Now that General Electric owns five theme parks, what's it going to do with them? GE spent $14 billion to buy Vivendi Universal's armory of entertainment properties. Universal's theme park division and its 15,000-plus employees around the world came along for the ride, which won't be smooth. "What are you guys running, a 501(c)(3)?", asked Bob Wright, NBC Universal chief executive and GE vice chairman, at a "town hall" meeting with Universal employees this month. |