Home Media Magazine - December 28, 2008 - (Page 3) www.homemediamagazine.com MENU FROM THE EDITOR BY THOMAS K. ARNOLD, PUBLISHER www.homemediamagazine.com Ending 2008 on a Positive Note PUBLISHER & EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Thomas K. Arnold EDITOR IN CHIEF Stephanie Prange EDITORIAL Managing Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angelique Flores Senior Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erik Gruenwedel Senior Reporter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Tribbey Assistant Managing Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Latchem Associate Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Billy Gil, Kyra Kudick Contributors. . . . . . . . . John Gaudiosi, Anne Sherber, Fred Topel, Ralph Tribbey, Holly J. Wagner Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Lee T ART Art Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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And I’m not just supermarket. The movie kiosk was in constant use and at one talking home entertainment, but everything. point even had a line several people deep. If there’s anything positive to keep us in a celebratory mood Home entertainment’s economic advantage, if you will, is that when the new year dawns, if there’s any reason to keep the you get a lot of value for a relatively minor amount of money, champagne flowing instead of chugging cheap beer, it’s that and honestly I don’t know of anyone who doesn’t appreciate home entertainment has a historic resilience to economic hard a bargain these days. Everyone, and I mean everyone, is cuttimes. I firmly believe any further hits we take ting back. I’ve been buying soup, cheese and won’t be nearly as precipitous as those taken RENTING A MOVIE IS EVEN tortillas and making my own lunch at work by other industries. CHEAPER [THAN BUYING instead of stepping out every day. I’ve been Consider the bargain of buying a DVD or ONE], AND THANKS TO handing out DVDs I get for free as Christmas even a Blu-ray Disc. Over the Thanksgiving NETFLIX AND THOSE OMNI- gifts, and instead of joining a gym, I merely holiday, I saw decent DVDs at Wal-Mart sell- PRESENT KIOSKS, IT’S MORE added an extra mile to my daily walk and ing for two bucks, and Blu-ray Disc prices CONVENIENT THAN EVER. joined a free aerobics class at the office taught have been cascading downward to the point by a co-worker. where consumers can now find a tidy selection of good titles So as we close the books on 2008, let’s all keep our collecon sale for as little as $15. That sure beats the price of a night tive chins up. Despite the much-publicized travails of home out on the town, or even a night at the movies, particularly if entertainment, from slipping DVD sales and a slower-thanyou happen to have bought a huge new plasma TV just before expected uptake for Blu-ray Discs to misguided analysts who the economy crashed. would have us believe the whole world is moving to digital Renting a movie is even cheaper, and thanks to Netflix and downloading, we’re still in a pretty good place. those omnipresent kiosks, it’s more convenient than ever. Handing out campaign fliers for my Carlsbad City Council run Thomas K. Arnold’s e-mail address is tarnold@questex.com MARKETING Marketing Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristina Kronenberg 714/338-6743 Marketing Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kaitlyn DeWaard IN THIS ISSUE DEC. 28, 2008-JAN. 4, 2009 / VOL. 30 / NO. 52 Iron Man DIGITAL MEDIA Online Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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Pipeline ………………………… 19 Writer-director Mark Duplass answers questions about indie satire Baghead; Joss Whedon’s “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” comes to DVD via Amazon’s CreateSpace; Warner and Turner Classic Movies have a Doris Day set; Lionsgate and HIT Entertainment slate “Wallace and Gromit” titles. I THE FUTURE OF PACKAGED MEDIA ‘09 The Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA), the Content Delivery and Storage Association (CDSA) and the Media-tech Association (MTA) team for an event on the packaged media supply chain. Hilton Los Angeles, Universal City, Calif. Info: www.futurepackagedmedia.com Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist Gay & Lesbian ………………… 14 A listing of the latest titles for the gay and lesbian market, plus Sony Pictures puts the final Broadway per- Just Announced ……………… formance of the musical Rent on DVD and Blu-ray. Warner unveils Body of Lies. 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