Home Media Magazine - March 16-22, 2009 - (Page 5) www.homemediamagazine.com MENU FROM THE EDITOR BY THOMAS K. ARNOLD, PUBLISHER www.homemediamagazine.com PUBLISHER & EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Thomas K. Arnold S tarnold@questex.com EDITOR IN CHIEF Stephanie Prange S sprange@questex.com EDITORIAL Managing Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angelique Flores aflores@questex.com Senior Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erik Gruenwedel egruenwedel@questex.com Senior Reporter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Tribbey ctribbey@questex.com Assistant Managing Editor. . . . . . . . . . . John Latchem jlatchem@questex.com Associate Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . Billy Gil, Kyra Kudick bgil@questex.com S kkudick@questex.com Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erika Carmona ART Art Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Melbert Sebayan msebayan@questex.com Graphic Designer. . . . Charles Park S cpark@questex.com RESEARCH Market Research Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . Kelly Burner kburner@questex.com DIGITAL MEDIA Executive Director . . . . . . . . . . Amy Coronato Osborn acoronato@questex.com S 714/338-6731 Online Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Renee Rosado rrosado@questex.com ADVERTISING 800/338-6700, FAX 714/338-6712 Advertising Sales Representative . . . . John Boezinger jboezinger@questex.com S 714/338-6704 Advertising Sales Representative . . . . . . . Julie Savant jsavant@questex.com S 714/368-1020 Advertising Sales Representative . . . . Kurt Wohlman kwohlman@questex.com 714/338-6749 Business Manager . . . . . Joni Wu S jwu@questex.com Group Administrative Coordinator . . Jennifer Guerena jguerena@questex.com For reprints, call 800-290-5460, ext. 100 or HomeMediaMagazine@reprintbuyer.com For direct-mail lists, call Ilene Schwartz, Kroll Direct, 216/371-1667, FAX 216/371-1669, ilene@krolldirect.com I’ve Finally Joined the Blogosphere I As I state in my first blog entry: “Much of what happens ’m starting a blog. I want to tell you about NOW. I have opinions of things Our new digital marketing guru, Amy Coronato, told me it’s high time I hit the blogosphere. So at the end of this that need to come out NOW. And quite honestly, thanks to week, from what I’m told, we’ll be live and you can read my Facebook and Twitter, I have become quite accustomed to living much of my life on the computer, communicating to brand-new blog at www.homemediamagazine.com. I’ll admit I haven’t been looking forward to being tied folks in blog fashion. “You might not always like what you read, you might disto the computer even more than I already am, what with agree with some of my opinions, and you story commitments, budgeting, e-mailing might have tidbits or suggestions you’d like and IMing. And that’s just on the business I AM COMMITTING TO side of my life. On the personal side I am BEING ONLINE VIRTUALLY to pass along. More power to you — and an avid photographer, videographer and AROUND THE CLOCK SIMPLY please let me know at tarnold@questex. chronicler of the Arnold family’s various BECAUSE THERE’S SO MUCH com. “I plan on updating my blog once, twice a activities, not to mention my newfound HAPPENING IN OUR HOME affinity with Twitter and Facebook — both ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS. day, whenever the spirit moves me, so please check back often. Consider this my own runof which I’ve embraced with gusto, to the point where my Twitter followers now know just about ning commentary on the $22 billion home entertainment everything I’m doing every minute of the day — within industry, from DVDs and Blu-ray Discs to digital copies, digital downloads and however else someone will think of to bring reason, of course. But back to the blog. In essence, I am committing to being on- entertainment to you.” There you have it. Now, please tune in. line virtually around the clock simply because there’s so much happening in our home entertainment business that I can’t begin to write it all in lengthy, well-researched news stories and Thomas K. Arnold’s e-mail address is tarnold@questex.com. His blog can be found at homemediamagazine.com/blog/tks-take. thoughtful, analytical commentaries. IN THIS ISSUE MARCH 16-22, 2009 / VOL. 31 / NO. 11 Circuit City closes its doors; Carl Icahn ends talks to secure seats on Lionsgate’s board; MPAA says RealNetworks destroyed documents needed for a suit against it. MARKETING Marketing Director. . . . . . . . . . . . Kristina Kronenberg kkronenberg@questex.com S 714/338-6743 Marketing Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . Kaitlyn DeWaard kdewaard@questex.com PRODUCTION Production Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rhonda Sande Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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For those not registered with the CCC, send permission request in writing to questexpermissions@reprintbuyer.com or call 800-494-9051 ext. 100. Research ……………………… 18 Disney’s Beverly Hills Chihuahua was top dog on the sales chart, while Fox’s Australia was the top rental. The Cake Eaters I FUTURE OF TELEVISION For those in TV content, technology and distribution. March 24-25 The Roosevelt Hotel, Los Angeles Info: www.televisionconference.com/west Pipeline ………………………… 14 Twilight’s Kristen Stewart looks to wow audiences in another drama, The Cake Eaters; Thora Birch takes on a complex role in Winter of Frozen Dreams; Fanboys lands on DVD. Top 20 Sellers …………………………… 18 Top 20 Rentals and Top 10 Charts ……… 20 I LATINO DVD AWARDS An awards dinner hosted by Home Media Magazine. April 28 Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA), Long Beach Info: www.homemediamagazine.com/latinodvd Printed in the U.S.A. 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