Re: If they can't take the heat...

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From: Larry Bud
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:09

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> > WalMart isn't telling the studios how they can sell their product -
> > but they ARE telling the studios that they won't be selling as many
> > DVDs through WalMart.
>
> Yes they are.
> " Wal-Mart has overtly threatened to retaliate if they go into business with
> Apple. "
>  "sent "cases and cases" of DVDs back to Disney, "
> " David Porter - the executive responsible for stocking the retailer's
> shelves with DVDs and CDs and whose influence is so immense in Tinseltown
> that he's been named to Premiere magazine's annual power list - made the
> rounds of Hollywood studios. His message, according to a studio exec
> involved in the discussions: that there would be "serious ramifications" if
> the studios hopped in bed with Apple."
> 
> What would you call it?

Good business practice.

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From: "Larry Bud" <larrybud2002@yahoo.com>
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