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The Walt Disney Company is the third largest global media conglomerate. Its FY 2000 revenues topped $25 billion, with 27% derived from parks and resorts, 24% from studio entertainment, and 17% from media networks. [Note: The following breakdown reflects interests and assets as of early 2001.]

Production/Distribution
Walt Disney Pictures
Touchstone Pictures
Hollywood Pictures
Caravan Pictures
Miramax Films
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Buena Vista Internet Group:
ABC.com
ABCNews.com
Oscar.com
Disney.com
Family.Com
ESPN Internet Group
NFL.com
NBA.com
NASCAR.com
Soccernet.com (60%)

Infoseek (43%)
Toysmart.com (majority stake)

Buena Vista Music Group
Hollywood Records
Lyric Street Records
Mammoth Records
Walt Disney Records
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TV
Networks
ABC
The Disney Channel
SoapNet
ESPN (partial ownership with Hearst)
A&E (partial ownership with Hearst and GE)
The History Channel (partial ownership with Hearst and GE)
Lifetime (partial ownership with Hearst)
E! (partial ownership with Comcast, MediaOne and Liberty Media)

Television Stations 10 television stations

Television Production/Distribution Buena Vista Television Touchstone Television Walt Disney Television, Animation

Radio
ABC Radio Networks
Radio Disney
ESPN Radio
27 radio stations

publishing Sports
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Anaheim Angels (partial ownership)

Theme Parks
Disneyland
Walt Disney World
Disney-MGM Studios
EuroDisney (partial owner)
Disneyland Japan
Epcot
Disney's Animal Kingdom
Disney's California Adventure
Disney Cruise Line

Theater
Walt Disney Theatrical Productions

Books
Walt Disney Company Book Publishing
Hyperion Books
Talk/Miramax Books

Magazines
Discover Magazine
Disney Magazine
ESPN Magazine
Talk
US Weekly (50% stake)

Daily Newspapers
County Press (Lapeer, MI)
Oakland Press and Reminder (Pontiac, MI)
Narragansett Times
St. Louis Daily Record



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