I kind of feel like my friend after she used a meal swipe to get some homeless guy some food only to come back and catch him on his cell phone.
The theme of many recent Disney articles is their desire for more revenue - from parks, new content, etc. - seemingly negatively affected by the recession and crying about it.
Looking at they're annual revenues from 1991 - 2008 (yes, it's Wikipedia, but they're cited), their revenue increases by a greater margin each year.
Last year's annual revenue topped at nearly $38 billion.
You're really suffering guys.
Anyway, the more interesting point is that nearly $16 billion of that is from Disney Media Networks. This isn't surprising when you realize this includes ESPN as well as Disney channels, ABC channels, and Radio Disney.
Here's yet another reason they moved up someone from their TV department - it's been the their most successful area.
With Rich Ross now heading the movie studios, all the additions to Disney World, revamps to all the Disney Stores and more, looks like Disney's trying to get each of it's sectors up to the level of it's Media Networks.
Yeah, it's kind of amazing to see how quickly Disney cries about their revenues. Umm, don't they have Lost, Pirates of the Caribbean, High School Musical, Hannah Montana, and Grey's Anatomy just off the top of my head? At least you can give them credit for hustling no matter how they're doing.
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