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Gun Hill slate a sound investment

The Wall Street funds that have poured more than $10 billion into Hollywood film-slate financing during the past two years are now bracing for a day of reckoning, or so goes the conventional wisdom in this town. But is there cause for apprehension?

Digital TV overhaul to begin in '09

Broadcasters announce $697 million campaign

Wii powers Nintendo past $85 billion

Investors sent the stock soaring another 5.3%

AOL slashes global workforce by 20%

Time Warner company eliminating 2,000 jobs

Besson's EuropaCorp buys Roissy

Company's catalog has 500 titles

WGA strike talks log digital divide

Sides still far apart on new media revenues

Bigscreen ad revenues rise

CAC figures show 15% increase in 2006

Pancho Mansfield joins Fox TV

Company also taps Diego Suarez, Karyn Smith

Jeffrey Schneider nabs Lifetime gig

Exec will serve as senior VP of business affairs

Global TV production shifts

International centers sprouting in bunches

Braun resigns from Bonnier Group

Exiting CEO will remain on board of directors

American Film Market planning guide

Info and pointers for those headed to the event

Lloyd Kaufman has a plan for IFTA

Troma topper takes chair and looks to future

Media upstarts find funds in London

Ambitious companies look for capital in capital

Peter Smith

New president of NBC Universal International

Joanna Shields

International president of social site Bebo

Steve Norris

Director of film at mega visual f/x co. Framestore

Laura Mackie

ITV's drama executive keeps network in balance

Sandy Lieberson, A. Wootton, Mia Bays

Film London trio changing UK landscape

Duncan Heath

UK's top movie agent loves to entertain

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New Line milestone

New Line's Michael Lynne and Bob Shaye with Jane Fonda at the Time Warner Center in Gotham for Friday's benefit gala.

Citizens of Coen Brothers 'Country'

Ethan Coen, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Noah Baumbach at Saturday's 'No Country For Old Men' preem party.

L.A. Phil bow sings

Jack Nicholson with L.A. Phil Assn. prexy Deborah Borda during the org's gala on Thursday.

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ShowEast

One of the bigger questions facing attendees at ShowEast this year: How will "Summer of '08 -- the Non-Sequel" play?
• Concert films pump up the volume

AFM Preview

Fall is getting crowded for pic purveyors.
• AFM kicks off amid fest-packed fall

Mipcom 2007

There was a time when advertising executives at major content markets like Mipcom were few and far between.
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• Marketers spread influence at Mipcom

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TV Ratings

Another sweeps period has come and gone. The life and death of television shows, new and old, could be determined by the upcoming Nielsen numbers. Variety chronicles the hits, flops, battles and surprises on the small screen.

Digital Cinema

At a recent digital cinema event in Hollywood, a speaker joked that it was no accident exhibs had dubbed nonfeature content "Other Digital Stuff." That's O-D-S for short. Pronounced odious. The line was meant as a joke, but many exhibs act like that's what they think.

Global Independents

Hedge funds aren't just for the majors anymore. While the first round of big fund players -- Dune, Virtual, Legendary, Gun Hill -- focused on studio slates and would-be blockbusters, investors have a new target in the entertainment business, with potentially lower risks and higher returns: specialized film.

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