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Greg Sims' Formula For Success: Making Movies the Low-Budget Way

Ellen Sterling | Posted 05.26.2012

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"When people realize that not everyone can make a real movie with a limited budget and have a success, it's very rewarding. We've found success spending less money and will, dollar-for-dollar earn more money."

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Dad Plays Porn Instead Of 'Smurfs' At Kid's Party

AP | Posted 02.14.2012

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By Associated Press TREMONTON, Utah – Police aren't filing charges against a father who briefly played a pornographic video instead of "The Smurf...

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Huge Tech Companies Team Up To Take Down Netflix

The Huffington Post | Jason Gilbert | Posted 02.06.2012

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Could Redbox be ready to leak a Redstream? Redbox and Verizon have outed a press release touting a new "joint venture" that will apparently combine...

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Netflix Users To Wait Twice As Long For Warner Brothers Flicks

Peter Kafka | Posted 01.06.2012

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‪‬ By Peter Kafka, Warner Brothers Will Make Netflix, Redbox, Blockbuster Wait Longer for New Movies via All Things D Want to watch a new mo...

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Netflix Rival Hikes Prices

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 12.27.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — Redbox's DVD rental kiosks are attracting movie lovers fed up with Netflix's video subscription service. But now Redbox's owner,...

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9 Services That Could Be The New Netflix

Posted 11.19.2011

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NEW YORK (AP/The Huffington Post) -- The DVD-by-mail service Netflix built its business on will soon be known as Qwikster. The rebranding follows Netf...

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Netflix Price Hike Is Competitor's Golden Opportunity

AP | Posted 10.31.2011

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By Michael Liedtke, the Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO -- Netflix is giving Redbox a golden opportunity to gain some ground. Beginning Thursday...

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How Netflix Became A Bigger Loser Than Blockbuster In 2 Weeks

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Gilbert | Posted 09.24.2011

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There are several titles in Netflix's huge video library that might be used to describe the company's incredible fall from its customers' good graces ...

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'How Could Netflix Do This To Me?': Netflix Users Lash Out

The Huffington Post | Jason O. Gilbert | Posted 09.13.2011

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Judging by the reactions to the Netflix price hike--posted on Twitter feeds, Tumblrs and comments forums across the web--the streaming video and DVD-m...

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Are Studios Dead?

Jeffrey Korchek | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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8 Big Companies That Grew Through The Recession

Posted 05.25.2011

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By 24/7 Wall St.: The recession that began in 2007, and by some accounts is only barely over now, shut down and largely reversed the growth of most Am...

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eBooks Outsell Hardcovers

Shelly Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Amazon announced that eBooks for Kindle are outselling hardcover books. According to Amazon, customers are purchasing 143 Kindles, and 180 Kindle books, for every 100 hardcover books.

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Redbox To Delay Rental Movies From Fox, Universal

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — Redbox, the leading $1-per-night DVD rental kiosk operator, said Thursday it agreed to delay renting movies from 20th Century Fox ...

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Hollywood + Silicon Valley = Frenemies?

Daren Tsui | Posted 05.25.2011

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Music labels fought change so hard that by the time they accepted it, fans had gotten used to pirating music. Hollywood needs to learn the same lesson. If it's going to stay viable, Hollywood needs Silicon Valley and vice versa.

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Blockbuster Closings: Up To 960 Stores May Be Closed

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Redbox: Movie Studios See A Threat In Growth Of Redbox

The New York Times | BROOKS BARNES | Posted 05.25.2011

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By December, there will be 22,000 Redbox machines in spots like supermarkets, Wal-Mart Stores and fast-food restaurants. Redbox's growth -- it star...

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