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Hi editors, I had a couple of requests for the Disney section and because it's a longer one I thought I'd break it up into several posts so it's more digestible. If you're curious about what all the changes I'm proposing look like in context, I made a draft which you can see [[User:JeffreyAtWndrCo/Jeffrey Katzenberg draft|here]].
Hi editors, I had a couple of requests for the Disney section and because it's a longer one I thought I'd break it up into several posts so it's more digestible. If you're curious about what all the changes I'm proposing look like in context, I made a draft which you can see [[User:JeffreyAtWndrCo/Jeffrey Katzenberg draft|here]].

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There is a little bit more information about Katzenberg's early career in the SaveDisney.com article entitled "The Rise and Fall of Disney Animation in the Modern Era". It's told from an animator's perspective, so there's not much about Katzenberg specifically, but his actions are described in several places. --Ardonik.talk() 23:33, Sep 8, 2004 (UTC)

He was under investigation for campaign finance violations at 14? Really?

Katzenberg Foundation

The Katzenberg Foundation, treasured by David Geffen, suffered significant losses as a result of the Bernard Madoff financial collapse. (See: "Preliminary Estimates of Madoff Exposure") — Preceding unsigned comment added by Petey Parrot (talk • contribs) 08:01, 16 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Star Trek

The article reads "until he was assigned to revive the Star Trek franchise, which resulted in the hit film, Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)."

This makes it sound as if Katzenberg played a pivotal role in reviving the franchise or was in charge of the effort. Since this portion of the article is not well sourced its hard to know what is meant by it, but other articles give him a very minor role in the project. Does someone have a source than can clear up the discrepancy? Wickedjacob (talk) 19:37, 9 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Dreamworks New Media

Why did Katzenberg leave his post as chairman of Dreamworks New Media? Is it because he was as far as we know that he was disgraced by being demoted to that post? --97.113.208.181 (talk) 00:09, 2 April 2017 (UTC)Evan Kalani Opedal[reply]

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Disney Renaissance

Should we add that the Disney Renaissance happened in spite of Jeffrey Katzenberg. Sure he did help start it but when he nearly killed the animation division at first. Here are two articles:

"The Disney Renaissance Didn’t Happen Because of Jeffrey Katzenberg; It Happened In Spite of Him" "Four Wins of the Disney Renaissance that Happened in Spite of Jeffrey Katzenberg" --Evope (talk) 23:35, 6 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I am trying to run the IA bot to archive the refrence links, but it won’t allow me due to a link that is “blacklisted by wikipedia” I removed a unreliable source, but it wasnt it, could anyone take a look and see what’s up GameOfAwesome (talk) 00:36, 25 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Early life request and additional sources

Hi editors, I'm Jeffrey (not this Jeffrey, but he is my boss) and I was hoping to make a small update to the Early life section.

First, I suggest renaming the section Early life and education as I think that better encapsulates the content of the section and seems to better meet style guidelines for biographies from what I've read.

Second, I'd like to suggest some minor tweaks to the last two sentences of that section and some additional sources for it, something like this

He received the nickname "Squirt" and eventually became a member of Lindsay's staff as an advance man after attending New York University for one year.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Kahn, Carrie (May 11, 2012). "Head Of Shrek's Studio Puts Millions Behind Obama". NPR. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
  2. ^ Borden, Taylor (October 22, 2020). "Meet Jeffrey Katzenberg, the Hollywood veteran who went from dropping out of college to founding DreamWorks and the shuttering streaming service Quibi". Business Insider. Retrieved February 9, 2023.

I think that adds more specificity, clearly identifying Katzenberg as the advance man, and improves the grammar a bit. It also adds in some more quality sources. Let me know what you think! I won't make any changes myself due to my conflict of interest.

I've also got some bigger changes I'm hoping to make, and so that editors could better compare the current article against those changes, I made a diff and a draft, which you can find here if you are interested. Thanks for taking a look! JeffreyAtWndrCo (talk) 18:41, 22 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Reviewing request. Thank you for your suggestions, I will take a closer look as soon as I can if nobody else does so before me.
Thank you for your contribution! NotAGenious (talk) 08:41, 25 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @JeffreyAtWndrCo,
I've reviewed your edit request, and came to the following conclusion.
 Done The section "Early life" has been renamed to "Early life and education"
 Partly done The information about working full time as an advance man was added. However, I didn't change "drop out from univerity" to "attending university for one year". I didn't use the Business Insider article as a source, as I think it isn't needed. Please correct me if I'm wrong. The two last sentence go as follows:
He quickly received the nickname "Squirt" and attended as many meetings as he could.[1] He went on to attend New York University for one year, before dropping out to work full-time as an advance man for Lindsay.[2][3]
You can review my full edit here: [[1]].
Thank you!
All the best, NotAGenious (talk) 10:52, 25 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
That change seems fine to me, thanks for the quick review! JeffreyAtWndrCo (talk) 20:57, 26 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Source update and Paramount Pictures section

Hi editors, I noticed that there was a banned source (filmreference.com) in the Early life and education section and an unsupported statement. I was able to find a couple of sources that meet current guidelines and added Katzenberg's birthdate, would anyone be interested in adding this in? I put them in context in the box below:

Katzenberg was born on December 21, 1950, in New York City,[4] to a Jewish family, the son of Anne, an artist, and Walter Katzenberg, a stockbroker.[5][6]

I also noticed that there weren't any sources in the Paramount Pictures subsection. I was able to dig a couple of them up, and I also threw in a couple more movies that Katzenberg worked on. The only changes I made were removing the year for Star Trek: The Motion Picture (this doesn't seem to match other articles and seems unnecessary given the film has its own article, but let me know if I'm wrong!) and adding those three films at the end. Would editors find this acceptable? Changes in the box below:

Katzenberg began his career as an assistant to producer David V. Picker, then in 1974 he became an assistant to Barry Diller, the chairman of Paramount Pictures.[5][6] Diller moved Katzenberg to the marketing department, followed by other assignments within the studio, until he was assigned to revive the Star Trek franchise, which resulted in Star Trek: The Motion Picture. He continued to work his way up and became president of production under Paramount's president, Michael Eisner, overseeing the production of films including 48 Hrs., Terms of Endearment, and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.[7]

References

  1. ^ Pulver, Andrew (17 May 2001). "The Katz that bit the mouse". The Guardian.
  2. ^ "Jeffrey Katzenberg". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  3. ^ Kahn, Carrie (May 11, 2012). "Head Of Shrek's Studio Puts Millions Behind Obama". NPR. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  4. ^ "December 21: On this day in history". Brooklyn Eagle. December 21, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  5. ^ a b Berrin, Danielle (July 17, 2013). "Jeffrey Katzenberg: Mogul on a mission". Jewish Journal. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
  6. ^ a b Harmetz, Aljean (February 7, 1988). "Who Makes Disney Run?". The New York Times. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  7. ^ Pulver, Andrew (May 17, 2001). "The Katz that bit the mouse". The Guardian. Retrieved February 8, 2023.

Please let me know what you think! I won't make any changes due to my COI. Cheers JeffreyAtWndrCo (talk) 21:02, 26 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Reply 1-JUL-2023

✅  Edit request implemented    Spintendo  18:39, 1 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for doing that! JeffreyAtWndrCo (talk) 20:13, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Disney request #1

Hi editors, I had a couple of requests for the Disney section and because it's a longer one I thought I'd break it up into several posts so it's more digestible. If you're curious about what all the changes I'm proposing look like in context, I made a draft which you can see here.

For my first request, I'm proposing making some changes and updates to the first paragraph of The Walt Disney Studios section. My proposed text is below. Because it's a little more dense I tried to show specific wording changes more clearly:

In 1984, Eisner became chief executive officer (CEO) of The Walt Disney Company. Eisner brought Katzenberg with him to serve as chairman of The Walt Disney Studios.[1][2] Katzenberg was responsible for reviving the studio which, at the time, ranked last at the box office among the major studios. As head of the studio, he oversaw all filmed content including motion pictures, television, Disney Channel, and home video distribution.[3][4][5] At the time, The Walt Disney Studios ranked last at the box office among the nine major studios.[2] He focused the studio on the production of adult-oriented comedies through its Touchstone Pictures banner, including films such as Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), Three Men and a Baby (1987),[6] Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Dead Poets Society,[7] and Pretty Woman.[8] By 1987, Disney had become the number one studio at the box office.[9] On February 1, 1989, Katzenberg co-founded Hollywood Pictures with Michael Eisner. Katzenberg expanded Disney's film portfolio by launching Hollywood Pictures with Eisner and overseeing the acquisition of Miramax Films in 1993.[10][6] Katzenberg also oversaw Touchstone Television, which produced such hit television series as The Golden Girls, Empty Nest and Home Improvement.[8][11][5]

References

  1. ^ Nicholas, Peter; Orden, Erica (September 30, 2012). "Movie Mogul's Starring Role in Raising Funds for Obama". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NYT6 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Taylor, Drew (May 20, 2020). "The Disney Renaissance Didn't Happen Because of Jeffrey Katzenberg; It Happened In Spite of Him". Collider. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
  4. ^ Mendelson, Scott (October 22, 2020). "How Disney+ Is Trying To Turn A Lucasfilm Failure Into A Disney Classic". Forbes. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  5. ^ a b Coe, Steve (October 17, 1994). "'Dream team' plans TV, film mega-merger" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable: 6, 15. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  6. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Guardian1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Jensen, Maren (September 24, 2017). "Person 2 Person: Mitch Davis". KUTV. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  8. ^ a b Blair, Iain (September 29, 2016). "Jeffrey Katzenberg Pushed Forward the Careers of Mike Myers, Angelina Jolie, Justin Timberlake and More". Variety. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  9. ^ Hahn, Don (2009). Waking Sleeping Beauty (Documentary film). Burbank, California: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.
  10. ^ Frook, John Evan (January 30, 1994). "Roth, Birnbaum flex muscles at Caravan". Variety. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  11. ^ Kunze, Peter C. (April 22, 2022). "LBGTQ audiences and artists helped save Disney". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  • Note: Ref 2 is a NYT story that's already been cited in the and article Ref 6 is a Guardian story already cited in the article, so those should render properly if the text is copied over.

What I've done:

  • Added more citations to a paragraph which previously had only one
  • Reworded sentence about Katzenberg's charge to revive the motion picture division to be less promotional and better state what he oversaw while there
  • Removed years of Touchstone films and added two more notable films to the list produced at the time
  • Added information about Miramax acquisition and reworded content about Hollywood pictures to reflect what is in sourcing
    • I also moved this content up to keep film content grouped together
  • Added additional shows produced by Touchstone Television under Katzenberg

Please let me know what you think! As always I won't make any changes myself due to my COI. JeffreyAtWndrCo (talk) 20:16, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Reply 5-JUL-2023

  Unable to review  

  1. The edit request could not be reviewed because, as noted in the request, two references have not been provided on the talk page as sources for the proposed claim statements.
  2. When ready to proceed with the requested references, kindly reopen the request by altering the {{request edit}} template's answer parameter to read from |ans=yes to |ans=no. Thank you!

Regards,  Spintendo  22:43, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Spintendo: Sorry, I thought it would be okay if they were already cited in the article. In going over it again I realized that I had named the Guardian citation something different from what is in the live article, so I'm fixing that and putting the other cite in below.
In 1984, Eisner became chief executive officer (CEO) of The Walt Disney Company. Eisner brought Katzenberg with him to serve as chairman of The Walt Disney Studios.[1][2] Katzenberg was responsible for reviving the studio which, at the time, ranked last at the box office among the major studios. As head of the studio, he oversaw all filmed content including motion pictures, television, Disney Channel, and home video distribution.[3][4][5] At the time, The Walt Disney Studios ranked last at the box office among the nine major studios.[2] He focused the studio on the production of adult-oriented comedies through its Touchstone Pictures banner, including films such as Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), Three Men and a Baby (1987),[6] Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Dead Poets Society,[7] and Pretty Woman.[8] By 1987, Disney had become the number one studio at the box office.[9] On February 1, 1989, Katzenberg co-founded Hollywood Pictures with Michael Eisner. Katzenberg expanded Disney's film portfolio by launching Hollywood Pictures with Eisner and overseeing the acquisition of Miramax Films in 1993.[10][6] Katzenberg also oversaw Touchstone Television, which produced such hit television series as The Golden Girls, Empty Nest and Home Improvement.[8][11][5]

References

  1. ^ Nicholas, Peter; Orden, Erica (September 30, 2012). "Movie Mogul's Starring Role in Raising Funds for Obama". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Harmetz, Aljean (February 7, 1988). "Who Makes Disney Run?". The New York Times. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  3. ^ Taylor, Drew (May 20, 2020). "The Disney Renaissance Didn't Happen Because of Jeffrey Katzenberg; It Happened In Spite of Him". Collider. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
  4. ^ Mendelson, Scott (October 22, 2020). "How Disney+ Is Trying To Turn A Lucasfilm Failure Into A Disney Classic". Forbes. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  5. ^ a b Coe, Steve (October 17, 1994). "'Dream team' plans TV, film mega-merger" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable: 6, 15. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  6. ^ a b Pulver, Andrew (17 May 2001). "The Katz that bit the mouse". The Guardian.
  7. ^ Jensen, Maren (September 24, 2017). "Person 2 Person: Mitch Davis". KUTV. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  8. ^ a b Blair, Iain (September 29, 2016). "Jeffrey Katzenberg Pushed Forward the Careers of Mike Myers, Angelina Jolie, Justin Timberlake and More". Variety. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  9. ^ Hahn, Don (2009). Waking Sleeping Beauty (Documentary film). Burbank, California: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.
  10. ^ Frook, John Evan (January 30, 1994). "Roth, Birnbaum flex muscles at Caravan". Variety. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  11. ^ Kunze, Peter C. (April 22, 2022). "LBGTQ audiences and artists helped save Disney". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
Let me know if this works! JeffreyAtWndrCo (talk) 14:45, 14 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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