More Articles By Marcy Magiera

• Rental to stay popular through 2013
  MARCH 13 | Report: Subscription, kiosks to grow as traditional stores decline More
  
• Worldwide packaged media up 6% in 2008
  Global retail sales of packaged home entertainment grew 6% to hit $61 billion in 2008, with fast-growing videogames for the first time outweighing DVD and Blu-ray Disc, according to international research concern Media Control GfK International. More
  
• Worldwide packaged media up 6% in 2008
  JAN. 22 | Videogames sales bigger than DVD/Blu-ray for first time More
  
• Open Season 2
  SONY Street: Jan. 27 Prebook: now > More neuroses than normal in this DVD premiere. Neurotic mule deer Elliot and his lumbering bear pal Boog are back in this sequel to 2006’s Open Season, but original voice talent Ashton Kutcher (Elliot) and Martin Lawrence (Boog) are not. They’re replaced by lesser lights Mike Epps (Boog) and Joel McHale (Elliot), who’s seriously channel... More
  
• Warner, Paramount put titles on SD cards
  JAN. 8 | LAS VEGAS— MOD Systems has signed deals with Warner Bros. and Paramount Digital Entertainment to make their movies available via downloads to SD cards at kiosks in retail stores later this year. More
  
• DEG says industry off 5.5% in 2008
  JAN. 7 | Blu-ray Disc shipments, sales tripled More
  
• Trailer Park adds Geerlings to new group
  DEC. 15 | Company merges two groups to form digital design unit More
  
• Despite economy, Web retailers expect growth
  NOV. 7 | More consumers shop online due to rising gas prices More
  
• Allen returns to host Video Hall of Fame
  OCT. 30 | Comedian, TV personality on stage for awards show for second year More
  
• EAA raises $113,000 for AIDS charities
  OCT. 28 | Winetasting and auction raised $40,000 with record attendance and on-site contributions More
  
• Oscilloscope release registers in green
  OCT. 27 | INDIE FILM GUIDE: Gunnin' packaged in recyclable, post-consumer waste More
  
• HASTINGS 40th ANNIVERSARY: CEO Marmaduke
  John Marmaduke, Hastings Entertainment’s president and CEO for the last 32 years, explains one aspect of his business strategy with a West Texas aphorism: You can always spot a pioneer, he says, by the arrows in his back. For that reason, Hastings prefers to be a “fast follower,” according to Marmaduke, letting others take the risk involved in the early development of new prod... More
  
• Hall of Fame adds DVD champions
  SEPT. 19 | McGee, Sanders, DEG will be inducted Dec. 8 More
  
• Abby in Wonderland
  SESAME WORKSHOP/GENIUS Street: Sept. 30 Prebook: now > The story and characters are familiar in this cute take on Alice’s Adventures. Abby Cadabby, a 3-year-old fairy in training, is studying—what else?—fairy tales, when her friend Elmo introduces her to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. More
  
• Sneddon takes worldwide sales post at Disney
  SEPT. 8 | Three other executives promoted More
  
• Economy stunts e-commerce growth
  AUG. 7 | But still stronger than bricks-and-mortar retail More
  
• Disney's Chapek re-elected to lead DEG board
  JULY 28 | Warner's Sanders voted as president More
  
• Tyler Perry reups with Lionsgate
  JULY 23 | Studio says it has sold 25 million Perry DVDs More
  
• Warner doubles production of collector's editions
  JUNE 26 | HOME MEDIA EXPO: Casablanca , I Am Legend , 300 due in fourth quarter More
  
• Top 100 Kids Films to be promoted by Kids First!
  JUNE 25 | List compiled by Coalition for Quality Children's Media More