Hollywood

From the studio that brought you “The Godfather,” “Titanic” and “Forrest Gump” comes an all-new title: “Paramount's Paramount Blow.” Viacom, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA) (NASDAQ: VIAB) subsidiary Paramount Pictures announced Tuesday the end of its...

On June 7, 1997, Paul Glantz sat alone in his new Emagine theater in Birch Run, Mich. Down the road, the pubs poached his usual patrons, luring them in with beer and tiny televisions to watch the Red Wings take the Stanley Cup. They’d known what the people wanted and had met demands. But...

If Hollywood still mandates what’s cool and what’s not, a challenge may be looming for tobacco adversaries. Studies reveal the reemergence of cigarettes as a common prop, sagging from the mouths of America’s cultural icons. Tobacco incidents in top-grossing movies increased 72...

"People get confused," the late Steve Jobs once said. "Companies get confused. When they start getting bigger, they want to replicate their initial success. And a lot of them think, 'Well, somehow, there’s some magic in the process of how that success was created.' So...

Hollywood’s obsession with sequels seems to be getting worse and worse. According to CNN Money’s Frank Pallotta, there have already been 16 movie sequels released in theaters in 2016. This weekend’s big opening, “Independence Day: Resurgence” is yet another sequel and...

Big Data is playing a major role in the newest TV shows and movies. According to Ad Age, Hollywood now uses social media data to turn the public into a massive focus group for its new content. Producers can harvest social media data to identify trending topics and ideas to incorporate into new...

Three new Internet-based video streaming models are challenging the traditional cable network model. The Internet has lowered the barrier to entry in the media world, increased the value proposition for advertisers, and given consumers an unprecedented number of options. Citi sees...

The European Union's overhaul of the region's digital market has seen many major US tech companies come under fire. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) is being questioned about its privacy policy, Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) has been accused of anticompetitive behavior and Amazon.com, Inc. (...

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) and Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) have opened new avenues for movie and TV producers to deliver their content, and in doing so they are changing the way Hollywood functions. Related Link: Pivotal Research Analyst Says Comcast-Netflix Deal Would Not Make Sense...

Remember when Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) was little more than an online video rental store? Times have changed. Sunday they changed some more as the video rental plus streaming video service won a best director Emmy for David Fincher of House of Cards. From a convenient way to rent DVDs to even...

Three years ago, Disney (NYSE: DIS) took a major gamble and poured $200 million into a new movie franchise. Unlike John Carter, this franchise was not based on a book. Unlike The Lone Ranger, it was not based on an old radio show. Disney poured its hard-earned money into Prince of Persia, a...