07:002008-06-21T13:43:00.000-07:00Re the above link: According to Saturdays' LA Time...Re the above link: According to <A HREF="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-kids21-2008jun21,0,6854646.story" REL="nofollow">Saturdays' <I>LA Times</I> business section</A>, the Cookie Jar/DIC buyout isn't going to happen without a fight.<BR/><BR/>Has anyone in the history of Hollywood ever made as much money as Andy Heyward just by selling his own company and then buying it back?Jeff Massiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01025023288241410877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-82100231378650983422008-06-21T03:15:00.000-07:002008-06-21T03:15:00.000-07:00Here's a link.Cookie Jar is buying DiCHere's a link.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/06/cookie_jar_dic_entertainment_a.php" REL="nofollow">Cookie Jar is buying DiC</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-90131563346427857842008-06-20T13:34:00.000-07:002008-06-20T13:34:00.000-07:00There are places that credit Burt Gillett as the d...There are places that credit Burt Gillett as the director of The Brave Little Tailor. According to animator I. Klein, Gillett was in progress on The Moth and the Flame at the time he was fired, so it's possible that he was also in progress on Tailor and Bill Roberts finished it up.Mark Mayersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00065971589878678848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-11517848344181190852008-06-20T12:57:00.000-07:002008-06-20T12:57:00.000-07:00David:Thanks for the correction and update. I bla...David:<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the correction and update. I blat our things here fast, and too often rely on flawed memory.<BR/><BR/>But I do think that <I>Mickey's Tailor</I> was one of the most expensive shorts of its time, a precursor to <I>Mickey and the Beanstalk</I>.<BR/><BR/>(I can understand why Mr. Roberts left the business to get rich. Wasn't going to happen if you stayed in the cartoon industry.)<BR/><BR/>Larry:<BR/><BR/>You'd probably have to call the publisher ... or Eric at Disney.Steve Huletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-58377156486915065462008-06-20T11:33:00.000-07:002008-06-20T11:33:00.000-07:00I'm very excited about the Eric Goldberg book!!!Is...I'm very excited about the Eric Goldberg book!!!<BR/><BR/>Is there any way to find out if he'll be doing a NYC book signing?Larry Levinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02796712092304761340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-70149270837265708812008-06-20T11:07:00.000-07:002008-06-20T11:07:00.000-07:00Great set of links today , Steve. Thanks.About Bi...Great set of links today , Steve. Thanks.<BR/><BR/>About Bill Roberts , who directed "The Brave Little Tailor" : I don't think he was demoted and fired after "Brave Little Tailor" . He continues to be credited as a director after 1938. <BR/><BR/>His <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0730860/" REL="nofollow">IMDB</A> listing shows him as a director on subsequent short cartoons at Disney , including Society Dog Show (1939), The Winged Scourge (1943) , Reason and Emotion (1943), The Grain That Built a Hemisphere (1943) . But he is also credited as a Sequence Director on these feature films at Disney: <BR/><BR/>Fun & Fancy Free (1947)<BR/>The Three Caballeros (1944) (sequence director)<BR/>Saludos Amigos (1942) (sequence director) <BR/>Bambi (1942) (sequence director) <BR/>Dumbo (1941) (sequence director) <BR/>Pinocchio (1940) (sequence director) <BR/>Fantasia (1940) (director : segment "Rite of Spring") <BR/><BR/>Bill Roberts was a magazine illustrator ln New York c.1929-1932 and started at Disney in 1932 or '33.<BR/>He animated on many shorts throughout the 1930's , then went on to Snow White as one of the animators working on the Dwarfs unit in 1936 - 37. After that he began as a director on Mickey's Parrot (1938) . <BR/><BR/>Jack Kinney, in his book "Walt Disney and Assorted Other Characters", says that Roberts retired from the animation industry in the late 40's , went into real estate and construction after Disney and reportedly became wealthy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-57457207781953284392008-06-20T11:01:00.000-07:002008-06-20T11:01:00.000-07:00Click REFRESH then "memories".Click REFRESH then "memories".Steve Huletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-56141842317355917892008-06-20T09:36:00.000-07:002008-06-20T09:36:00.000-07:00Steve, could you post a link to Dorse Lanpher's si...Steve, could you post a link to Dorse Lanpher's site so we can read the rest of the account?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com