WOMEN ELITE 2008: LIONSGATE-- Execs grow with studio
“Lionsgate has grown so much that it has given all women here an opportunity to grow with the company,” says Anne Parducci, executive VP of family and home entertainment marketing for the company. After a 14-year career at Mattel, Parducci joined Lionsgate in January 2004, on the first day the company and former Artisan Entertainment employees worked under a single merged unit.
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WOMEN ELITE 2008: RETAILERS-- Bringing many backgrounds
After 15 years working for the largest movie rental chain, Joyce Woodward would argue that the big deal about high-ranking women in the home entertainment industry is that it’s not that big a deal. “Our industry has always been somewhat gender agnostic,” says Woodward, senior VP of film at Blockbuster.
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Netflix Q3 profit jumps on sales, lower costs
Netflix today said its third-quarter profit jumped 30% as the No. 1 U.S. movie-rental service via mail cut subscriber-acquisition costs while boosting customers with its video-streaming service. The company also cut its fourth-quarter sales and subscriber forecasts for the second time this month as subscriber growth has slowed from a year ago.
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Kiosk operator Redbox sues Universal over rental restrictions
Redbox, the largest U.S. movie-rental kiosk operator, has sued Universal Studios Home Entertainment, alleging that the General Electric unit violated anti-trust laws by insisting on a revenue-sharing agreement with Redbox that, among other things, enforces rental-date and resale restrictions.
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