Jeffrey Logsdon
Jeffrey Logsdon
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It may be as new generations of moviegoers come along that this is the absolute best way for studios to capture additional dollars from these highly visible, highly successful products.
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Because ratings were down in a high-single digit level, concerns are about the up-front advertising market, which may be soft, perhaps more for ABC than others. I think analysts have gotten nervous.
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That is just not true of Dick Parsons.
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Historical studies would probably show you could get a 10-to-15 percent boost in revenue for the top film of the year, and it drops off precipitously from there.
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Go back three Olympics, you were broadcasting four or five hours a day, instead of 15 hours a day, but you still had same expense to cover the Olympics,
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I think cost-cutting is an element of Fox thinking, if you listened to Rupert Murdoch's last few diatribes to Wall Street, ... The cost/rating benefits equation didn't make it onerous to let him go early.
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The filmed entertainment business has just gotten tough,
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Monday Night Football is a television institution, if not a cultural institution, ... It's not unlike '60 Minutes' trying to go to '60 Minutes II.' It never really captured the audience.
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It could be a major coup for Disney to re-enliven their animation franchises.
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The economics of filmmaking have not improved over the last few years, ... Obviously the more revenue streams the merrier. The problem is it doesn't take talent very long to tap into that.
economics economy-and-economics few filmmaking improved last obviously problem revenue talent tap
The economics of filmmaking have not improved over the last few years. Obviously the more revenue streams the merrier. The problem is it doesn't take talent very long to tap into that.
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He's been such a lightning rod for criticism, oftentimes for things that were clearly not in his purview to make better. If theme park attendance goes down because of 9/11, is that Michael's fault?
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This is a very tempting offer, and seeing how Mirage's management owns less than 20 percent of the company's stock, they are going to have to give it serious consideration, ... If they say 'We're not for sale,' that doesn't limit MGM's ability to do a tender offer.
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There's no second guessing how valuable he (Jobs) is. Putting him in a new context ups his ability to influence things.