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Before Disney, Florida's Silver Springs Lured Tourists
2013-04-13 11:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Before Disney World, Silver Springs in Central Florida was for decades one of the state's most popular tourist destinations. Even if you've never visited Silver Springs, you might have seen it - if you're old enough. The 1960s television show Sea Hunt was filmed here, as were countless movies including Tarzan and Creature from the Black Lagoon. The crystal clear water of Silver Springs made it invaluable to Hollywood. Guy Marwick, the founder of the Silver River Museum, says it drew over a million...
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Disney shuttering LucasArts, moving to licensed games model
2013-04-03 20:22:41| CNET News.com
The move means in-house development of Star Wars 1313 and Star Wars: First Assault is over, but the games may be completed by third party developers or by Disney Interactive. [Read more]
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Disney buys $3.5M in REDD credits from rainforest conservation project in Peru
2013-03-20 06:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The Walt Disney Company has purchased $3.5 million dollars' worth of carbon credits generated via rainforest conservation in Peru, reports Point Carbon. Disney bought 437,000 VCUs (verified carbon units) issued by the Alto Mayo Initiative, a project that aims to protect 2.8 million hectares of tropical forest in northeastern Peru. Alto Mayo is a joint initiative run by the Peruvian government and Conservation International. The credits are generated by reducing emissions from deforestation...
Disney and First Book team to champion children's literacy
2013-03-19 05:06:39| Toys - Topix.net
Disney XD, Marvel Entertainment, First Book and ABC Owned Television Stations have teamed up to champion children's literacy through the "Reading With: Marvel Comics Close-Up" initiative.
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Looks Like Disney Will Be Keeping Star Wars In House
2013-03-12 03:07:08| Toys - Topix.net
Has Disney overexpanded? The purchase of Lucasfilm was the company's second multibillion-dollar acquisition in four years and now it is cancelling Cartoon Network's well-liked animated series The Clone Wars and "postponing" Star Wars: Detours, the proposed comedy series by Robot Chicken creators Seth Green and Matthew Senreich.
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