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Disney News Stories
April 2003

Ongoing Coverage: Pirates of the Caribbean - the film - (Movies)
Original Story: 11/3/2001   Most Recent Story: 11/17/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Pooh Heirs Sue Disney Over Royaties - (General)
Original Story: 6/21/2000   Most Recent Story: 11/13/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Disneyland Coming to Shanghai? - (OD)
Original Story: 6/3/2002   Most Recent Story: 11/6/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Disney and eBay sign auction deal - (Coll,General)
Original Story: 2/8/2000   Most Recent Story: 10/26/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Disney Cruise Line Adds Seven Day Cruise - (OD)
Original Story: 12/8/1999   Most Recent Story: 8/11/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Hong Kong Disneyland - (OD)
Original Story: 8/17/2000   Most Recent Story: 7/10/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Lilo & Stitch - (Movies)
Original Story: 4/16/2002   Most Recent Story: 3/3/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Child Critically Injured on Cartoon Spin - (DL)
Original Story: 9/24/2000   Most Recent Story: 1/27/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Space Mountain Accident Injures Nine - (DL)
Original Story: 8/2/2000   Most Recent Story: 1/6/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Disney Films Weekend Box Office Totals - (Movies)
Original Story: 4/24/2001   Most Recent Story: 12/10/2008

Ongoing Coverage: Accidents at Disneyland - (DL)
Original Story: 12/21/2001   Most Recent Story: 5/29/2008

Ongoing Coverage: Broadcast of the Very Merry Christmas Parade - (WDW,Movies)
Original Story: 12/13/1999   Most Recent Story: 6/12/2007

Ongoing Coverage: Expedition Everest - (WDW)
Original Story: 3/24/2003   Most Recent Story: 8/1/2006

Ongoing Coverage: Mission SPACE - (WDW)
Original Story: 1/20/2000   Most Recent Story: 6/14/2006

Ongoing Coverage: Brother Bear - (Movies)
Original Story: 8/14/2000   Most Recent Story: 10/24/2003

Ongoing Coverage: Hilary Duff's Career Begins at DIS Channel - (Movies)
Original Story: 8/29/2000   Most Recent Story: 5/2/2003

Quicken: Schaeffer's Market Observation Features DIS - (General) (4/30/2003)
Schaeffer's Research report on Disney stock performance.

LPWire: WDIG Announces Titles for Qualcomm's BREW Platform - (General) (4/30/2003)
Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG), today announced the titles of its first Disney, ABCNEWS.com and Movies.com branded applications developed for QUALCOMM's Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless(TM) (BREW) platform. WDIG will also expand its library of ESPN- and X Games-branded BREW-based titles.

LPWire: CSUN Dedicates The Michael D Eisner College of Education - (General) (4/25/2003)
California State University, Northridge officials dedicated The Michael D. Eisner College of Education at a ceremony attended by Eisner, his wife, Jane, and their sons Breck and Eric. The renaming commemorates a $7 million grant that The Eisner Foundation, which was founded by the Eisner family in 1996, made to CSUN to establish the Center for Teaching and Learning.

LPWire: Disney Channel Plans 24-Hour TV Network in Japan - (Movies) (4/24/2003)
Disney Channel will launch a 24-hour television network on cable and satellite platforms in Japan this winter, it was announced today by David Hulbert, president, Walt Disney Television International.

LPWire: Finding Nemo Soundtrack To Be Released May 20 - (Movies) (4/24/2003)
Robbie Williams makes big waves with the end title track "Beyond the Sea" (taken from his 2001 release, "Swing When You're Winning") for Finding Nemo.

LPWire: "Evan Marshall (Billy Mandolin) Is the Lone Composer" Concert - (DL,General) (4/24/2003)
On Saturday, May 3 world-renowned mandolin virtuoso Evan Marshall will perform at "The Soul of Music", 236 W. Main Street, Alhambra, CA. Showtime is 8 P. M; doors open at 7:30. Disneyland Park fans will recognize Evan as Billy who performs the "Billy Tell Overture" on the mandolin at the Golden Horseshoe.

LPWire: Thrilling New Adventure at Disney's Animal Kingdom Brings the Legend of Yeti to Life - (WDW) (4/22/2003)
"Expedition EVEREST adds a new dimension to our storytelling in Disney's Animal Kingdom,� said Joe Rohde, executive designer at Walt Disney Imagineering and lead designer of the park. "It's a thrilling adventure themed to the folklore of the mysterious yeti.�

LPWire: Mission SPACE Launches Aug 15 - (WDW) (4/22/2003)
Guests who accept the mission will engage in a one-of-a-kind astronaut experience that launches them into a simulated space adventure -- from pulse-racing liftoff to the sensations of traveling though outer space on a mission to Mars.

LPWire: Disney's Animal Kingdom Celebrates 5th Anniversary With Lion's Share of Adventures - (WDW) (4/22/2003)
Walt Disney World Resort's fourth and largest theme park, Disney's Animal Kingdom is 500 Central Florida acres of vast jungles, lush grasslands and rainforests, plus an authentic savannah and dinosaur dig site. The park is home to more than 1,000 animals representing some 250 species.

LPWire: Free Movie Ticket for Finding Nemo inside Videogame - (Movies,Coll) (4/21/2003)
THQ ® Inc. today announced details of an extensive marketing campaign supporting the Finding Nemo videogame for PlayStation(R)2, Xbox(R), GameCube(TM), Game Boy(R) Advance and PC/MAC. Highlights include a multimillion-dollar national television, print, radio and online campaign, in-theater marketing, numerous cross-promotions, and a free "Finding Nemo" movie ticket in all videogame units shipped with the initial launch, while supplies last. The game is scheduled for release in early May and the movie will hit screens May 30.

Ongoing Coverage: Anaheim Angels Sold - (General)
Original Story: 4/16/2003   Most Recent Story: 4/16/2003

LPWire: AllEarsNet.com Announces Where in the World Are You Photo Online Contest! - (WDW) (4/15/2003)
The "Where in the World Are You?" Photo Contest will run from Sunday, April 13, 2003, through Saturday, May 3, 2003. Each week, for three (3) consecutive weeks, a photo of an unidentified Cast Member from Walt Disney World will be posted on http://wdwig.com/ The photos will be posted each Sunday evening until 6 p.m. (Eastern).

LPWire: Upcoming Disneyland Resort Pin Trading Nights - (DL,Coll) (4/15/2003)
Join hundreds of pin traders from 7p - 10p at the Paradise Pier Hotel Ballroom on Thursday, April 24, 2003, Sunday, May 18, 2003 and Friday, May 30, 2003.

LPWire: Canadian 4th Night Free at Disneyland Resort Offer Extended - (DL) (4/14/2003)
Canadian guests can book three consecutive nights at one of the three hotels of the Disneyland Resort (Disney's Grand Californian Hotel(R), Disneyland Hotel or Disney's Paradise Pier(sm) Hotel) and receive the 4th night free. The offer has been extended for arrivals now through June 15, 2003.

LPWire: Activision ® Turns Real Kids Into Videogame Stars for Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure(tm) - (Movies,Coll) (4/11/2003)
After a month-long nationwide casting call search Activision, Inc. has cast the "Extreme Skate Crew" - 10 lucky kids who will become a part of the company's upcoming Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure(TM) skateboarding game.

Ongoing Coverage: The Alamo - (Movies)
Original Story: 6/28/2002   Most Recent Story: 4/10/2003

Buena Vista Pictures Box Office Results - (Movies) (4/9/2003)
This weekend's top box office performer for Buena Vista Pictures is Bringing Down the House in its fifth week of release pulled in $8,316,696 for the number 5.

LPWire: ABC Super Soap Weekends Return to Disney's California Adventure(tm), - (DL) (4/9/2003)
ABC Daytime fans will have the chance to meet their favorite stars of "All My Children� and "One Life to Live� the weekend of May 31 - June 1. "Port Charles� and "General Hospital� stars will appear the weekend of June 7-8. A full list of attending stars will be announced shortly.

LPWire: Lizzie Movie Soundtrack Arrives Apr 22 - (Movies) (4/8/2003)
On April 22, 2003, Walt Disney Records will release the soundtrack for The Lizzie McGuire Movie. The soundtrack features the hot new single "Why Not" performed by "Lizzie McGuire" star and teen sensation Hilary Duff.

LPWire: NFFC Announces Summer Convention for Disney Enthusiasts - (DL,Coll,General) (4/4/2003)
The NFFC Convention will be held July 15th through the 19th followed by the "NFFC's Strictly Disneyana Show and Sale� on July 20th. The NFFC Convention offers various seminars about Disney past, present and future, an opportunity to meet fellow Disney fans and buy, sell or trade Disney collectibles.

NFFC Summer Show and Sale To Be Held July 20th - (DL,Coll,General) (4/4/2003)
Stop by the Crowne Plaza Resort hotel in Garden Grove, CA between Noon to 5:00pm to view tens of thousands of old and new Disney items for sale. Admission is $8. ®

LPWire: DL to host Jose Hess Jewelry Trunk Show - (DL,Coll) (4/4/2003)
On April 26th Disneyland Park's New Century Jewelry will host Jewelry Designer, Artist & Craftsman Jose Hess from 10a - 3p.

LPWire: Exclusive Look at Pirates on April 6 - (Movies) (4/3/2003)
The preview is cleared to air simultaneously on April 6th at 8:15p across the Disney owned ABC network and various cable stations including ESPN (8:15 Pacific; 11:15 Eastern), Lifetime, A&E, The History Channel, and E! Entertainment Television. The exclusive material will also air in Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resort hotel rooms, on Disney Cruise Lines, on the JumboTrons at Downtown Disney, at various ESPN Zone locations, and on the internet at the film's website (pirates.movies.com). It will also be viewable on the front page of Yahoo!. On ABC, the first look will air during "The Wonderful World of Disney."

LPWire: Disney Online Teams with AT&T for PrePaid Entertainment Subscription Services - (General) (4/3/2003)
A Disney specialty card, soon to be available in retail stores nationwide, will enable consumers to easily pre-purchase a subscription to Disney's Toontown Online, the first massively multiplayer 3D online game for kids and families. Through its AT&T PrePaid Web Cents service, AT&T will manage card production, transaction processing and the retail supply chain for the Disney prepaid specialty cards.

LPWire: Holes Original Soundtrack Arrives Apr 15 - (Movies) (4/3/2003)
Coming to stores on April 15, 2003, the "Holes Original Soundtrack" is an eclectic collection of tracks including the rhythmic, bluesy sounds of "Dig It" by D-Tent Boys, "Keep'n It Real" by reggae superstar and Grammy Award-winner(R) Shaggy, "Honey" by the multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated(R) artist Moby and "Don't Give Up" by Grammy-nominated(R) Eagle-Eye Cherry.

LPWire: ABC Cable Networks Group to Roll Out Public Affairs Initiative - (General) (4/1/2003)
ABC Cable Networks Group will rollout an expansive, portfolio-wide public affairs initiative this spring called "Learning Together!" to encourage family involvement to improve children's learning and personal growth through increased family involvement.