<story><title>Disney is safeguarding its future by buying childhood, piece by piece</title><url>http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21684138-disney-making-fortune-and-safeguarding-its-future-buying-childhood-piece-piece</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>tunesmith</author><text>FYI, the first part of the article spoils some minor things about the new star wars film, for those who haven&amp;#x27;t seen it. I bailed out of reading it after that.</text></comment>
<story><title>Disney is safeguarding its future by buying childhood, piece by piece</title><url>http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21684138-disney-making-fortune-and-safeguarding-its-future-buying-childhood-piece-piece</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Archio</author><text>Reading this gives me a chill down my spine. There&amp;#x27;s something about a corporation controlling, optimizing, monetizing, and branding dominant components of a childhood that just doesn&amp;#x27;t seem right.</text></comment>