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Pixar goes to Hollywood
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Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs has been in the entertainment business in one way or another for two decades. Here's a time line of his Hollywood-related milestones.
February 1986
Jobs buys Pixar from George Lucas for $10 million.
Nov. 22, 1995
Pixar releases "Toy Story."
Nov. 29, 1995
Pixar goes public, offering 6.9 million shares at $22 apiece. The stock
offering raises $140 million, outpacing Netscape Communications as
biggest IPO of the year.
Sept. 16, 1997
Jobs is named interim CEO of Apple
but retains top spot at Pixar
Summer 1999
TNT debuts the movie "Pirates of Silicon Valley" in which Jobs' early
days are portrayed on film, with the Apple chief played by ER's Noah
Wyle.
Oct. 23, 2001
Apple introduces the first iPod.
April 11, 2003
Rumors swirl that Apple is in talks
to acquire the music business of Vivendi Universal.
April 28, 2003
Apple opens the virtual doors on the
iTunes Music Store.
Oct. 16, 2003
Apple expands its music store to
Windows.
Oct. 12, 2005
Apple unveils video-capable iPod and
stocks iTunes store with thousands of music videos and a handful of TV
shows from ABC and movie shorts from Pixar.
Jan. 19, 2006
The Wall Street Journal reports Disney in talks to acquire Pixar.
Sources: Pixar Animation Studios, "Apple Confidential" by Owen Linzmayer, "The Second Coming of Steve Jobs" by Alan Deutschman.
