Movie Industry

Movie Studios Probed Over Inappropriate Payments In China

Reuters | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Movie Industry, Sec Movie Studios Probe, Inappropriate Payments, 20th Century Fox, Dreamworks, Video, Business News, China Movie Industry, Bribery Allegations, Securities and Exchange Commission, Disney, Business News

* SEC has sent inquiry letters to movie studios-source * Letters ask about dealings with Chinese officials-source * Chin...

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Marketing the Truth

Joseph Rauch | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Movie Industry, Cohen Brothers Movie, Film Industry, Fargo, Fargo Movie, Marketing, Takako Konishi, Based on a True Story, College News

I was surprised when I found out that many movies claim to be based on true events when, in fact, they are completely or almost completely fictional.

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Foreign Markets and the Big Screen

Chris Dodd | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: India, Jobs, Mpaa, China, Hollywood, Movie Industry, Global Economy, Movie Business, Movies, Entertainment News

The motion picture industry, like all major American job creators, is part of a growing and interconnected world economy. But it might be surprising how important foreign movie theater audiences are to the millions of Americans who depend on the motion picture industry for their jobs.

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Why Is February Such a Weak Month for Movies?

Quora | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Quora, Movie-Industry, Films, February, Movies, Hollywood, Movie Sales, Oscars 2012, The Oscars, Movie Ticket Sales, The Artist Best Picture, Entertainment News

The movie industry is the classic popular definition of insanity in action: doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome. Some of it more or less "works" and proves to the industry it knows what it's doing.

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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

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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Two Broke Girls On How To Hack Hollywood

HuffingtonPost.com | Anna Almendrala | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Movie Industry, My La, Fashion, La Around Town, Erin Bunch, Broke Girls Guide, Michelle Vick Broke Girls Guide, Michelle Vick, Erin Bunch Broke Girls Guide, Los Angeles News

My LA: Erin Bunch and Michelle Vick Current Gig: Erin Bunch and Michelle Vick were trying to climb the entertainment industry's corporate ladder wh...

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With Film Incentive Capped, Michigan's Movie Jobs Face An Uncertain Future

HuffingtonPost.com | Alexander Eichler | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Film Industry, Michigan Film Incentive, Film Credit, Iron Man 3, Film Incentive, Marvel Studios, Movie Industry, The Avengers, Unemployment, Jennifer Granholm, Michigan Film Credit, Detroit, Retraining, Michigan, Rick Snyder, Detroit News

Sean Doerr knows Detroit. He's been poking around the city since he was 14, exploring its forgotten buildings and learning the names of architects lon...

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Oscars Crack Down On Lavish Promo Parties

Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Movie Industry, Entertainment, Academy Awards, Jerry Bruckheimer, Entertainment Industry, Film-Studio, Regulation, Ric Robertson, The Oscars, Film, Movies, Hollywood, Home News

In Hollywood, social events are part of the business, especially when it comes to awards season. During Oscar season, studios bust out the big bucks a...

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Intelligent Film Content

Michael J. Critelli | Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: Movie Industry, Films, Movies, Film Industry, Hollywood, Entertainment News

The Hollywood-based film industry has changed significantly over the last few decades. It has gravitated toward financing films with the following att...

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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

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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PHOTOS: California Filming Locations: 10 Cinematic Getaways

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Movie Set, Weekend Getaway, Trazzler Writing Contests, California Travel, Old Westerns, California Getaways, La Getaways, Weekend Escapes, Vintage California, California Film Locations, Movie Industry, Getaway, Writing Contests, Hollywood Film Locations, Film Location, Chinatown Film Locations, Star Wars Film Locations, Photo Op, Parks, State Parks, Old California, Slidepollajax, National Parks, Movie Landscapes, California Escapes, Los Angeles News

Text courtesy of Trazzler.com By Megan Cytron All well-orchestrated weekend getaways deliver a therapeutic dose of fantasy. In California, a qui...

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Nickelodeon Tries To Break Into Movies Again

nytimes.com | BROOKS BARNES | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Movie Industry, Television, Viacom, Nickelodeon Movies, Nickelodeon, Paramount, Media News

Viacom has long wanted its movie studio, Paramount, to tap into the brand equity and marketing muscle of its children's television empire, Nickelodeon...

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Leave it to Bieber: Filmmakers look to 'Bieber Fever' to Cure what Ails them

David Meredith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Digital Era, Movie Industry, Music Industry, Justin Bieber, Technology News

Just four years ago, Justin Bieber was an average 12-year-old kid living with his single mother in Ontario who often posted clips on YouTube of her so...

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'No' Hollywood Style

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Beatles, Zen, Hollywood, Dexter, Japanese, Movie Industry, Saying No, Entertainment Industry, Saying-Yes, Entertainment News

The Hollywood No is a key element of a code that, once deconstructed, at least allows the petitioner to take things less personally.

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Movies, TV Take a Backseat At Sun Valley

deadlinehollywooddaily.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Movie Industry, Television, Sun Valley 2009, Hollywood, Sun Valley, Media News

Congratulations, Hollywood: you're officially irrelevant at the annual Allen & Co investment conference in Sun Valley this week. I've just been read t...

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Copyright Needs Limits, As It Restricts Innovation

Gary Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Movie Industry, Consumer-Electronics-Association, Copyright, Riaa, Content Creation, Innovation, Creative Commons, Dvr, Apple, Dell, Qualcomm, Jfk, Cea, Ebay, Sony Betamax, Amazon, Vcr, Fair Use, Google, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Gary Shapiro, mp3s, Congress, Hollywood, Facebook, Tivo, Mark Helprin, Cisco, Piracy, Music Industry, Texas Instruments, Zillow, Hp, Patents, Business News

Defenders of expanded copyright restrictions imply that content owners have been on a losing streak and have few tools at their disposal. Wrong.

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Movies for Grownups

Chuck Weinstock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hollywood Studios, Media, Movies, Movie Industry, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Paul Blart, The Departed, Drama, Gran Torino, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Slumdog Millionaire, Adult Drama, Entertainment News

Movies for grownups seem to be in trouble. You can't pick up a newspaper without reading another article about the new studio decree: They're not making adult dramas anymore.

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Movie Industry Surges As Americans Seek Escape From Recession

New York Times | MICHAEL CIEPLY and BROOKS BARNES | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Box Office Surge, Movie Industry, Movie Industry Boom, No Recession for Hollywood, Recession, Box Office Boom, Hollywood, Entertainment News

Hollywood could get used to this recession thing. While much of the economy is teetering between bust and bailout, the movie industry has been startl...

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DVD Sales, Hollywood's Main Profit Source, Are Sagging

New York Times | BROOKS BARNES | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Movie Industry Profits, Movie Industry, DVD Sales, Hollywood, Dvds, Business News

Conventional wisdom holds that Hollywood's fortunes go up when the economy goes down. People still crave entertainment, particularly of the escapist v...

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Hollywood Under Siege

Jonathan Handel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Silicon Valley, Hollywood, Movie Industry, Dvds, Film Industry, Entertainment News

Why is traditional content losing its vigor? Everyone focuses on the culture of piracy, but there are other reasons as well. One is supply and demand.

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Bad Economic News Means Big Weekend At The Movies

Epicenter | Betsy Schiffman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Movie Industry, Finance, Economy, Film Industry, Personal Finance, Movies, Business News

All this dire economic news could be good for Hollywood. Box office grosses for the weekend are projected to range between $130 million and $140 milli...

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2007 Was Modest Year For Hollywood

New York Times | Brooks Barnes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Movie Industry, Domestic Receipts, Nielsens, Foreign Grosses, Ticket Sales, Box Office, Media by Numbers, Movies, Business News

Despite a modest increase in 2007 box office receipts, moviedom is trudging into January with a droop in its shoulders. Ticket sales at North America...

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