Think Future GN panel video up
Speaking of PW AND videos, we have a new area for multi-media content, and one of the first is a video of last fall's Think Future panel on "Harnessing the Power of Graphic Novels".
PW’s...
UPDATE: The continuing obsession with sales figures
The Great Bookscan debate continues. Rich Johnston has helpfully leaked the actual chart so everyone can play along at home. ADD, Brian Hibbs and Dick Hyacinth all weigh in with second third or 99th...
Updated: Boom gets $600k
It seems that Boom! Studios has joined the ranks of comics publishers getting a little VC pie: The Los Angeles company, officially known as Boom Entertainment, has just taken a $600,000 investment from...
Bookscan revisited
We've been trying to collect our thoughts on Brian Hibbs 2007 Bookscan analysis all week but what with catching up on 500+ emails, work, laundry, getting engaged and all, we have had a...
RBI for sale
As you may have heard, yesterday Reed Elsevier announced they were selling off RBI, the b2b publishing end of their operation, including Variety, Broadcasting and Cable, and, yes, Publishers Weekly, the home of this...
Marvel’s dark ’09
Remember when Marvel Studios was one of the independent movie studios who signed a separate interim deal with the WGA? It turns out there was quite a bit of urgency behind this, as...
HeavyInk: Learning, sharing, shopping
HeavyInk is a new comics e-tailer that offers social networking functionality with its 20% discount. We'll let you parse the press release:
After a period of public beta, comics retail and social networking site HeavyInk...
Marvel: Profits more than double, Publishing up 6% in Q4
Marvel had its quarterly earnings call today, and the picture was rosy, led by a rise in net income from $11.7 million in Q4 2006 to $27.6 million in Q4 2007. The rise...
Platinum goes public
Some news from late last week: Platinum Studios is now a publicly traded company. Follow along at PDOS.
Platinum Studios, Inc. (OTCBB: PDOS), an entertainment company that controls an international library of more than...
WGA Strike — patches of blue sky!
Get out your Oscar frock! Both Nikki Finke and the NY Times are reporting a settlement may near :
Informal talks between representatives of Hollywood’s striking writers and production companies have eliminated the major roadblocks...
News and notes
§ Adrian Tomine interviewed by Terry Gross.
§ Direct link to Shaenon Garrity's Compleat Overlooked Manga Festival. BOOKMARK.
§ You gotta pay wholesale now.
§ Sam and Max in Surfin' the Highway will be out this...
Cold Cut’s mystery future
For months, the LJ of Cold Cut Distribution employee Matt High has been spotlighting his spectacular vacation photos. Of late it started talking about packing up and moving. A post yesterday spelled it out
Still...
