Breyer sits on the boards of Wal-Mart, Dell and Marvel Entertainment as well as Facebook.
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Perelman, the billionaire whose portfolio has included everything from Marvel Entertainment to Revlon and is a long-time major contributor to the Democratic Party and Democratic candidates.
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The strong sales should benefit Viacom-owned Paramount Pictures, which distributed the film, and Walt Disney, which owns the Iron Man character through its recent acquisition of Marvel Entertainment.
The Jets today remind me of Marvel Entertainment of 1999.
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Last year comic book publisher Marvel Entertainment sued NCSoft Corp.
Over the past decade, however, the one-time McKinsey consultant has branched out from Silicon Valley, taking seats on Wal-Mart Stores in 2001 and comic book publisher Marvel Entertainment in 2006.
Among several new initiatives announced by Marvel Entertainment at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival was a two-day giveaway of 700 issues of classic Marvel No. 1 issues via their app.
Disney has been tight-lipped on how much it would make off the release due to its agreement with Marvel Entertainment, but Paramount Pictures would distribute the next three movies and the potential Iron Man 3.
Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world's most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of over 8, 000 characters featured in a variety of media over seventy years.
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After having success with DC comic book characters (a result of being owned by Warner Bros.), TT Games has partnered with its archrival, Marvel Entertainment, to give more than 100 superheroes such as Spider-Man, Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, Wolverine and Captain America the brick treatment.
For the last few years Michael Wolk has quietly worked to advance the multi-billion dollar copyright infringement lawsuit that claims Walt Disney Co. does not own the rights to iconic Stan Lee-created superhero characters it acquired from Marvel Entertainment, like Spider-Man, X-Men, The Incredible Hulk and The Fantastic Four.
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Part of that fascination with superheroes and their growing cachet in popular culture is why Marvel Entertainment, home to the Fantastic Four, the X-Men and the Avengers, among others, is making more than 700 first issues available to digital readers starting Sunday for free through the Marvel app and the company's website.
The business model, intellectual properties, and the franchise potential of Angry Birds give Rovio the most exciting prospects I have seen in the entertainment business since Marvel in 2003.
Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing and publishing.
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Kids will be able to watch videos, play games, use apps and read books from content partners including Andrews McMeel Publishing, Chronicle Books, DC Comics, Disney, HIT Entertainment, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Marvel, Nickelodeon, PBS, Rainbow and Sesame Workshop.
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Marvel's "Iron Man 3" is presented by Marvel Studios in association with Paramount Pictures and DMG Entertainment.
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David Brevik, president and COO of Gazillion Entertainment, known best for the creation of Diablo and Diablo II, has been a Marvel fan his entire life.
For example, The Avengers set the bar for the Marvel brand, and now Iron Man 3 clearly is perceived as having met expectations to deliver the same entertainment value.
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