New Movie Gallery chief focuses within JULY 3 | Charged with the daunting task of bringing back Movie Gallery from bankruptcy, new CEO C.J. “Gabe” Gabriel Jr. is looking to start with the simple tasks before moving on to the more complicated ones. Movie Gallery plans to boost its Blu-ray Disc inventory and games sales while supplementing rental revenue with DVD sales.
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WIREDElections can make a blog a vital piece of a country's conversation with itself and others, writes Danny O'Brien ELECTIONS ANYWHERE make the news; in fact, they're rather perfect as ways of parcelling the news. Limited in time, but dramatic in effect, they're easy for the world's press to describe and summarise. Even countries whose internal politics rarely make it to the front pages get a chance at election time. Zimbabwe's struggles gets headline status on cnn.com. Kenya's recent post-election troubles continue to influence the global impression of that country. And of course, Ireland's own Lisbon referendum was heard about around the world.
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DISC DISH Samantha Clark, Managing editor and online editor, Video Business July 3, 2008 Eli Stone DVD
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DVDIALOG Laurence Lerman, Product Digest Editor, Video Business July 3, 2008 Mike Connors is Mannix
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BETWEEN THE LINES Marcy Magiera, Editor in chief, Video Business July 3, 2008 A hard way to grow
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MEDIA WONK Paul Sweeting, Editor, ContentAgenda July 3, 2008 False alarm on managed-copy
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THE DOWN LOW Samantha Clark, Managing editor and online editor, Video Business June 30, 2008 Favorite movie lines by IM
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Hammer time Adam Corolla signed copies of The Hammer, distributed by Weinstein/Genius, at the Hollywood & Highland Virgin Megastore on June 24.
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IFC at Los Angeles Film Festival IFC Films and Blockbuster celebrated the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 24. IFC screened at the fest Medicine for Melancholy, The Pleasure of Being Robbed, A Girl Cut in Two and Fear(s) of the Dark.
7/3/2008 OPINION: Making the connection Paul Sweeting is editor of Content Agenda JULY 3 | Were I a Blockbuster shareholder, I guess I’d be happy to see the company withdraw its bid to acquire Circuit City. The news sent the shares up more than 13% the day after the news broke, a rare good day for the beleaguered stock. More
6/23/2008 OPINION: DEG a force for green Larry Wilk is chair of DEG Metrics Task Force and DEG Packaging Task Force and Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment VP of operations, worldwide. JUNE 23 | It’s only within the last year that the Digital Entertainment Group revised its mission statement to embrace environmentally friendly practices of the manufacture and distribution of home entertainment products. More
JULY 3 | Charged with the daunting task of bringing back Movie Gallery from bankruptcy, new CEO C.J. “Gabe” Gabriel Jr. is looking to start with the simple tasks before moving on to the more complicated ones. Movie Gallery plans to boost its Blu-ray Disc inventory and games sales while supplementing rental revenue with DVD sales.
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