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Scared hens in the Fox house

Posted onAugust 6, 2009AuthorThe Media Wonk

Somewhere, Tom Freston is laughing. Remember when News Corp. was supposed to have figured out this New Media thing way better than the other media empires, and Sumner Redstone was firing Freston for letting Rupert Murdoch snare MySpace? These days, not so much. New Corp., in fact, appears to be getting a bit panicky over Read More …

Disney wins the race to be third on Hulu

Posted onApril 30, 2009AuthorThe Media Wonk1 Comment

In Hollywood, there’s always a race to be the third studio into any new platform, format or distribution channel. No one ever wants to go first, because it usually means pissing off your existing distribution partners, some of which (Wal-Mart) have the leverage to make their displeasure hurt. Going second is okay, but you still Read More …