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Old 17th April 2008, 09:52 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Default Disney Store just went Chapter 11

[Default] Thus spake Keane <keane_radp@tanstaafl.uchicago.edu>:

>On Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:05:01 -0700, Gary Edstrom
><GEdstrom@PacBell.Net> wrote:
>>
>>I always wondered about when Disney sold off the Disney Stores to a
>>third party. If Disney didn't see enough profit in it when they could
>>keep the royalties themselves, how did a third party think they could
>>make a go of it when they had to pay royalties to Disney?
>>
>>Gary

>
>Someone always has a better plan. :-)
>
>It's happened more recently when Disney sold ABC radio to
>Citidel. (Though Disney still owns a substantial percentage.)
>Radio is having problems, but Citidel thought they could make
>it go.


Yeah. I'm currently being amused at Motorola's strategy. They want
to sell what was once a cash cow. But now it's a big loser. But some
idea will want to buy the mobile business.

>
>Keane
>===
>When stars are born, They possess a gift or two,
>One of them is this, They have the power to make a wish come true...
> - Wishes
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