The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (/ˈdɪzni/),[3] is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California.
Disney was originally founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt and Roy O. Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio; it also operated under the names The Walt Disney Studio and Walt Disney Productions before officially changing its name to The Walt Disney Company in 1986. The company established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into its making cartoons, animated movies, short films, live-action film production, television, and theme parks.
Since the 1980s, Disney has created and acquired corporate divisions in order to market more mature content than is typically associated with its flagship family-oriented brands. The company is known for its film studio division, The Walt Disney Studios, which includes Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Studios, Searchlight Pictures, and Blue Sky Studios. Disney's other main business units include divisions in television, broadcasting, streaming media, theme park resorts, consumer products, publishing, and international operations. Through these various segments, Disney owns and operates the ABC broadcast network; cable television networks such as Disney Channel, ESPN, Freeform, FX, and National Geographic; publishing, merchandising, music, and theater divisions; direct-to-consumer streaming services such as Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+, and Hotstar; and Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, a group of 14 theme parks, resort hotels, and cruise lines around the world.[4][5] Cartoon character Mickey Mouse, created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, the official mascot of Disney.
The were essential in introducing well known Disney media series to life: Mickey Mouse (1928), Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Cinderella (1950), Mary Poppins (1964), Winnie the Pooh (1966) , The Little Mermaid (1989), Aladdin (1992), The Lion King (1994), Toy Story (1995), Lilo & Stitch (2002) and Frozen (2013).
==Cartoon short films and Filmography==
* Plane Crazy (1928),
* Steamboat Willie (1928),
* Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937),
* Pinocchio (1940),
* Fantasia (1940),
* Bambi (1941),
* Dumbo (1942),
* Der Fuehrer's Face (1943),
* Saludos Amigos (1943),
* The Three Caballeros (1945),
* Make Mine Music (1946),
* Fun and Fancy Free (1947),
* Melody Time (1948),
* The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949),
* Cinderella (1950),
* Alice in Wonderland (1951),
* Peter Pan (1953),
* Lady and the Tramp (1955),
* Sleeping Beauty (1959),
* A Symposium On Popular Songs (1962)
* The Sword in the Stone (1963),
* Mary Poppins (1964),
* The Jungle Book (1967),
* The Aristocats (1970),
* Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1972),
* Robin Hood (1973),
* The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977),
* The Fox and the Hound (1981),
* The Little Mermaid (1989),
* Beauty and the Beast (1991),
* Aladdin (1992),
* The Lion King (1994),
* Tarzan (1999),
* Lilo & Stitch (2002),
* Tinker Bell (2008),
* Frozen (2013)
==History==
* 1923 - Disney, founded in 1923
* 1925 - First cartoon of Pete
* 1928 - First cartoon of Mickey Mouse - Plane Crazy
* 1928 - First official cartoon of Mickey Mouse - Steamboat Willie
* 1930 - First cartoon of Pluto
* 1932 - First cartoon of Goofy
* 1934 - First cartoon of Donald Duck
* 1937 - First feature length animation film of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
* 1940 - Pinocchio
* 1943 - First cartoon of Chip 'n' Dale
* 1950 - Cinderella 
* 1955 - Disneyland
* 1964 - Mary Poppins
* 1966 - Winnie the Pooh
* 1966 - Walt Disney's death
* 1971 - Walt Disney World
* 1989 - The Little Mermaid
* 1991 - Beauty and the Beast
* 1992 - Aladdin
* 1994 - The Lion King
* 1995 - Disney buys American Broadcasting Company
* 1995 - First computer-animation film of Toy Story
* 1996 - Disney acquires Capital Cities/ABC
* 1999 - Tarzan
* 2001 - Disney Channel television series of Lizzie McGuire
* 2002 - Lilo & Stitch
* 2004 - Disney acquires The Muppets
* 2005 - Club Penguin
* 2006 - Disney buys Pixar
* 2007 - Disney Channel animated television series of Phineas and Ferb
* 2009 - D23 Expo
* 2009 - Disney buys Marvel for $4 billion - Hulk and Spider-Man meet Mickey, Donald and Goofy in new Disney crossover covers
* 2012 - Disney XD animated television series of Gravity Falls
* 2012 - Disney buys Lucasfilm for $4.06 billion - Darth Vader meet Mickey Mouse in new Disney meets Star Wars crossover covers - The end of the Star Wars trilogy, at the 20th Century Fox.
* 2013 - Disney's computer-animation film of Frozen
* 2015 - Disney XD animated television series of Star vs. the Forces of Evil
* 2017 - Disney buys Fox for $52.4 billion
* 2019 - Disney+ streaming service
* 2023 - Disney celebrating 100th Anniversary - Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, Snow White, Cinderella, Ariel, Mary Poppins, Aladdin, Jasmine, Elsa, Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Lizzie McGuire, Dipper Pines, Mabel Pines, Star Butterfly and many others to belongs the Walt Disney Company. The only buy own Marvel comic books icons like The Incredible Hulk and Spider-Man, the franchise like The Muppets and Lucasfilm original franchise like Star Wars
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