Movie Studios

For Those Who Consider Not Liking the Movie Business When the Grosses Aren't Enough

Jeffrey Korchek | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Disney, The Movie Business, Movie Studios, Film Industry, Rich Ross, Hollywood, Media News
Jeffrey Korchek

Pity the poor movie business. Nobody likes it anymore. What the huge corporations that own the studios really don't like is the version of the movie business that they seem to be in, because it's just not working for them.

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Movie Studio Asks Fans To Submit Sexy Mom Photos

Posted 03.15.2012

Read More: Universal, Universal Milf Tweet, Video, Universal Pictures, Movie Studios, American Pie Tweet, Milf, American Pie, American Reunion, Movie Advertising, Entertainment News

Universal Pictures tweeted a controversial request to its 178,325 followers, asking them to send photos of themselves or other "hot moms" to Break.com...

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SOPA and PIPA Bills Threaten Job Creation and Innovation

Brett Greene | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Congressional Bills, Internet, Congress, Senate, Television Studios, Movie Studios, Music Industry, Pipa, Sopa, Linkedin, Aol, Zynga, Paypal, Mpaa, Twitter, Discover, Facebook, Mozilla, American Express, Yahoo, Recording Industry Association of America, Visa, Opendns, Motion Picture Association of America, Etsy, Foursquare, Ebay, Wikimedia Foundation, Riaa, Google, Denver News
Brett Greene

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House of Representatives and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate are well meaning, but if passed, will be destructive to internet freedoms we've all come to expect.

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Why the Movie Industry Can't Innovate and the Result Is SOPA

Steve Blank | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Customer Development, Movie Industry, Innovation, Piracy, Technology, Sopa, Movie Studios, Business News
Steve Blank

The music and movie business has been consistently wrong in its claims that new platforms and channels would be the end of its businesses. In each case, the new technology produced a new market far larger than the impact it had on the existing market.

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Gary Susman

Moviegoing And The Economy: Courting Adults In A Time Of Declining Film Attendance

HuffingtonPost.com | Gary Susman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Moviegoing Economy, Video Ondemand, Moviegoing and the Economy, Vod, Movie Studios, The Recessionary Arts, Arts and the Recession, Theaters, Moviegoing, Recessionary Arts, Theater Attendance, Culture News

This is the second in an occasional series examining the recession's impact on culture: The Recessionary Arts. Find out more about it here. If you ...

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Netflix's Biggest Problem: Movie and Television Studios

Brett Greene | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Google, Television, Television Studios, Movie Studios, Digital Content, Streaming, Tv, Qwikster, Netflix, Movie Rentals, Hulu, Streaming Movies, Movies, Yahoo, Denver News
Brett Greene

The only thing that seems to be as popular as the Occupy Movement these days is bashing Netflix. A lot of this upset is warranted.

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Jason Gilbert

Netflix Spreads The Wealth Around Hollywood (But For How Long?)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Gilbert | Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: Crackle, Video, Netflix Streaming, Movie Studios, Dvds, Netflix, Hulu, Sony, Technology News

If all of those angry customers really do flee Netflix in a rage over the recent price hike, will the big winner be Redbox? Or will some of the cash f...

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Are Studios Dead?

Jeffrey Korchek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Movie Industry, Film Industry, Movie Studios, Redbox, Netflix, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Jeffrey Korchek

It's possible that the General Motors model of a movie studio where one studio and its executives try to make a steady stream of comedies, dramas, genre pictures and those $200 million-plus things that hold up tents, is over.

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Blockbuster Closings: Up To 960 Stores May Be Closed

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: DVD Rentals, Entertainment, Movie Studios, Blockbuster Closings, Redbox, Stores, Hollywood Video, Texas, Store Locations, Netflix, Movie Rentals, Blockbuster, Dallas, Blu-Ray, Business News

SAN FRANCISCO — Blockbuster Inc. may close as many as 960 stores by the end of next year, shedding more dead weight as the struggling video rent...

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