Boycott all things Disney

[Cheshire Figment]

I just thought I've give you the list of everything to need to boycott in order to make your boycott complete. I advise you copy this as writing it all down will take too much time.

Film, Music Media:
*Buena Vista Television
*Caravan Pictures
*Film distribution rights for independent production companies Cinergi Pictures Entertainment,
Interscope Communications and Merchant-Ivory Productions.
*Hollywood Records
*Hollywood Pictures
*Miramax Films
*The Disney Channel
*Touchstone Television
*Touchstone Pictures
*Walt Disney Music Co.
*Walt Disney Television
*Walt Disney Home Video
*Walt Disney Pictures
*Walt Disney Theatrical Productions
*Wonderland Music

Capital Cities/ABC - Owned:
*A&E Network (jointly with Hearst and NBC)
*ABC Television Network
*ABC Radio Network
*ABC News
*ABC Sports
*ESPN
*KABC-TV, Los Angeles, CA
*KABC-AM, Los Angeles, CA
*KFSN-TV, Fresno, CA
*KGO-TV, San Francisco, CA
*KGO-AM, San Francisco, CA
*KLOS-FM, Los Angeles, CA
*KMPC-AM, Los Angeles, CA
*KQRS-AM, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
*KSCS-FM, Fort Worth, TX
*KTRK-TV, Houston, TX
*Lifetime (jointly owned with Hearst)
*WABC-AM, New York, NY
*WABC-TV, New York, NY
*WBAP-AM, Fort Worth, TX
*WHYT-FM, Detroit, MI
*WJR-AM, Detroit, MI
*WKHX-AM, Atlanta, GA
*WLS-TV, Chicago, IL
*WLS-AM, Chicago, IL
*WLS-FM, Chicago, IL
*WMAL-AM, Washington, DC
*WPLJ-FM, New York, NY
*WPVI-TV, Philadelphia, PA
*WRQX-FM, Washington, DC
*WTVD-TV, Raleigh-Durham, NC

Theme Parks and Resorts:
*Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL (consists of 4 theme parks,21 resort hotels, RV/camping park, 5 golf courses, 4 water parks)
*Disneyland, Anaheim, CA (theme park and 1100 room hotel)
*Tokyo Disneyland, Tokyo, Japan
*Euro-Disney, Paris, France

Vacation Planning and Services:
*Disney Vacation Club-Orlando,FL
*Disney Vacation Club-Vero Beach, FL
*Disney Vacation Club-Hilton Head Island, SC
*Disney Coronado Springs Resort
*Disney Cruise Lines
*Walt Disney Travel

Management and design services:
*Walt Disney Imagineering (incl. Disney Development Company properties)
*Celebration Florida, a planned community

Publishing (Disney - Owned):
*Discover magazine
*Disney Hachette Editions
*Disney magazine
*Disney Adventures magazine
*Disney Press
*Family PC magazine
*Family Fun magazine
*Hyperion Press for Kids
*Hyperion Press
*Mouse Works Publishing

Publishing (Capital Cities/ABC):
*American Metal Market
*Assembly
*Automotive Industries
*Automotive Marketing
*Automotive Body Repair News
*Cablevision
*CED
*Children's Business
*Clinical Psychiatry News
*Commercial Carrier Journal
*Convergence
*Daily News Record
*Distribution
*Electronic Industry Telephone Directory
*Energy User News
*Expansion
*Family Practice News
*Feedstuffs
*Food Engineering
*Food Engineering International
*Food Formulating
*Food Master
*Footwear News
*Hardware Age
*HazMat Shipping
*Home Furnishings Daily
*Home Fashions
*Industrial Paint & Powder
*Industrial Safety & Hygiene
*Industrial Maintenance & Plant Operation
*Internal Medicine News
*Jewelers Circular-Keystone
*Manufacturing Systems
*Metal Center News
*Motor Age
*Multichannel News
*New Steel
*Ob.Gyn. News
*Obras
*Owner Operator
*Pediatric News
*Product Design and Development
*Quality
*Review of Optometry
*Review of Ophthalmology
*Review
*Selling
*Skin & Allergy News
*Software Solutions
*Sports Style
*Supermarket News
*Tacks n Togs Merchandising
*Video Business
*Video Software Magazine
*Warehousing Management
*Wireless Week
*Women's Wear Daily

Newspapers, Magazines:
*Abington-Rockland Mariner --Rockland, MA
*Advertiser (The) --Branford, CT
*Albany Democrat-Herald -- Albany, OR
*Arlington Citizen Journal -- Arlington, TX
*Armada Times --Armada, MI
*Belleville News-Democrat -- Belleville, IL
*Braintree Forum --Braintree, MA
*Branford Review --Branford, CT
*Brown City Banner --Brown City, MI
*Canton News --Canton, CT
*Cape Cod Pennysaver --Cape Cod, MA
*Clinton Recorder --Clinton, CT
*Cohassett Mariner --Cohassett, MA
*Cottage Grove Sentinel --Cottage Grove, OR
*Daily Tidings --Ashland, OR
*Fort Worth Star-Telegram --Fort Worth, TX
*Gresham Outlook --Gresham, OR
*Hamden Chronicle --Hamden, CT
*Hanover Mariner --Hanover, MA
*Highland News-Leader -- Highland, IL
*Hingham Mariner --Hingham, MA
*Holbrook Sun --Holbrook, MA
*Institutional Investor
*Kansas City Star --Kansas City, MO
*Kingston Independent Voice --Kingston, MA
*Lebanon Express --Lebanon, OR
*Little Nickel Want Ads -- Lynnwood, WA
*Los Angeles Magazine
*Marshfield Mariner --Marshfield, MA
*Milford Citizen --Milford, CT
*Narragansett Times --Wakefield, RI
*Newport News-Times --Newport, OR
*Niantic News --Niantic, CT
*Nickel Ads --Portland, OR
*Nickel Nik --Spokane, WA
*Norwell Mariner --Norwell, MA
*O'Fallon Progress --O'Fallon, IL
*Pembroke Mariner --Pembroke, MA
*Pictorial Gazette --Old Lyme, CT
*Prairie Farmer --Lombard, IL
*Randolph Mariner --Randolph, MA
*Regional Standard --Colchester, CT
*Sandy Post --Sandy, OR
*Scituate Mariner --Scituate, MA
*Shore Line Times --Guilford, CT
*Sparta News-Plaindealer --Sparta, IL
*Springfield News -- Springfield, OR
*St. Louis Daily Record -St. Louis, MO
*St. Louis Countian --Clayton, MO
*Standard Times --North Kingstown, RI
*The Pendulum --East Greenwich, CT
*The Oakland Press --Pontiac, MI
*Times Leader (The) --Wilkes-Barre, PA
*Weymouth News --Weymouth, MA

Publishing Companies:
*Agricultural Publishing Group
*Chilton Datalog
*Chilton Book Company
*Chilton Enterprises
*Diversified Publishing Group
*Fairchild Publications
*Farm Progress Publications
*Financial Services Publishing Group
*Hitchcock Publishing Company
*Imprint, Inc.
*Miller Publishing Company
*NILS Publishing Company
*Wilson Publishing Company

Retail:
*The Disney Store
*UNOCO

Educational products:
*Childcraft Education Corporation
*Disney Educational Productions

Professional Sports:
*The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Professional Hockey Team
*The California Angels Professional Baseball Team

Miscellaneous:
*Reedy Creek Energy Services
*Vista Insurance Services
*WCO Port Properties

Capital Cities/ABC-owned:
*Chilton Research Services
*Chilton Management Information Systems
*Chilton Direct Marketing & List

Management Company:
*Professional Exposition Management Company
*Legal Communications Corp.

The companies on this list were compiled from documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Disney and Capital Cities/ABC and from the 1995 edition of the Directory of Corporate Affiliations.

Good luck!!! Have fun storming the Castle <opps, wrong expression>

Genie
<who was is utter shock at the size of this list>

 

[SkippyPaul]

Our family vacations in Fla every year, all but last year, that is. But Jake and I talked to our mom and requested we not go to disney. True one family wont make that much of a difference but its something. But a family of 4 sure spends the money when you do 5 days at the disney parks. So add that with no more disney movie tickets, yea even Pirates, and no more disney store, or buying movies.

And yes lets not forget the tv station abc. Funny thing to lol our family was chosen to participate in the Neilsen ratings. Guess who is getting black balled?

Its pretty obvious Michael Eisner is not in control. And Im not even sure Roy is on the board but if he is, he should be ashamed. I know I would be.

 

[Taytorjo]

I am a HUGE Disney fan and have enjoyed playing VMK for the past few years and have many wonderful memories, but I won't boycott Disney because they are closing VMK (after all, my love of Disney came long before VMK). I did buy pin sets and go to the parks for the quests, but that was not only because they were VMK items...after all that is not what we were paying for - they were just added bonuses. Bob Iger has not ruined the company. After all, Iger was the one who said let them play Pirates free before POTC Online was released! Read the book Disneywar because it will teach you a lot about Disney (the good and the bad). Eisner was the one who kind of forced out Roy Disney a few years back. I have met Roy Disney and can say he is a very, very nice man who cares a lot about Disney and the parks, but I would highly doubt that he knows much about VMK as it is only a very, very, very small part of a very, very, very large company! In fact, most of the WDW cast members know nothing of VMK.

Like I said before, I am extremely saddened that VMK is closing, but like lots of other people said...we knew it would happen one day. I have decided that I am going to make the most of my last few weeks and try to make them as normal as possible and get as many pictures as I can so I can forever remember VMK.

Cheshire Figment made a great list of Disney owned things, but that is probably only half of the list. Here are some more things that are Disney owned that those of you who choose to boycott Disney will need to add to your list (there are a few duplicates from the list above) and keep in mind there are many, many more TV channels owned by Disney than are listed here:

The Walt Disney Studios
Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group
Walt Disney Pictures
Touchstone Pictures
Hollywood Pictures
Miramax Films
Miramax Family Films
Dimension Films (Disney owns the Dimension Films library for all films released before September 30, 2005)
Miramax Television
Animation
Walt Disney Animation Studios (formerly Walt Disney Feature Animation)
Pixar Animation Studios
DisneyToon Studios
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Buena Vista International
Miravista Films
Patagonik Film Group (joint venture between Disney and Artear Argentina)
Buena Vista Worldwide Home Entertainment (distributes under the following labels: Walt Disney Home Entertainment, Touchstone Home Entertainment, Hollywood Pictures Home Entertainment, Miramax Home Entertainment, Dimension Home Video, ABC Video, Buena Vista Home Entertainment)
El Capitan Theatre
Buena Vista Music Group
Walt Disney Records
Hollywood Records
Mammoth Records
Lyric Street Records
Buena Vista Records
Disney Music Publishing (see Buena Vista Music Group page for a list of publishers that are part of Disney Music Publishing)
Disney Theatrical Productions
Hyperion Theatrical
Disney Live Family Entertainment
Disney on Ice - produced by Feld Entertainment
Disney Live - produced by Feld Entertainment

Media Networks
Disney-ABC Television Group
U.S. Television Networks:
ABC, Inc
ABC Television Network
ABC Daytime
ABC Entertainment
Greengrass Productions
Victor Television Productions
ABC Kids
ABC News
Disney ABC Cable Networks
Disney Channel
Playhouse Disney
Toon Disney
Jetix
ABC Family - formerly Fox Family & The Family Channel
BVS Entertainment - formerly Saban Entertainment
Jetix Latin America
Jetix Europe (Disney 74%, public shareholders 26%)
SIP Animation (undisclosed minority stake)
SOAPnet
U.S. Cable Network Equity Holdings:
Lifetime Entertainment Services (joint venture between Disney (50%) and Hearst Corporation (50%))
Lifetime Television
Lifetime Movie Network
Lifetime Real Women
A&E Television Networks (Disney 37.5%, Hearst Corporation 37.5%, NBC Universal 25%)
A&E Network
The History Channel
The Biography Channel
History Channel International
Military History Channel
Crime & Investigation Network
Biography Magazine (published by Hearst Corporation)
Production & Syndication Divisions:
ABC Studios - formerly Touchstone Television & ABC Television Studios
Walt Disney Television Animation
Disney-ABC Domestic Television - formely Buena Vista Television
Walt Disney Television
Buena Vista Productions
Disney-ABC International Television - formely Buena Vista International Television
Disney Educational Productions
International Television Networks & Programming Platforms:
Disney Channel Worldwide
Disney Channel (25 channels worldwide)
Toon Disney (8 channels worldwide)
Playhouse Disney (9 channels worldwide)
Jetix (channel and branded programming blocks in 80 countries)
Disney Cinemagic
Hungama
ABC1
International Business Ventures:
Walt Disney International Business Ventures & Business Development
Super RTL (joint venture between Disney (50%) and RTL Group (50%))
GMTV (Disney 25%, ITV plc 75%)
HBO Central Europe (joint venture between Disney, TimeWarner and Sony)
UTV Software Communications (Disney 14.9%)
Radio:
Radio Disney
Publishing:
Hyperion Books
ABC Daytime Press
ESPN Books
Miramax Books
Hyperion East
Hypeion Audiobooks
VOICE
ESPN, Inc.
(Disney 80%, Hearst Corporation 20%)

ESPN
ESPN2
ESPN on ABC - formerly ABC Sports
ESPN HD
ESPN2 HD
ESPN Classic
ESPNEWS
ESPN Deportes
ESPNU
ESPN Now
ESPN Plus
ESPN Original Entertainment
ESPN Pay-Per-View
ESPN Regional Television
ESPN International (see for complete list of channels)
North American Sports Network
ESPN Star Sports (joint venture between Disney (50%) and News Corporation (50%))
TSN (30%)
ESPN Radio
Mobile ESPN
ESPN360
ESPN The Magazine (published by Hearst Corporation)
ESPN Books (an imprint of Disney's Hyperion Books)
ESPN Home Entertainment (currently distributed by Genius Products)
ESPN Outdoors
BASS
ESPN Digital Center
Arena Football League (undisclosed minority stake acquired December 2006)
Walt Disney Internet Group

Disney Online
Disney Auctions
ABC.com
ABCNews.com
ABC News Now
ESPN.com
ESPNsoccernet
Go.com - formerly GO Network
Movies.com
FamilyFun.com
Wondertime.com
Disney Family (Family.com)
TouchstonePictures.com
Miramax.com
BVOnlineEntertainment.com
Muppets.com
Jetix.tv
HollywoodRecords.com
LyricStreetRecords.com
ABCFamily.com
Video.com
SOAPnet.com
Oscar.com
ClubPenguin.com
Hundreds of other websites relating to Disney properties & businesses, just a few are listed above
Mobile Services and Entertainment
Disney Mobile
Disney Mobile Studios
Starwave Mobile
Living Mobile
Minds Eye Productions
Enorbus
mobile2win China

Consumer Products
Disney Consumer Products
DisneyShopping.com
Disney Store
World of Disney Store
Disney Apparel, Accessories & Footwear
Disney Interactive Studios - formerly Buena Vista Games
Avalanche Software
Propaganda Games
Fall Line Studios
Black Rock Studios (Previously Climax Racing)
Disney Food, Health & Beauty
Disney Home & Infant
Disney Publishing Worldwide
U.S. Children's & Family Magazines:
Disney Adventures
FamilyFun Magazine
Wondertime
Children's Books:
Hyperion Books For Children
Jump At the Sun
Volo Books
Michael di Capua Books
Disney Press
Disney Editions
Disney Libri
Disney Educational Productions
Global Children's Magazines (hundreds of publications are included, listed below are just a few)
W.I.T.C.H.
Topolino
Disney Princess Magazine
Winnie the Pooh Magazine
Fairies Magazine
Mickey Mouse Magazine
The Baby Einstein Company
The Muppets Studio, LLC (formerly Muppets Holding Company LLC)
Disney Stationery
Disney Toys
Disney Electronics

Adventures By Disney
Disney Regional Entertainment
DisneyQuest
ESPN Zone - 8 locations in the U.S.
Walt Disney Imagineering

How about the good programs Disney has:

Outreach Programs
Disney Worldwide Outreach
VoluntEARS
ABC A Better Community
Team ESPN
Learning Together! from Disney ABC Cable Networks Group
Movies, Magic & More from The Walt Disney Studios
Disney's Environmentality
Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund
Give Kids the World

Don't let VMK closing ruin Disney for you. Don't let it ruin your last few weeks with VMK either because they will go by fast.

 

[SorcererDonald16]

I understand the sentiment, I do. And I do plan on boycotting all of Disney's online games and such, so I'm with you there. I just can't give everything Disney up. Be especially hard for me because I will be in WDW on the 21st and if I were to boycott Disney starting that day, I'd need a new hotel to stay at and new itinerary plans for the next day.

As for the discussion of previous boycotts, I hope everyone is aware there's a difference between a faith and a body that speaks for it, and that strong statements about any religion can, in particular, hurt people who practice that faith. JMO.

Anyhow, I was planning on dropping a nice chunk of change on sculptures and art this trip; not so much now. I'm planning on keeping the buying to a minimum, I'm so upset. They may still get some of my money, but they'll be missing out on quite a bit.

My understanding is Roy mostly has a figurehead position since he gave up the SaveDisney fight. And as I said last night, those of us who were itching to chuck Eisner from the company were in for a nasty surprise with Iger. From everything I've seen, he's been more about the bottom line than I can ever remember in my 25 years of Disney history.

 

[NedsTJ]

I'm afraid that won't work for me.

I've been a Disney fan long before VMK started, and I'll continue to be a Disney fan long after. I own DVC, like to visit the parks, and have always collected the movies.

VMK will always be special to me, but it alone would not make me want to boycott Disney's products and services. Their online services don't thrill me, but the rest of the company as a whole, does.

I ditto BriarRosie. I've also been a disney fan since my first trip in '76 (remember the bicentenial parade?) and am now a DVC member taking usually 2 trips a year to the House of Mouse.

I'm not sure what Disney is thinking in closing VMK. Maybe it was approaching "critical mass", where given the growth and popularity it would have taken a huge investment to keep it going and they decided to pull the plug (I don't buy the 50th celebration reason they give). But it was fun, I enjoyed it a lot and loved being able to tie visits to the park to VMK. Even spent tons of cash on the DVD's and pins just to get the dang collections.

But the closing of VMK is not going to change my attitude towards Disney. What it does do is change my attitude towards "virtual worlds" in general. Not sure I'll want to get involved in one again when they can so easily be turned "off".

 

[CinderellaWannab]

I just don't understand boycotting Disney.
We should be saying "Thank You Disney for giving us a FREE and fun game to play for almost three years". Ppl have said it cost them alot. That was their choice to spend money. I never spent any money for the game. I went to WDW and Disneyland because I wanted to and vmk gift cards,(quest), were an added bonus. How can you be so upset with a company because they gave you a gift and decided to discontinue it? We don't know their plans for the furture.
I will miss vmk and my friends but I understand nothing stays forever.

 

[Lastinside]

I am not with the boycott of disney things, the reason i play is because i love all things disney. However, looking at some disney stuff at the moment is making me ill

 

[cteddiesgirl]

I think your points are valid and realistic. To me, VMK isn't creating much revenue because Disney has made them that way. Disney sort of pigeon-holed the game and then one day said, "Gee, you're not making us money, so you're getting the boot." With the size of Disney corp., surely somebody somewhere could have invested just the slightest amount of time and energy on behalf of the VMK Team.

Exactly. There is so much they could do to improve profits and keep VMK free. But anytime they were making anything off of VMK, they pulled it. Just like the kiosks in the parks and the park quests. Just like the DMR stuff.

And yes, some people did make changes in their buying habits just for VMK.
I did buy two complete sets of pins and had been thinking about buying some more. Not now.
I also bought movies for the DMR points. While I eventually would have bought what I did, they would have been bought used instead of new. Now almost all will be bought used as was before.

I will, however, not be playing any more of their online games. They just hold no interest for me.

VMK really is just a drop in the bucket for Disney. But I still think that the higher ups should be made aware of VMK and of us.