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Grinch beats Ralphie as Christmas favorite

DEC. 3 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas' Grinch (pictured) beat out Ralphie from A Christmas Story and Miracle on 34th Street's Kris Kringle as America's favorite Christmas movie character, according to a Redbox poll. More

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  • What will it take to stop file sharing?
    Tim Lee: 'It’s becoming increasingly clear to me that vigorous prosecution of the war on file sharing will lead to some deeply illiberal results.'
  • AT&T To Cut 12,000 Jobs
    AT&T, the largest telecommunications company in the U.S., announced Thursday plans to lay off about 12,000 workers, or 4% of its total workforce, resulting in a $600 million charge in the fourth quarter.
  • Tough times for Viacom
    Media giant Viacom Inc. on Thursday announced across-the-board job cuts as part of a sweeping restructuring meant to align the company’s organization and overall cost structure with the rapidly changing media landscape and the deteriorating economic environment.

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Paul Sweeting
MEDIA WONK

December 4, 2008
Kangaroo court
Recommended reading: Dan Cryan and Arash Amel of Screen Digest have an excellent anal...
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Samantha Clark
DISC DISH

December 4, 2008
Pride and Glory DVD, Blu-ray
Edward Norton and Colin Farrell seem like a dream cast to star in a thriller, bu...
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Susanne Ault
BLU STATE

December 2, 2008
Lost Creators See Full Series in Blu
Heading into its fifth season, Lost could turn out to be the first major full se...
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Laurence Lerman
DVDIALOG

December 1, 2008
Jeff Dunham: Phone Interview with a Ventriloquist
I had to tell Jeff Dunham about my planned headline for our brief telephone interview...
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Samantha Clark
THE DOWN LOW

November 26, 2008
Netflix on Xbox live
Netflix's streaming service is smooth and speedy through Xbox Live, but a good Intern...
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Marcy Magiera
BETWEEN THE LINES

November 26, 2008
Thankful, after all
In this season of economic doom and gloom, it’s awfully easy to feel the world ...
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Batman at Hard Rock
Warner held a release party for The Dark Knight at the Hard Rock Café in Universal City, Calif., on Dec. 2. The Batman film streets Dec. 9 on DVD and Blu-ray.
Shout pitches Phillies
Shout Factory held a premiere screening of World Series Film: Phillies vs. Rays on Nov. 24 at Cinema De Lux in Philadelphia. The DVD is now available, and the Blu-ray version streets Dec. 16.
Mayor of Who-ville at NYSE
To promote the Dec. 9 release of Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!, the Mayor of Who-ville and Fox executives rang the Opening Bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Nov. 26.

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Rentrak

Market Data


Hancock blew away the competition, landing at the top of sellers and renters.


Top DVD Sellers

RANKTITLE
1 HANCOCK
2 WALL-E
3 FRED CLAUS

Top DVD Rentals

RANKTITLE
1 HANCOCK
2 TROPIC THUNDER
3 WALL-E


Source: Rentrak Corp.; week ended 11/29/2008

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Sweeting 11/25/2008
OPINION: Big Blue's big box
Paul Sweeting is editor of Content Agenda
NOV. 25 | Blockbuster’s roll out of a set-top box for playing digitally delivered movies will inevitably draw comparisons with Netflix and its partnerships, but the two DVD retailers’ approaches to digital delivery are not the same, reflecting both their different histories and different views of life without DVDs.
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Guest 7/11/2008
OPINION: Learning from the past
Samantha Clark is managing editor of VB (smclark@reedbusiness.com).
JULY 11 | Warner’s Blu-ray promotion is reminiscent of DVD’s early days
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