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Redbox: Is the movie biz doomed to relive the Napster nightmare? | The Big Picture | Lo... - 0 views

  • Warners has even gone further, saying it would impose the same restrictions on Netflix and other DVD by-mail subscription providers unless they agreed to a "day-and-date revenue sharing option."
  • here's no way of getting around the fact that the studios who are trying to put the muscle on Redbox are making the same mistakes the music business made nearly a decade ago when it attempted -- and failed, quite spectacularly -- to squash unauthorized downloading of music by destroying the dreaded Napster Web file-sharing service.
  • At some point we'll have a longer, perhaps more intriguing discussion about why so many people have gone from buyers to renters.
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ABC News to close most physical bureaus, cut U.S. correspondents by half - Los Angeles ... - 0 views

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    "As part of the deep cuts announced this week at ABC News, the network plans to eventually close all of its physical bureaus around the country except Washington and halve the number of its domestic correspondents."
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Hollywood's content ecosystem moves a few steps closer to launch | Technology | Los Ang... - 0 views

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    "DECE logo The Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem, an inter-industry effort to set open technical standards for selling movies and TV shows online"
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Video game sales plunge 13% in January, continuing the downward trend | Company Town | ... - 0 views

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    Article describing the continuing decline in video game sales that began in 2009.
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Sen. Feingold doesn't like cable industry's bundling habits | Company Town | Los Angele... - 0 views

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    Senator Feingold raises the issue of bundling and a lack of a la carte pricing. The issue continues to be raised despite past industry opposition.
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Saints' Super Bowl win nips 'MASH' finale for most-watched show ever | Company Town | L... - 1 views

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    Move over Hawkeye Pierce, looks like Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints just took your ratings crown along with the Super Bowl title. A record 106.5 million people watched the Saints write a storybook ending to their dream season by beating the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 in Super Bowl XLIV on CBS, according to Nielsen. That's not only the biggest audience to date for the Super Bowl, but the biggest audience for a televised event ever -- barely knocking off the finale of \nCBS' "MASH," which averaged almost 106 million viewers when it ran in 1983.
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Toy Fair looks to Hollywood to stay in the game | Los Angeles Times - 0 views

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    "As Disney's Pixar prepares to release Toy Story 3 this summer, virtually every major toy maker -- including Barbie's Mattel Inc. -- has lined up to make dolls, action figures, construction sets, vehicles and board games based on the film. No fewer than 250 toys will begin appearing in stores before the movie's June 18 release -- three times as many as were made for Toy Story 2. And retailers are expected to clear shelf space for Buzz, Woody and pals, notwithstanding a recession that has slowed toy sales."
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Amazon offers authors bigger cut of book sales, snubs traditional publishers | Technolo... - 0 views

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    Amazon is playing hardball with book publishers. The Seattle online bookseller says it will give authors a 70% cut of the sale of e-books sold for its Kindle readers, essentially offering writers a way to bypass traditional book publishers.
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Facebook hits 400 million users | Technology | Los Angeles Times - 0 views

  • ebrating the milestone, Facebook founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg published a special post on the site’s blog. In it he revealed the company this week has surged to 400 million users. It was only five months ago that Facebook had 300
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    Capping a year of spectacular growth and celebrating the milestone, Facebook founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg published a special post on the site's blog. In it he revealed the company this week has surged to 400 million users. It was only five months ago that Facebook had 300 million.
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Sen. Al Franken comes out swinging against Comcast-NBC deal | Company Town | Los Angele... - 0 views

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    In his opening remarks about the proposed Comcast-NBC deal at a hearing held by the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, Franken (D-Minn.) ripped into the deal and the risks it could present to not only consumers but media competition as well.
Ryan Fuller

Layoffs to hit CBS News next week | Company Town | Los Angeles Times - 0 views

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    CBS News employees are bracing for a significant round of layoffs that will hit the news division next week, according to multiple sources. The budget tightening is expected to affect every newscast, including "60 Minutes," the network's crown jewel, although that show will likely suffer minimal losses.
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News Corp. revenue up 10%, Fox operating income nearly triples | Company Town | Los Ang... - 0 views

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    Thanks to Fox News, strong DVD sales and a better performance from television stations, News Corp. reported a 10% jump in fiscal second-quarter revenue to $8.7 billion and big jumps in operating income at its movie and television studio and cable television group.
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The uneven battle lines around the FCC's Net neutrality proposal [UPDATED] | Opinion L.... - 0 views

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    The Federal Communications Commission's proposed Net neutrality rules have caused a bit of a shuffle among advocacy and lobbying groups.
ethan tussey

Movie Piracy On The Verge Of Winning In Spain - 1 views

  • According to the LA Times, the number of DVD and video stores in Spain has dropped 25% since 2003 -- contributing to the 30% freefall in home entertainment revenue.
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    "Spain is on the brink of no longer being a viable market for us," Michael Lynton, chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment, told the Times.
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NBC renews its entire Thursday night comedy block | Show Tracker | Los Angeles Times - 0 views

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    "If you like NBC's Thursday night comedy lineup, you will be happy to know that "30 Rock," "The Office" and "Community" will be back in the fall for more fun and games. "Parks and Recreation" had already been renewed."
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John Wells warns of media consolidation in testimony about Comcast-NBC deal | Company T... - 0 views

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    ""Over the past several decades, our industry has consolidated from literally dozens of independent entrepreneurs and suppliers, including many writer-owners making innovative and groundbreaking programming to a handful of large media conglomerates most often controlling content from start to finish," Wells said. The result, he said, is that decisions on which shows go on television are based more often on money than quality. "
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Disney's WABC still off in Cablevision homes as feud continues | Company Town | Los Ang... - 0 views

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    Hours before the Oscars, Disney and Cablevision have yet to reach a deal, meaning subscribers in some markets will not be able to watch the show. Executive Vice President Charles Schueler of Cablevision has asked the FCC to involve itself, and both companies have been in contact with the agency.
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