The 411 On Reed Business Sale: Who Wants To Be Variety's Owner?
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Who wasn't gobsmacked by Reed Elsevier's announcement this AM that it plans to sell Reed Business Information, the magazine publishing division that includes Variety and Daily Variety, Broadcasting and Cable, Multichannel News, and Publishers Weekly. Well, everyone except Reed Business U.S. CEO Tad Smith who sent a memo reassuring his staff that "the announcement this morning neither surprises ...
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James Rocchi: The Moviegoer: Six Ways of Watching the Oscars
Published 2/22/2008 by James Rocchi at Huffington Post Entertainment Blog
... . When the relatively low box-office take of the Oscar nominees is discussed, it'll be a reminder that the movie industry can't figure out how to get grown-ups into the theater. When Variety publishes its round-up of the awards (in an edition made significantly thinner by the absence of the "For Your Consideration" ads that fatten the magazine and the bottom line during the prelude to Awards season), it'll be a reminder that that publication is for sale. Every moment at the Oscars can, potentially, be viewed as a reminder that the landscape of entertainment is changing ...
