Article: Of mice and X-Men: Disney buys Marvel; $4.1 billion lands comics giant.(PAGE ONE)

Article: Disney gets super power in $4 billion Marvel deal: ...
Charleston Daily Mail;  September 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... television series. With Marvel, Disney gets the dominant ... Animation Studios, that Disney acquired in 2006 ... coincidentally, Pixar and Marvel also have their origins ... known outside of Marvel's core fan community ... Robert A. Iger, Disney's president and ...

Article: Superheroes Join Forces With Disney XD.(Marvel ...
Multichannel News;  September 7, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... across both the existing Marvel infrastructure and Disney." Iger also dismissed ... He added that he saw the Marvel brand as being akin to Disney's in many ways and that ... here is not to rebrand Marvel/Disney, in fact, the opposite ...

Article: Of mouse and X-Men; .(Walt Disney buys Marvel ...
The Economist (US);  September 5, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... characters not invented by Disney itself. In fact, Marvel did not put up much of a fight ... clash of cultures. Happily for Marvel, Disney is no longer the corporate ... Disney, has predicted that the Disney-Marvel merger will prove "a terrific ...

Article: A $4B superhero deal for Disney; Marvel ...
The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA);  September 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... television series. With Marvel, Disney gets the dominant ... known outside of Marvel's core fan community ... said Robert Iger, Disney's president and ... rivals, however, Disney has an unrivaled platform to exploit Marvel's self-described ...

Article: Heirs' claims cloud Disney's proposed purchase of ...
International Herald Tribune;  September 22, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Marvel; Heirs' claims cloud Disney's Marvel deal Byline: MICHAEL CIEPLY ... copyright termination last week to Marvel and Disney, as well as to Paramount Pictures ... characters without consent from Marvel, Disney or the various studios that have ...

Article: Heirs' claims cloud Disney's proposed purchase of ...
International Herald Tribune;  September 22, 2009 ;     659 words ... ... copyright termination last week to Marvel and Disney, as well as to Paramount Pictures ... statement. A spokeswoman for Marvel had no comment. Disney said in a statement that ... characters without consent from Marvel, Disney or the various studios that ...

Article: Disney to Acquire Marvel Entertainment.
Business Wire;  August 31, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... We believe that adding Marvel to Disney's unique portfolio of brands ... The Boards of Directors of Disney and Marvel have each approved the transaction ... operations of the businesses of Disney and Marvel separately and as a combined ...