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290 posts and columns on movies
iTunes Sales Are Huge! But Growth May Be Slowing.
$2.4 billion worth of digital media is a very big deal. But the digital media boom days may be coming to an end.
Big Media Loves Promoted Trends, Twitter’s Big-Dollar Digital Billboards
$5.2 million in a month, at $200,000 a day.
Please Don’t Tell George Lucas What You Think About Jar Jar Binks
It was fine before the Internet. But now with the Internet, it’s gotten very vicious and very personal. You just say, ‘Why do I need to do this?’
– George Lucas, still wincing from the reaction to the new “Star Wars” movies, in Bloomberg Businessweek’s story on a $4 billion Lucasfilm/Disney deal
Hollywood Goes Digital — But Not Too Digital. Sony Boss Michael Lynton’s Candid Dive Into Media Interview.
Technology changes everything about media, except for the stuff it doesn’t. A thoughtful chat with the studio boss behind “Skyfall” and “Zero Dark Thirty.”
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No Netflix for Sony, Which Stays With Starz
Sony’s movie studio has renewed a deal to show its first-run films on the Starz pay-TV service; the new pact now keeps the two companies tied up until 2021. Many industry observers thought that Netflix, after signing Disney to a landmark deal in December, would make a run at Sony, as well.News Byte
Time Warner Names Kevin Tsujihara Warner Bros. CEO
A big surprise in Hollywood: Kevin Tsujihara, the head of Warner Bros.’ home-video unit, will become the studio’s next CEO. Parent company Time Warner had been conducting a three-man contest for the spot for some time, but conventional wisdom gave Tsujihara low odds for the job. During his tenure, Tsujihara has been an aggressive proponent of digital initiatives like UltraViolet.Netflix Talks a Little Trash About the Competition
My catalog’s bigger than yours: After an earnings beat, a little chest-beating.
Hearst Tries a New iPad Pitch: “Read Them Here First”
Want to get your hands on Megan Fox (or whoever’s on the cover of Esquire) before anyone else?
Absolutely, Positively Not a Netflix-Killer: AT&T Launches Its Own Video Subscription Service
$5 a month gets you … “Rudy.”
Walmart’s Cloud Movie Service Shapes Up
“Disc to digital” didn’t make much sense last year, but the retailer is making some key improvements.