Blockbuster reports Q1 profit MAY 15 | Blockbuster reported first-quarter profit as it boosted same-store sales and made its online-subscription business profitable. The company also said it’s continuing its due diligence in the $1 billion bid it made for Circuit City in February; has redesigned about 6% of its stores to emphasize games, electronics sales and DVD sales; and is preparing to relaunch its Movielink download service.
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MAY 16 | The videogame industry is still on a roll in 2008, as both hardware and software notched gains in April over the same month last year, according to NPD.
MAY 15 | Topics Entertainment has sold through 40,000 units of Over California and Over America at Costco alone, since the titles’ Blu-ray release exclusively at the retailer on March 15.
Lulu.com, the premier online marketplace for digital content has added to its executive level team. Tim Albury has been named Chief Financial Officer, Jeff Kramer has been named Senior Vice President of Engineering and Technology Operations, and Florence Lively has been named Vice President of Human Resources (see also Lulu.com).
Carl Icahn is turning up the heat in a last-ditch push to get Yahoo and Microsoft back to the bargaining table, but some analysts doubt the effort will be enough.
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DVDIALOG Laurence Lerman, Product Digest Editor, Video Business May 16, 2008 Holocaust Debuts on DVD
On May 27, the eve of the 30th anniversary of its TV broadcast, CBS Home Entertainmen... More
DISC DISH Samantha Clark, Managing editor and online editor, Video Business May 16, 2008 Ellen Page, Josh Hartnett, Heather Graham
First Look has some smaller, but interesting-looking titles coming out. Name actors i... More
BETWEEN THE LINES Marcy Magiera, Editor in chief, Video Business May 15, 2008 Retailers rally 'round Blu
The studios are going to have Wal-Mart and Best Buy to thank for the success ... More
THE DOWN LOW Danny King, Reporter, Video Business May 12, 2008 Sopranos on iTunes?
HBO may sell episodes on Apple’s iTunes service, Reuters reported today, citing... More
Sinatra stamps The U.S. Postal Service unveiled a new Frank Sinatra stamp on May 13 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the entertainer’s death.
A man of ‘steel’ Actor Tom Guiry, star of Steel City, met with military personnel and troops at the Ft. Lewis Army Base outside Seattle on May 9 to promote his film, which Peace Arch released on DVD May 6.
A salute to David Lean During BritWeek 2008, colleagues and friends paid tribute to late filmmaker David Lean at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, Calif., on May 2.
5/16/2008 OPINION: Content control Paul Sweeting is editor of Content Agenda Blockbuster plans to relaunch its Movielink download service this summer, but CEO Jim Keyes has already acknowledged it will be missing a crucial element: a subscription offer. More
4/21/2008 OPINION: Piracy shows indie potential Morris Ruskin is CEO of Shoreline Entertainment and producer of The Fifth Patient APRIL 21 | I never expected the day when I would have a conversation with a director who was actually excited that his movie was being pirated. More
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