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Ken Pellman

I was a Disneyland Cast Member for 15 years. Currently a freelance writer.

Regal Getting More 3-D, Time Warner Cable Split

In distribution news, Regal Entertainment Group has reached a deal with Real D 3D to upgrade 1,500 cinema screens with 3-D technology.  In addition to Regal Cinemas, Regal also owns the United Artists  cinemas and Edwards Cinemas. Time Warner plans to go ahead and fully… Read More »Regal Getting More 3-D, Time Warner Cable Split

Who Sued Roger Rabbit?

Remember the legal wrangling over Winnie the Pooh?  That kept lawyers employed for decades.  But that’s old news.  The news these days, especially in legal circles, is about Roger Rabbit.  From Reuters/Hollywood Reporter comes this report on the fight between author Gary Wolf and Disney… Read More »Who Sued Roger Rabbit?

Disney Gets Sued Over ‘Teacup Beating’ Incident

So now Disney is getting sued over the ‘teacup beating’ incident that took place at Walt Disney World Resort.  Sure, Disney has deep pockets, so I can understand why someone would file this lawsuit.  However, what could Disney really have done to prevent an attack… Read More »Disney Gets Sued Over ‘Teacup Beating’ Incident

Digital Domain and the Elusive IPO

It’s not so easy to be like Pixar.  The digitial effects house that Terminator 2: Judgment Day built, is finding private investment offers more appealing than IPO prospects.  Whether that means there’s not enough interest for a decent IPO or that the private offers are really… Read More »Digital Domain and the Elusive IPO

Viacom Takes the Lead in Planning a New Pay TV Channel

A couple years back, Sumner Redstone’s National Amusements split Viacom (parent company of Paramount Pictures) from CBS.  Now it looks like Viacom and CBS will compete in one more area. Kenneth LiMon reports for Reuters/Nielsen. Sumner Redstone’s Viacom Inc will launch a premium TV and… Read More »Viacom Takes the Lead in Planning a New Pay TV Channel

Studios, Theme Parks Go to Dubai

Ryan Nakashima, Associate Press business writer, checks in with a look at the Hollywood studio and theme park companies’ efforts in Dubai. But even as the ink dries on the billion-dollar deals in the United Arab Emirates, movie studios are grappling with ways to make their signature… Read More »Studios, Theme Parks Go to Dubai

Six Flags Wants Some Disney Magic

It’s been ten years since Time Warner sold off Six Flags Theme Parks to Premier Parks, which subsequently adopted the Six Flags name. Six Flags parks have used Warner Brothers characters since, just as they did before Time Warner bought the company. Now it looks… Read More »Six Flags Wants Some Disney Magic

Traditional Broadcasting Continues to “Adapt”

It’s not a good time for journalists, or to be a terrestrial radio personality. As newspapers merge and cut back and radio stations cut back, ABC competitor CBS is cutting back the news staff at the network and its stations. Jacob Adelman has the story for the Associated Press.

CBS-owned TV stations in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago are reducing their news staffs. The cuts include two well-known anchors in Los Angeles, five on-air veterans in San Francisco and one of Chicago’s highest-paid anchors.

About a dozen news staffers will depart KCBS-TV and KCAL-TV in Los Angeles, according to a person who works at one of the CBS-owned stations and requested anonymity because policy prohibits disclosing personnel matters.

KCBS and KCAL (formerly owned by The Walt Disney Company) are both owned by CBS, with KCBS carrying the network programming and with the stations sharing a newsroom and personnel. CBS also owns Los Angeles news radio stations KFWB AM 980 and KNX AM 1070, and there is further crossover with them.

The person told The Associated Press on Tuesday that longtime anchors Ann Martin and Harold Greene will leave when their contracts expire in May. Others, including reporters Jennifer Sabih and Jennifer Davis, were laid off Monday.

Technical staff was also trimmed, the person said.

More details about who is getting cut where is at the link.

Georg Szalai and Kimberly Nordyke have the Reuters/Hollywood Reporter take. My thoughts are after the jump.

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