An ESPN branded Sanyo mobile handset and a new MP3 player for the kiddie market have emerged from the House of Mouse.

A three-city test of the monthly subscription-based movie service did not draw enough interest to sustain the model.

What’s the hottest new MMORPG? Could be Lineage II? Guild Wars? The World of Warcraft? Yes? No? ToonTown you say? From Sony and Disney. Wow. This could be something keen. It’s family friendly AND it’s only $20. I may need to check this out.

Multiple systems at several site in the country experienced worm-related shutdowns, and were likely Zotob-related.

The potential of video iPods downloading licensed Disney content from iTunes might be a step closer to reality.

After two years, the battle between the Walt Disney Company and two of its former directors has come to a conclusion. Lawsuits from Stanley P. Gold and Roy Disney, nephew of Walt have been dropped.

The long running shareholder battle between Mr. Disney and the Walt Disney Company has been resolved.

An agreement with wireless service provider Sprint will place Disney content on mobile devices.

It may take weeks before Florida medical examiners are able to determine the cause of death of a four-year-old boy who collapsed Monday aboard the “Mission: Space” ride at Disney’s Epcot Center.

John Battelle notes that Google’s market capitalization is now just north of 80 billion dollars, making it the largest media company on the planet, overtaking Time Warner.

Roy Disney, nephew of legendary company founder Walt Disney and Stanley Gold filed a lawsuit today against the company Walt founded in a Delaware court today. The lawsuit accuses the board at Disney, led by Michael Eisner and Robert Iger and it requests the court overturn the election of Iger as Eisner’s replacement.

After a well-publicized break in negotiations between the animation studio and the entertainment company, talks may start again.

BBC News: “eBay is the top brand name on the net, according to calculations by net monitoring company Envisional.

Normally, Jim Hill’s predicament wouldn’t raise an eyebrow. But since his adversary is The Walt Disney Company-a business hamstrung by years of negative publicity…

Michael D. Eisner, CEO of The Walt Disney Company, and Robert A. Iger, president and COO and CEO-elect, announced a restructuring of the company’s Corporate Strategic Planning Division.

Disney CEO Michael Eisner is stepping down a year early and Robert Iger will be taking his place.

Walt Disney shareholders re-elected the company’s board of directors by a margin of 92.2%.

Elisabeth Freeman, Eric Freeman and Mike Pusateri from the Walt Disney Company will be giving …

Thanks to its media networks, and theme parks, Disney reported a surprising growth in first-quarter profits.

Disney has put their policy to separate the roles of chief executive and chairman into permanent effect.

If you are a struggling entrepreneur who sometimes feel like you are pushing a 3-ton boulder up a steep hill, costs keep mounting and you are considering giving up, check out the 10 setbacks that Walt Disney faced. Some were financial nightmares that put him millions of dollars in the red and others were just plain embarrassment.