Fourteen months after striking a financial alliance with Reliance Big Entertainment of India, the new DreamWorks Studios, run by Steven Spielberg and Stacey Snider, said on Monday that it had locked down the one thing it had been missing: money to make movies.
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/18/business/media/18dreamworks.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
The battle over $1 DVD rentals is staying alive in the courtroom — and heating up in the court of public opinion.
The legally embattled owners of “Terminator” are back — in court, that is.
Who cares if his new film misses the mark? Quentin Tarantino’s biggest achievement is as an advocate of trash cinema
https://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/aug/17/quentin-tarantino-trash-cinema
…Warner Bros. will attempt to limit new release rentals at fast-growing DVD rental kiosk company Redbox doesn’t exactly merit a big headline…
What does, however, is that the studio also wants to put the squeeze on Netflix.
Studio reported its second-best quarter ever
At a time when other media and entertainment companies are reporting downbeat earnings, Lionsgate’s numbers roared past analysts’ expectations Monday with its second-best quarter ever amid growth in nearly every division.
https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118007120.html?categoryid=18&cs=1&nid=2563
Move follows breakdown in negotiations between firms
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3idb676dc68387c3add49f6dd58b72eaf2
