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Article #110Pop.com is no more! - FilmIndustry.com Update 09/08
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Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 04:24
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 04:24
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Recent Postings @ FilmIndustry.com
Newly re-designed, with daily industry news and stats!
FilmIndustry.com is the open source on filmmaking.=20
It offers news, community and directory resources for all film, =
television and new media professionals. =20
We're Hiring! (see below)=20
You@FilmIndustry.com. The Power e-mail address! Details.
Dot.com news: Pop dead - Shockwave shifting - MPAA gearing up for future =
online hardball
Wow!!! Am I being paranoid here or have we just had a sort of Hollywood =
digital version of the Night of the Long Knives happen?
1) Pop.com, the supposedly kick-ass entertainment site that Steven =
Spielberg, Ron Howard, Jeffrey Katzenberg and Microsoft's Paul Allen =
were working on, has officially gone under without ever actually =
launching.
2) Shockwave.com has cut staff and announced a dramatic shift away =
from projects involving certain high-profile creative types such as Tim =
Burton, James L Brooks, Harland Williams and the SOUTH PARK dudes, Trey =
Parker and Matt Stone, and instead will focus more on online gaming.=20
3) Good ole Jack Valenti and the MPAA have just announced that we =
can expect the secure online downloading of Hollywood features in " . as =
little as one year." Does this not all fly in the face of all the recent =
expert opinions we've been hearing lately attesting to the fact that the =
words "secure", "online" and "download" should never all appear in the =
same sentence? http://www.filmindustry.com/article.php?sid=3D440
It's the 25th Anniversary of North America's most important film =
festival and specialty filmmakers are in trouble
If this a Thursday in early September, it must be about time for the =
gala opening of The Toronto International Film Festival. But there is a =
shadow of sorts this year over Toronto. It concerns the plight of the =
so-called "specialty film" and the problem that there appear to be more =
of them on the market now than distributors know what to do with. =
http://www.filmindustry.com/article.php?sid=3D441
Why should the film industry care about the recent MP3.COM ruling?
The ongoing sagas and conflicts of Napster, MP3.com, Gnutella. DivX, =
DeCSS et al are clearly the media issues of this millennial moment. Read =
FilmIndustry.com's reaction. =
http://www.filmindustry.com/article.php?sid=3D443
The stories behind some of Hollywood's casting decisions can be weird =
indeed
http://www.filmindustry.com/article.php?sid=3D437
Who is Caveh Zahedi and why is he telling us all his life story?
http://www.filmindustry.com/article.php?sid=3D436
And much, much more....
We're Hiring! FilmIndustry.com is looking for experienced field =
reporters to cover film industry news and events in their part of the =
world.=20
Appropriate candidates should be well connected in established =
international film industry centers. LA - NYC - LONDON - DELHI - TOKYO =
- TORONTO - HONG KONG . . . .=20
Interested? Please fill out a profile in the FilmIndustry.com =
Professional Directory and then email your user name =
tojobs@filmindustry.com
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Got a scoop? We always welcome your news, views, product reports, cool =
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face=3DArial size=3D4><STRONG><EM><A=20
href=3D"http://www.filmindustry.com/article.php?sid=3D440">Dot.com news: =
Pop dead -=20
Shockwave shifting - MPAA gearing up for future online=20
hardball</A></EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Wow!!! Am I being paranoid here or have =
we just had=20
a sort of Hollywood digital version of the Night of the Long Knives =
happen?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> 1) Pop.com, the =
supposedly=20
kick-ass entertainment site that Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard, =
Jeffrey=20
Katzenberg and Microsoft's Paul Allen were working on, has =
officially gone=20
under without ever actually launching.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> 2) Shockwave.com has =
cut staff=20
and announced a dramatic shift away from projects involving certain =
high-profile creative types such as Tim Burton, James L Brooks,=20
Harland Williams and the SOUTH PARK dudes, Trey Parker and Matt =
Stone, and=20
instead will focus more on online gaming. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> 3) Good ole Jack =
Valenti and the=20
MPAA have just announced that we can expect the secure online =
downloading=20
of Hollywood features in " … as little as one year." Does this not =
all fly in=20
the face of all the recent expert opinions we've been hearing =
lately=20
attesting to the fact that the words "secure", "online" and =
"download"=20
should never all appear in the same sentence? <A=20
href=3D"http://www.filmindustry.com/article.php?sid=3D440">http://www.fil=
mindustry.com/article.php?sid=3D440</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D4><STRONG><EM><A=20
href=3D"http://www.filmindustry.com/article.php?sid=3D441">It's the 25th =
Anniversary=20
of North America's most important film festival and specialty =
filmmakers=20
are in trouble</A></EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>If this a Thursday in early September, =
it must be=20
about time for the gala opening of The Toronto International Film =
Festival.=20
But there is a shadow of sorts this year over Toronto. It concerns the=20
plight of the so-called "specialty film" and the problem that there =
appear=20
to be more of them on the market now than distributors know what to =
do=20
with. <A =
href=3D"http://www.filmindustry.com/article.php?sid=3D441"><FONT =
face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>http://www.filmindustry.com/article.php?sid=3D441</FONT></A></FO=
NT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><STRONG><EM><A=20
href=3D"http://www.filmindustry.com/article.php?sid=3D443">Why should =
the film=20
industry care about the recent MP3.COM=20
ruling?</A></EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The ongoing sagas and conflicts of =
Napster,=20
MP3.com, Gnutella. DivX, DeCSS et al are clearly the media issues =
of this=20
millennial moment. Read FilmIndustry.com's reaction. <A=20
href=3D"http://www.filmindustry.com/article.php?sid=3D443">http://www.fil=
mindustry.com/article.php?sid=3D443</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><EM><STRONG><A=20
href=3D"http://www.filmindustry.com/article.php?sid=3D437">The stories =
behind some=20
of Hollywood's casting decisions can be weird=20
indeed</A></STRONG></EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20
href=3D"http://www.filmindustry.com/article.php?sid=3D437">http://www.fil=
mindustry.com/article.php?sid=3D437</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20
href=3D"http://www.filmindustry.com/article.php?sid=3D436"><EM><STRONG>Wh=
o is Caveh=20
Zahedi and why is he telling us all his=20
life story?</STRONG></EM></A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20
href=3D"http://www.filmindustry.com/article.php?sid=3D436">http://www.fil=
mindustry.com/article.php?sid=3D436</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2><EM><STRONG></STRONG></EM></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20
href=3D"http://www.filmindustry.com/"><EM><STRONG>And much, much=20
more....</STRONG></EM></A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3D2><U><FONT face=3DArial>We're=20
Hiring!</FONT></U> </FONT></STRONG><EM><FONT=20
size=3D2>FilmIndustry.com is looking for experienced field reporters to =
cover film=20
industry news and events in their part of the world. <BR>Appropriate =
candidates=20
should be well connected in established international film industry=20
centers. LA - NYC - LONDON - DELHI - TOKYO - TORONTO - HONG =
KONG . .=20
. . <BR>Interested? Please fill out a profile in the =
FilmIndustry.com=20
Professional Directory and then email your user name =
to</FONT></EM><EM><A=20
href=3D"mailto:jobs@filmindustry.com"><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>jobs@filmindustry.com</FONT></A><BR><FONT size=3D2><FONT=20
face=3DArial> </FONT><BR><FONT face=3DArial>Got a scoop? We always =
welcome your=20
news, views, product reports, cool links and otherwise good=20
information.</FONT></FONT></EM></DIV>
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