Interesting article!!!!

[Bob O]

http://www.jimhillmedia.com/nav4/index.htm
The link showcases how disney made another awful decision with their CG dept. and the company is suffering due to the idiocy of eisner!!!!! Great article!!(but sad because it shows the lack of foresight by the companhy under its current regime)

 

[Sarangel]

Bob's referring to "The Sad Tale of the Secret Lab" article. The link only takes you to the main page.

Most of Jim Hill's work in interesting, but this scenario (throwing away an entire department that could have eventually made a profit for the company before it really had a chance) is unfortunately becoming the standard for Disney. It seems like everything must be a blockbuster or the big ME claims it is a disaster.

The result (in my mind, at least) is that Disney isn't investing in its own infrastructure. Which means that in a couple of years (as few as 3 or as many as 10) Disney will have to invest major $$ to replace their worn infrastructure, just to maintain their capabilities. Just look at what has happened at Disneyland - they let maintenance go for a couple of years & now they're spending money hand over fist just to 're-furbish' the place enough to have it look good for the 50th anniversary.

Sarangel

 

[Figmentrocks]

Sarangel,

You're absolutely correct. It's just like at the parks where you see rusted polls, paint chipped off, and wood worn down. In the end, upkeep ends up costing less for the company, as any good businessperson knows, however, Disney is stuck in the Wall St. environment of making the best numbers available for today.

Adding the to bottom line today, will only make for a worse tomorrow with the company. The market cheers all of Disney's cost cuts... but when they start to miss expectations, again, because they have to invest capital due to poor decisions and maintience, it only costs them more in the end. I just don't understand how these so called business czars can't seem to get anything right.. Classic example> Jack Welch with GE.. He was claimed to be the greatest executive of the 20th century.. Hmmm, he had GE buy plenty of companies, and then would lay off 10s of thousands at a time. A good executive wouldn't of had payrolls with that much excess to begin with.. Ackk!... Disney needs someone new.

 

[Bob O]

Yes, it shows how short sighted the disney company is and how they are unwilling to nuture a project at all and if it doesnt show immediate positive cash flow they will dump it, no matter how much they may have initially invested in the project.I doubt ILM was a major cash cow for Lucas the minute it was started but he built it up to where im sure now it is benefiting both his movies and his bottom line. And is shows that when/if pixar goes on their own disney will have no ability to cmpete wihtout investing major dollars.