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Hollywood Studios’ Only Chance For Long-Term Survival
GO PRIVATE. There will never – ever – be enough growth and margin improvement to satisfy Wall Street. Maybe short-term the studios will get a bump by telling investors they are going to make 100 comic book movies over the next 5 years – but after…
Why Don’t They Just Call It ‘Viral-Con’
Comics have nothing to do with Comic-Con anymore and they haven’t for many years – so just stop. It’s just about what is popular in culture. They could call it “Pop-U-Con” as well. Sure, there are comic book elements to the show: Batman movies, Batman TV…
Another Genius Move By Marvel
And that is not sarcastic. Today, on “The View“ it was announced that the Marvel character “Thor” will now be a woman in the comic books. This is NOT the real God that people actually worshiped a thousand years ago or so (Manka Bros. is a producing…
I Didn’t Realize ‘Community’ Fans Were Such Dorks
The internet is blowing up today on the news that “Community” will be exhumed and given a 15 episode Season 6 on Yahoo!’s video streaming service called Yahoo! Screen. This, I suppose, is a big get for Yahoo! because now people have heard of Yahoo! Screen….
The Twilight Of The Katzenberg
It’s going to be a long summer for Jeffrey Katzenberg and DreamWorks Animation. It may just be the last summer those two names are associated with each other. Sure, they’ve got “How To Train Your Dragon 2” coming out. And, sure, it’ll do $500 million…
The Verisimilitude Of Sarah Palin
Even though Sarah Palin probably doesn’t know what “verisimilitude” means – she knows exactly what it is because she is the living embodiment of the word. Sarah Palin is living (and profiting) from the character of Sarah Palin that has been created for her by…
Only Tech Reporters Care About CES
Nearly every major online publication (and print for that matter) are sending at least one reporter to Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) – and no one, except those reporters, actually cares what comes out of the show. It’s all the same –…
The Great Media Bloodbath of 2014
5/12/14 UPDATE: AT&T to acquire DirecTV! Lock the doors – it’s scary out there. 2/12/14 UPDATE: Holy Crap, 2014 just got a whole lot uglier (and it was already hideous) with the announcement of Comcast acquiring Time Warner Cable! ORIGINAL POST: It’s coming. Holy shit…
People Enjoy Watching… Everything Online
Hey, there was a new survey by the Pew Research Center about what people like to watch online. Turns out – people like to watch pretty much everything… Comedy: 58% How-To: 56% Educational: 50% Music: 50% News: 45% This is a silly survey because it says…
