deadline.com - 12/31/2009
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Here's the official news release:
New York, New York – December 31, 2009 -- Marvel Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: MVL), a global character-based entertainment and licensing company founded in 1939, announced that at a special meeting held this morning, Marvel stockholders approved the adoption of ...
marvel.com - 12/31/2009
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marvel.com —
As the year 2000 dawned, Marvel Comics had
only recently escaped bankruptcy and the company's future stood...
on shaky ground at best. Flash forward 10 years. With landmark achievements in film, animation, publishing and digital media behind it, Marvel ...
The President of Marvel Studios relives 10 years in the ...
splashpage.mtv.com - 12/30/2009
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While 2008's "Incredible Hulk" only performed marginally better
at the box office than its 2003 counterpart, many...
fans praised Louis Leterrier's take on Marvel's green goliath as a significant upgrade from Ang Lee's earlier film. One of the most ...
Tim Roth On Returning For Another 'Hulk' Movie: 'I've ...
getthebigpicture.net - 12/30/2009
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getthebigpicture.net —
The Disney/Marvel deal is about to become official.
It was announced this summer , but Disney's acquisition...
has to go before the board on December 31st, although that seems like a formality given what the House of Mouse would be picking up. Disney's Robert Iger told the Associated ...
Disney's New Plans for All Those Marvel Characters
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Marvel / Disney Merger OK’d by Shareholders, Deal to Complete Today
/Film —
... Disney would purchase Marvel in a deal valued around $4 billion in cash and stock. One of the gates any deal like that must pass through is shareholder review, and Marvel’s stockholders have now approved the merger with Disney. Now said to be valued at about $4.3 billion, the deal will be based on the price of Disney’s stock at the end of the day yesterday, and should be done by the close of the New York Stock Exchange today.
The official release, via Nikki Finke, goes like this:
New York, New York – December 31, 2009 — ...
News - News Shorts: January 1st 2010
Dark Horizons - General Feed —
... "Marvel stockholders have approved the $4.3 billion merger plans which means Marvel will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Disney. The merger was completed at close of business on Wednesday…" (full details) ...
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