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Disney Likely to Close Animation Studio in Orlando, Fla.; 'Ghosts' Film Dead.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, January, 2004
The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jan. 10--Walt Disney Studios is expected to tell the nearly 260 artists at its Orlando feature-animation studio on Monday that it will close the facility.
Nearly all of the employees, whose credits include Brother Bear and Lilo & Stitch, are expected to lose their jobs, although some would relocate to Burbank, Calif., sources familiar with the matter said Friday. The sources asked not to be identified because the layoffs had not been made official.
Disney officials declined to comment.
The company is expected to make the announcement at a staff meeting Monday.
"We're not expecting any glorious news that we're still employed," said layout artist Craig...
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