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Max Clifford

Born: 6^th April 1943

Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England

Leaving school at 15 with no qualifications, and after being sacked within four months of his first job at Ely's department store in Wimbledon, his brother Bernard used his print union connections to gain Clifford a job as editorial assistant on the Eagle comic. When the publication moved premises, Clifford took redundancy and bought his first house and gained work with the South London Press Company to train as a journalist.

After working in newspapers for a few years, writing an occasional record/music column and running a disco, Clifford replied to an advertisement and joined as the second member of the EMI press office in 1962,[3] under Chief Press Officer Syd Gillingham. As the youngest and the only trained journalist in a team of four, Clifford claims he was given the job of promoting an unknown and unwanted group called The Beatles early in their career, including of their first tour of the United States.

Clifford has since represented various clients, including: David Copperfield; Mohamed Al-Fayed; Simon Cowell; brain-damaged boxer Michael Watson; Liverpool left-wing politician Derek Hatton, for whom Clifford created an affair in order to change his image;[1] former MI6 officer Richard Tomlinson; Norfolk farmer Tony Martin, who was imprisoned for fatally shooting a burglar; Rebecca Loos, when she negotiated with the press about her alleged affair with England football captain David Beckham;[1] Cheryl Cole; Celebrity Big Brother 2007 winner Shilpa Shetty; and Jade Goody, in the period of the reality star's illness and death.

Tuesday 7 December 2010

Pixar case study

How did Pixar begin?

Pixar was founded as the Graphics Group, one third of the computer division of Lucas film. It was launched in 1979 with the hiring of Dr. Ed Catmull.

Who owns Pixar?

Disney is the current owner of Pixar when they bought it for $7.4 billion.

Who is in charge of Pixar
John Lasseter is in charge of Pixar studios and Disney Animation Studios.

Toy story’s budget: $30,000,000

Total income from film: $361,996,233.

Profit: $331,996,233

Finding Nemo’s budget: $94,000,000

Total income from film: $866,562,978

Profit: $792,562,978

The Incredibles budget: $92,000,000

Total income from film: $635,564,642

Profit: $543,564,642

A parent company is a holding company is a company or firm that owns other companies' outstanding stock.

Pixar’s parent company is Disney. They were from the Disney animation studios.

Pixar are not a parent company of any company.

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