Table of Contents
Week of 07/16/1999

Articles

WIC battle takes toll on earnings

 

Todd-AO profits way down

 

Sportvision gets $9.3 mil influx

 

Entertainment Internet overhauls exec lineup

 

PBS checks in mail

 

Col TriStar TV gets order for Oz drama

 

Murdoch, Kloiber play ad game with soccer

 

NTL confirms talks

 

Harassment suit filed vs. Peters

 

Brailsford to top Promax

 

Spears nets Mouse spec

 

Castle Rock, Peacock plan Morris-led 'Seinfeld' spinoff

 

Koppel, Bettag will be staying the 'Night'

 

Women's squad gives boot to Nielsen record

 

Disney goes digital

 

Cagney's 'Yankee' Oscar for sale

 

Warner loses Daly double

 

The end of the moguls

 

No successor yet but spec starts

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Meister SoundStorm CEO

 

Hard cel for ani events

 

Mediaset revamps

 

Touchstone's 'Coyote' call draws Perabo

 

AMC founder dies of cancer at 78

 

Syndie numbers mixed

 

ValueVision widens scope

 

Players

 

Warners a la Italia

 

'Menace' toys boost Hasbro

 

AMC not for sale despite takeover talk

 

O&O's say no to 'Roseanne'

 

More to Kubrick than first meets the eye

 

ShowEast by SouthEast

 

Premiere mag gifts Acad

 

Lincoln Center churning for 'Butter'

 

'Delight' of the century

 

DirecTV claims big subs in Argentina

 

'Wars' jolts Japan

 

FX steps into biopic ring with Mancini

 

Baldwin, Fonda board 'Thomas'

 

Praiser Perry to Endeavor

 

Mouse brands UPN kidvid

 

Academy governors long on experience

 

CNN adds finance, reworks 'NewsStand'

 

MGM Bonds to homevid

 

Fox Family greenlights 'Cliffhangers' skein

 

UPN reseasons sked

 

Cartoon Net plans L.A. facility

 

Film Roman to ride teen wave

 

TNT gets 'Shafted,' 'Hallowed'

 

Russia's ORT seeking pre-election loans

 

Oz radio hits static over payments

 

Panel backs banning home tax in L.A. County

 

'Noon' comes again

 

Williams goes to 'Pieces' on feature debut

 

Earley to rise at Fox

 

Independent nabs 'Nixon'

 

Rozenfeld inks pact at Fox TV

 

Kingman Films signs trio of helmers for new films

 

Wiczyk climbs Summit as senior prod'n veep

 

CAA firm: No sharing with AMG

 

Singing a new tune

 

Alternative opens L.A. digital studio

 

Star Choice on upswing

 

Oz's TVSN shops for public coin

 

Musicians 'Net stock in themselves

 

Tribune triumphs

 

Witching hour in N.Y.

 

'Wood' a knockout in L.A.

 

Source Awards like Mike

 

Outfest '99 wraps up with aud, jury kudos

 

MTV, Alphaville buy spec

 

ABC notches 'Notting Hill'

 

UMG sees digital music future

 

'Blair' bewitches auds

 

MTV rockin' with telepic slate

 

Herek, Jaffe walk New Line

 

'Eyes' cruises to sexy $22 mil

 

Nets in news overdrive

 

Exec Shuffle

 

New standards set for BBC?

 

UPN whacks 'Smackdown' crix

 

Goldman plots an adventure in the spec trade

 

Finland puts quota debate on EU agenda

 

Grabiner packs for Apax

 

Prez tied to producers' ad pullout

 

Roodman logs onto On2.com

 

TNN picks up pix from WB

 

'Invisible' gets look

 

Hachette will stand behind George mag

 

Pubcasters nonpartisan in trading lists, CEO sez

 

Horvitz to helm Emmycast

 

Diller's 'soft deal

 

'George' staff mourns leader

 

'Lone' lands at Disney

 

PorchLight to lift off with 'Rocket' script

 

'Menace' rolls on

 

Players

 

JFK Jr. news nets ratings

 

EMI tuning up 'Net

 

Viacom set to take Blockbuster public

 

NTL gets sole shot at bid for CWC

 

Sylvester sr. VP at E!

 

Writer revs up 'Black'; 'Wit' gets Light touch

 

Spacey counts on 'Ninth Life'

 

Surveys finds TV aud busy 'Net shopping

 

DIC taps Jessen VP for toon vid wing

 

Station break

 

New signs mark HOB's spot

 

Independence day

 

If it's 'Tuesdays,' it must be Lemmon

 

CAA, Pollack part ways

 

Ignite taps Bernstein senior veep

 

Lieberman off Summit for Mandeville prod'n veep

 

NBC ups promo vet Underhill

 

Vaines heads to Miramax

 

Encore taps Orloff for veep

 

Univision qtr. earnings burgeon

 

Guest Column: Jack Valenti

 

Bullock at top of 'List' for Warners

 

Leave the 'Net be, FCC urges

 

UPN whacks 'Smackdown' crix

 

Viacom vibrant

 

Leive tapped as Self editor

 

Charitable org honors UATC prexy-CEO Hall

 

Big year in Miller's high life

 

Dobbs' Space.com set for Web liftoff

 

U.K. may force BBC stake selloff

 

Helkon facility may revive studios site

 

Broadway shows record B.O. gains

 

N.Y. state to offer up media grants

 

EM.TV to retain listing

 

Japan test casts delayed

 

House bashes PBS

 

Cuneo powers up as Marvel chief

 

Fox Family adds Webisodes

 

Broadcast.com to 'Net Overseas pics

 

Clogged pipeline

 

Soccer clubs seek more coin

 

Gov't backs Moscow fest

 

Broadcast nets, cable ratings up

 

'GvsE,' 'Vices,' news reel viewers to cable

 

Comedy showdown expected at Emmys

 

High-profile Eureka set for launch

 

France's Lagardere back in TV biz

 

World Briefs

 

Charity auction still feels JFK Jr.'s influence

 

NABET OKs ABC pact

 

Miramax taps Gumpert senior VP at Dimension

 

BAFTA dubs kudo after Kubrick

 

'Amadeus' fine-tuned for B'way

 

Emmy Watch

 

Donal McCann

 

Players

 

Web music hot as MP3 goes public

 

Lifetime exec exodus

 

'Matinee' opens Locarno

 

Lipsky's new Lot 47 in online distrib 'Zone'

 

Egerton tops NBC West law

 

Ziffren to sr. VP for Fox Music

 

Boner upped at Universal

 

Fox Family ups Keller to exec VP of reality

 

MGM inks Wimmer for action franchise

 

U ups Johnson to veep post

 

Pic spooks studios

 

WB recruits Ayer's 'Training Day'

 

Hunter to walk 'Dog'

 

WB Net taps Turell for exec VP post

 

Calm Down raises Eye's brow with first-look deal

 

Mandalay, Col TriStar extend pact

 

'Mission' moving to 2000

 

Frog web, WBTV synch on synergy

 

Shooting Gallery aims for U deal

 

Frankenheimer, Miramax pact

 

IEG's Splendid handshake

 

NBC's new best 'Friends'

 

Gates set to keynote CES

 

EMI downloading CDs in record store kiosks

 

Judge rules that Kit Kat must scat

 

Harbeck to ankle Sundance Channel

 

Sundance composes roster

 

Duo nabs rights to U.S. cyclist's story

 

Keeping Bard in site

 

DT eyes stake in AOL

 

Kinowelt B.O. take boosted by 'Hour'

 

Licenser goes to Market

 

Zollo to stage Goodwin's 'World'

 

Katz to top New York mag

 

How Winners Are Chosen

 

Viktor Liberman

 

Roberta Sherwood

 

Doordarshan gets OK for digital DTH

 

Odeon, Par ink pic prod'n deal

 

Zee Net to offer fare in English

 

EC plans pubcasters probe

 

G'Day for Austar as debut on exchange reaps $297 mil

 

'Menace' hits mark

 

Online fare in spotlight at Mipcom

 

Gaga fills up with 2000 pix

 

Coppola: Kennedys inspired 'Godfather' themes

 

CAA hopes to make IPIX H'wood player

 

Bizkit takes back seat to Backstreet

 

Acad to salute Hitch with rare screenings

 

2 L.A. preems at Cinematheque

 

Smithsonian gets into the act on Col's 'Patriot'

 

Littlefield inks Franks

 

Syndie stalwarts slump during summer

 

Col TriStar ups Kent to sr. VP, int'l prod

 

'Access' overhaul

 

Pols petition biz to curb sex, violence

 

RealNet revs rocket

 

Insight gains cash on 1st trading

 

Money for a song

 

Eye web taps Taub as senior veep-CFO

 

Denmead praisery ups Leonard to senior veep

 

Sked trips Cage, who ankles pic

 

Crix sock it to Fox

 

Critics blast MPAA, WB for altering 'Eyes'

 

Sogecable offering reaps 20% gain

 

Col's got a Thingworld going on

 

Fireworks goes off with TV prod'n slate

 

Phoenix files legal eagle

 

Guest Column: Roger Ebert

 

ABC taps Shaw exec VP in sales shuffle

 

Tricor wins Vietnam rights to 3 pix

 

Nick's Hunter to L.A. as prod'n VP

 

NBC scares up Wolfe 'Man'; Obst boards 'Storm'

 

Spending spree

 

Allen 'Sweet' on Sony deal

 

Nets shut out of 'Eyes'

 

Wolf reups at USA

 

Bel Air & Warners engage Ephron to escort 'Marriage'

 

Miramax sees signs of 'Life' in Chinese market

 

Hair-raising tales

 

Rollicks with 'Trick'

 

Indie producer logs onto eBay for casting call, rights

 

Urbanworld unveils fest lineup

 

Peek to stage 'Fearless'

 

Primetime Emmy noms - List 3

 

Primetime Emmy noms - List 1

 

Primetime Emmy noms - List 2

 

Primetime Emmy noms - List 3

 

Emmy noms: the mob squad

 

Reviews

Loudon Wainwright III

Small Vices

Gvse

Dwm

Drop Dead Gorgeous

DWM (Divorced White Male)

Small Vices

GvsE

Drop Dead Gorgeous

Loudon Wainwright III

Take My Advice: The Ann and Abby Story

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

The Dinner Game

Lilith Fair

The Coq Is Dead

Floyd Collins

Rose

The Madras House

Camino Real

The Apocalypse Via Bob and Cher

Superlove

Soul Ache

Oi! Warning

The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg

Downhill City

Muppets from Space

Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien

Southpaw

Who's the Caboose?

Drop Dead Gorgeous - Yuks Are on Yokeldom in Broad-Stroke Satire

Rewind

Green Desert

Dwm

Manolito Gafotas

The Joys of Smoking

Solo Shuttle

The City of Marvels

The Story of a Bad Boy

Kismet

Bang Boom Bang: A Dead-Cert Thing

Coming Soon

Undressed

The Dick & Paula Celebrity Special

Samite

The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg

Bonanno: A Godfather's Story

The Iron Giant

Sugar Ray

Play On!

Die! Mommy! Die!

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