Logos of few selected company's that Disney owns

Walt Disney record

(category - music)

Walt Disney Imagineering


(category - Parks and Resorts)

Disney Magazine

(category- magazines)

ABC Day Time Press


(category - publishing)

Walt Disney World Resort

(category - resort)

Touchstone pictures

(category - film )

Miramax Films

(category - film )

Walt Disney Pictures

(category - film)

Pixar

(category - film)

Disney Toys

(category - Resort)

Disney Channel

(category - cable television)

ABC Radio

(category - radio)

ABC network

(category - Broadcast television)

Hollywood Pictures

(category - Film)

Disneyland Resort

(category - Resort)

Do you know many company's Disney owns?

We can divide them on few categories:
- Film
- Broadcast Television
- Cable Television
- Radio
- Music
- Publishing
- Parks and Resorts
- Others


Film

Walt Disney Pictures
Touchstone Pictures
Hollywood Pictures
Miramax Films
Pixar


Broadcast Television

ABC Network
Owned and Operated Television Stations
WLS - Chicago
WJRT - Flint
KFSN - Fresno
KTRK - Houston
KABC - Los Angeles
WABC - New York City
WPVI - Philadelphia
WTVD - Raleigh - Durham
KGO - San Francisco
WTVG - Toledo


Cable Television

ESPN (80%)
ESPN2 (80%)
ESPN Classic (80%)
ESPNU (80%)
ESPNEWS (80%)
ABC Family
Disney Channel
Toon Disney
SOAPnet
Lifetime Network (partial)
Lifetime Movie Network (partial)
Lifetime Real Women (partial)
A&E (partial)
A&E International (partial)
Jetix Europe (partial)
Jetix Latin America
The History Channel (partial)
Lifetime Real Women (partial)


Radio

ABC Radio
WDWD – Atlanta
WMVP – Chicago
WLS – Chicago
KESN – Dallas
KMKI – Dallas-Forth Worth
KRDY – San Antonio
WCOG – Greensboro, NC
WRDZ – Indianapolis
KABC – Los Angeles
KLOS – Los Angeles
KDIS – Los Angeles
KSPN – Los Angeles
KDIZ – Minneapolis - St. Paul
WKSH – Milwaukee, WI
WEVD – New York City
KDZR – Portland, OR
KWDZ – Salt Lake City
KIID – Sacramento
KMKY – Oakland
KQAM – Wichita
KKDZ – Seattle
WSDZ – St. Louis
WWMK – Cleveland
KMIK – Phoenix
KDDZ – Denver
WWMI – Tampa
KMIC – Houston
WMYM – Miami
WBWL – Jacksonville
WBYU – New Orleans
KDIS – Little Rock
WWJZ – Philadelphia
WWJZ – Philadelphia
WMKI – Boston
WDZK – Hartford
WDDZ – Providence
WDZY – Richmond
WGFY – Charlotte
WDYZ – Orlando
WMNE – West Palm Beach
WEAE – Pittsburgh
WDRD – Louisville
WDDY – Albany, NY
KPHN – Kansas City
WQUA – Mobile
WBML – Jacksonville
WFDF – Detroit
WFRO – Fremont, OH
WDMV – Damascus, MD
WHKT – Norfolk Radio Disney
ESPN Radio (syndicated programming)


Music

Walt Disney Records
Hollywood Records
Lyric Street Records


Publishing

Book Publishing Imprints
Hyperion
Miramax Books
ESPN Books
Theia
ABC Daytime Press
Hyperion eBooks
Hyperion East
Disney Publishing Worldwide
Cal Publishing Inc.
CrossGen
Hyperion Books for Children
Jump at the Sun
Volo
Michael di Caupa Books
Disney Global Children's Books
Disney Press
Disney Editions
Disney Libri
Global Retail
Global Continuity


Magazine

Automotive Industries
Biography (with GE and Hearst)
Discover
Disney Adventures
Disney Magazine
ECN News
ESPN Magazine (distributed by Hearst)
Family Fun
Institutional Investor
JCK
Kodin
Top Famille - French family magazine
US Weekly (50%)
Video Business
Quality
Wondertime Magazine


Parks and Resorts

Walt Disney Imagineering
Disneyland Resort
Walt Disney World Resort
Tokyo Disney Resort
Disneyland Resort Paris
Hong Kong Disneyland
Disney Vacation Club
Disney Cruise Line

Other
Disney Theatrical Productions
Disney Live Family Entertainment
Disney on Ice
The Disney Store
Club Penguins
ESPN Zone
Disney Toys
Disney Apparel, Accessories and Footwear
Disney Food, Health and Beauty
Disney Home Furnishings and Decor
Disney Stationery
Disney Consumer Economics
The Baby Einstein Company
Muppets Holding Company
Disney Interactive Studios
Walt Disney Internet Group

Summary of introduction

Food is one of the most important aspects to understand people's culture and such a wide change of Americans diet must be analyzed.
The multi-million dollar fast food industry didn't change only because what people eat but also because of franchising .Cities started to look the same. McDonald's "M" became a symbol of United States almost like the red Cross for the Christianity.
The motivation for such a rapid growth is the fact that fast food industry was born in a critical moment for American economy, which made it necessary for women to start working. This meant less people cooking at home and a higher need of restaurants, which was a perfect ground for the growth of fast food industry.
What was new in this kind of franchising was the focus on efficiency- making more things in less time and money- which meant using new technologies about food engineering and employ less qualified people who needed low wages.
That's what's hidden behind the funny and pretty face of fast foods.

According to the introduction, what will this book be about?

Fast Food Nation – you can read only the title and you know it’s going to be about fast food. The first thoughts after you read it are Mc Donald, unhealthy, tasty food. I’ve read the introduction of this book and I already know that it will be really authentic. I think I will know many new informations about what the food contains, how it was made, where the food came fromand so on. I knew that it’s not healthy but I always tried not to think about it. Just – you know – grab it and eat it. It’s soooooooooo tasty, and it’s not fair because healthy food is unfortunately often distasteful. With reference to my last post a have to say that I’m happy I don’t eat Mc Donald often. Maybe once a month or more rarely.
I think this book will open my mind and help me realize how fast food is bad for me and whole world. In my opinion it’s so sad that 96 percent of schoolchildren could identify Ronald McDonalds. And the only fictional character with a higher degree of recognition was Santa Claus! Only from the introduction I already know many facts about fast food nation.

For example
-‘Americans now spend more money on fast food than on higher education . personal computers , computer software, or new cars’

-‘On any given day in United States about one-quarter of the adult population visits a fast food restaurant. ‘ ( I’m so proud of them because I can’t imagine eating for example McDonald every day!)

-‘Mc Donald’s Corporation is the largest purchaser of beef, pork, and potatoes – and the second largest purchaser of chicken’ (It actually shocked me. And I started thinking if not McDonald is the largest purchaser of chicken than who is? KFC! But in fact it’s pretty obvious because in KFC you can mainly it chicken.

-‘McDonald’s spends more money on advertising and marketing than any other brad. As a result it has replaced Coca-Cola as the world’s most famous brad’

-‘The restaurant industry is now America’s largest private employer, and it pays some of the lowest wages. […] The only Americans who consistently earn a lower hourly wage are migrant farm workers’ (This is so interesting and also sad . Can you imagine? The lowest wage? It is so unbelievable.)

-‘ One out of every eight workers in the US has, at some point worked at a McDonald's restaurant. ‘
(Why do they work there if they receive the lowest wage ? It’s funny.)

In conclusion I just want to say that I think this book will be really interesting on many ways. I will know many knew information and I am sure it will be really amazing.

What I Eat

FAST FOOD
I usually eat many times a day. I’m eating often but not too much. In my home everyone is shopping and prepearing. Unfortunately usually my mum and I are preparing whole meal. But on Sundays my dad always makes breakfast. So what do I eat? I eat everything what is on dinner or in the fridge. The only thing I can’t stand is mayonnaise and mustard. It’s owlful. I’m trying not to eat fast food but it’s so INEQUITABLy good. I’m telling my self it’s not healty and really fatty.So I’m really trying to avoid it.