News Article

The Daily Mirror reports that Cricketer Chris Gayle has been 'slammed over sexist remarks to TV interviewer that included "don't blush baby".' The controversy was caused after Gayle asked the female reporter out during a live interview. After a game played in Melbourne he was interviewed by Australian presenter Mel Mclaughlin. The Mirror reports he made comments such as 'I wanted to come and have an interview with you as well' and 'that's the reason i'm here, just to see your eyes for the first time. It's nice.' It is said Mclaughlin remained professional replying that she was 'not blushing' after Gayle commented 'Hopefully we can win this game and have a drink after. Don't blush baby.' The Mirror covered the story well even including a tweet from former England batsman Andrew Flintoff who claimed Gayle 'made himself look a bit of a

chop there.'

Who Owns What

Disney

The Walt Disney company is a conglomerate therefore owns many different companies within its own company. Headquartered in California it is the world's second most largest conglomerate relating to revenue made. 

Walt Disney founded the company in 1923 and began to grow through the American animation industry. The company's successful expansion over the years has lead it to achieve owning 

•  ABC Network
• Disney channel
• ESPN 
• 14 theme parks globally - including, Orlando, Paris, Hong Kong and Shanghai 
• ABC Family - airing shows such as Pretty Little Liars amongst other teen dramas
• The Muppets holding company
• Marvel Entertainment - superhereos 
• Lucasfilm
• Maker Studios- a youtube company that generates billions of views annually 
• Pixar Animation - creators of Toy Story and Monsters Inc.
• Dorameon - an agreement to buy a Japanese Anime series from Japan's TV Asahi Corporation 
• Disney XD - for which Dorameon is aired
• Radio Disney
• Have recently filed three patents for the use of drones - August 2014

The company operates through four main 'business segments' 

• The Walt Disney Studios 

This includes the film production companies, the musical record label and theatrical divisions

• Parks and Resorts

This features the companies theme parks, cruise ships and other aspects of Disney travel. 

• Media Networks

These include their TV channels (Disney channel)  and other networks (ABC) they have merged with/ taken over as part of the conglomerate.

• Disney Consumer Products

This produces toys, clothing and other merchandise under the Disney company name and often sold in Disney concept stores. Also, including games to do with their shows and animations, also social media platforms they now own such as Club Penguin. 

   

Coursework Development

From the second draft of my coursework I have decided that I need more primary research included in my investigation as it currently consists of secondary research only. Previously I have used articles from magazines, online journals such as the one from Paul Hunt and researched into my TV shows using the internet. Therefore, I decided to create a questionnaire as a practice run for what questions will be featured in my documentary so that I can see if the types of questions are likely to work. The questionnaire is designed to investigate into the magazine industry as well however after narrowing my area of research down I have decided to focus on TV and film only therefore these questions will not be included in my final piece.

Coursework Development Questionnaire from abbybiggle

Production Idea

The questions asked in my production will come from the questions used in the questionnaire included in my research investigation for my primary research. 

Production idea from abbybiggle