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Linked List: January 24, 2006

Tuesday, 24 January 2006

Disney to Buy Pixar for $7.4 Billion ★

The Associated Press:

The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday it is buying longtime partner Pixar Animation Studios Inc. for $7.4 billion in a deal that could restore Disney’s animation domination while vaulting Pixar CEO Steve Jobs into a powerful role at the media conglomerate.

Looks like good news for Pixar fans, in that Pixar people are taking over Disney’s animation unit, not the other way around. I’m already tiring of the “Pixar will be to Disney what Next was to Apple” analogy, but I must admit there are some parallels.

Apple’s Intel Ad and The Postal Service’s ‘Such Great Heights’ Video Side-by-Side ★

There are more similarities in terms of shot framing than I originally thought, but considering the two pieces were directed by the same team (Josh Melnick and Xander Charity) and how different the results are, I still don’t see this as inappropriate.