Home Media Magazine - December 21, 2008 - (Page 5) www.homemediamagazine.com MENU FROM THE EDITOR BY STEPHANIE PRANGE, EDITOR IN CHIEF www.homemediamagazine.com Our Captains, Our Visionaries 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 I ART Art Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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Jennifer Guerena 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 n this issue of Home Media Magazine, we honor the top They are independent. leaders in our industry, those who steer the ship of home HBO’s Henry McGee has steered a cable company into one of entertainment. the top DVD and Blu-ray producers in the industry. Each has made his or her own contribution, whether a veteran They are on the front lines. of the home video industry from the early days, such as Sony’s Best Buy’s Jill Hamburger, Blockbuster’s Jim Keyes and WalDavid Bishop, or more recent innovators, such as Amazon’s Jeff Mart’s Gary Severson are helping to make important links to Bezos, Netflix’s Reed Hastings and Redbox’s Gregg Kaplan. the customer at retail. They’ve been at the forefront in taking They are widely respected. the new high-definition format Blu-ray Disc to “He’s a visionary leader who brings tremen- ‘HOME MEDIA MAGAZINE’ new heights. They are the retail backbone of dous passion to every thing he does,” said HAS TAKEN A MOMENT TO the home entertainment business. Disney’s Lori MacPherson of captain Bob RECOGNIZE THE CAPTAINS OF Each has a devoted and talented staff, and Chapek. He “constantly exceeds expectations THE HOME ENTERTAINMENT there are many other key players in this multiand inspires fellow employees to do the same,” SHIP — THE LEADERS THAT billion-dollar business. added Disney’s Gordon Ho. KEEP IT MOVING FORWARD. But as we end the year after the wild sucThey also exhibit distinct personalities. cess of one format, DVD, and on the cusp “Eisuke can at times be a man of few words, but he is at ALL of the expected success of another, Blu-ray Disc, Home Media times a man of great action,” said producer Jon Landau of Magazine has taken a moment to recognize the captains of the Panasonic’s Eisuke Tsuyuzaki. home entertainment ship — the leaders that keep it moving They are steady rudders in changing home entertainment forward. seas. Warner’s Ron Sander, Fox’s Mike Dunn, Lionsgate’s Home Media Magazine offers congratulations to those strong Steve Beeks, Paramount’s Kelley Avery and Universal’s Craig and steady voices who drive our business. Kornblau join Bishop and others in their long-standing commitment to the business. Stephanie Prange’s e-mail address is sprange@questex.com MARKETING Marketing Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristina Kronenberg 714/338-6743 Marketing Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kaitlyn DeWaard IN THIS ISSUE DEC. 21-27, 2008 / VOL. 30 / NO. 51 ON THE WEB The House Bunny DIGITAL MEDIA Online Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Renee Rosado PRODUCTION Production Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bonnie Ling Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jennifer Evans 714/338-6769 OFFICES 714/338-6700, 800/371-6897, FAX 714/338-6710 homemediamagazine@questex.com 201 East Sandpointe Ave., Suite 500 Santa Ana, CA 92707-8716 I CHECK OUT OUR REVIEWS Our latest DVD and Blu-ray Disc reviews are now online, at homemediamagazine.com/ news/Reviews. Some of this week’s reviews include The House Bunny, a comedy starring Anna Faris as a former Playboy Bunny who becomes the head of a sorority house of misfit girls, and Xenosaga: The Animation — The Complete Collection, an anime series. Both are out Dec. 23. 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High School Musical 3 The Dark Knight 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. Feb. 3-4 Hilton Los Angeles, Universal City, Calif. Info: www.futurepackagedmedia.com Research ……………………… 16 Not surprisingly, The Dark Knight scaled to the Just Announced ……………… top of the DVD sales, rental and Blu-ray Disc sales Disney graduates with High School Musical 3: Senior charts, scoring a three-way win and Blu-ray record Year – Extended Edition, coming to DVD and Blufor Warner Home Video. ray Disc Feb. 17; Fox breathes life into Choke. December 21–27, 2008 Home Media Magazine http://www.homemediamagazine.com http://www.homemediamagazine.com http://www.homemediamagazine.com/ http://www.homemediamagazine.com http://WWW.HOMEMEDIAMAGAZINE.COM http://www.cesweb.org http://www.futurepackagedmedia.com
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