Home Media Magazine - September 21, 2008 - (Page 5) www.homemediamagazine.com MENU FROM THE EDITOR BY THOMAS K. ARNOLD, PUBLISHER www.homemediamagazine.com Beyond the Glass Ceiling 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 I ART Art Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Melbert Sebayan Graphic Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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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, Home Media Magazine honors the women of call the shots at their respective studios, from developing and home entertainment, a smart and savvy group of execu- implementing an overall Blu-ray Disc strategy and overseeing tives who are leading our industry at a time when we are every stage in the product distribution cycle to acquisitions, at a critical crossroads. packaging, sales and marketing, and fulfillment. DVD, the format that led our industry to unprecedented growth The import of women isn’t limited to the studio system. Amy over the past 11 years, is now mature, and sales have leveled. Jo Smith, executive director of DEG: The Digital Entertainment Blu-ray Disc, the format that will likely allow packaged media to Group, is now taking the lead in promoting awareness of Blu-ray survive, and even thrive, in an increasingly digiDisc to the world at large. Jill Hamburger at Best tal world, isn’t “there” yet. Sales are climbing A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE Buy is a trendsetting retail executive whose emimpressively, but the format is still a good year OF TOP INDUSTRY EXECUTIVES pire happens to be one of the country’s biggest or two away from mainstream adoption. ARE WOMEN … THEY ARE sellers of DVD software. And there are several As our industry buckles down to weather the WELL-EDUCATED, WELLother women who run, or have founded, intransition, we find a significant percentage of ROUNDED AND IN POSITIONS dependent DVD suppliers — entrepreneurial top industry executives are women. We decided OF INCREASING IMPORTANCE. mavens who have been taking pot shots at the to profile some of them in this issue, and as I proverbial glass ceiling for years. edited senior reporter Chris Tribbey’s nearly 6,000-word report So congratulations to all the women of home entertainment. on the women of home entertainment, I found some similarities And lest I forget, let me also give kudos to the women of Home among the honorees. Specifically, they are well-educated, well- Media Magazine: Stephanie Prange, Angelique Flores, Kyra rounded and in positions of increasing importance, both at their Kudick, Renee Rosado, Julie Savant, Joni Wu, Kristina Kroown company and within our industry. While there is just one nenberg, Kaitlyn DeWaard, Jennifer Evans, Brady Gallardo and worldwide president of a major studio’s home entertainment Jennifer Guerena. Hey, that’s more than half the staff … division — Kelley Avery of Paramount — there are more than a half-dozen other business and marketing leaders who essentially 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 SEPT. 21-27, 2008 / VOL. 30 / NO. 38 …………………………… CALENDAR DIGITAL MEDIA Online Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Renee Rosado PRODUCTION Production Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bonnie Ling Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jennifer Evans 714/338-6769 Assistant Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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News ………………………… info: www.eforallexpo.com Fox preps its first Blu-ray Disc with BD Live, The X-Files: I Want to Believe; Netflix CEO Barry McCarthy discusses Blu-ray’s impact in 2008; MagicPlay prepares 3-D Blu-ray Discs. I INDIEEXPO ‘08 CRUISE The third annual iDEA Group indieEXPO brings together national members of the Independent Dealers of Entertainment Association. This year’s event takes place on a four-night cruise. Oct. 10 there will be a special event at Fox Studios following the ship’s return. Oct. 6-10 Carnival Cruise Paradise, departing from Long Beach, Calif. info: www.idealink.org/eman/ShowEvent.phx?eid=eman.407 >> EL ECTRONIC D EL IV ERY Iron Man Fever Pitch Reviews ………………………… 34 Will Iron Man fly on DVD and Blu-ray? Does Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed stimulate a worthy debate? Printed in the U.S.A. I FIFTH ANNUAL TV DVD AWARDS News ………………………… Research ……………………… 38 Baby Mama delivered a top finish for Universal Studios Home Entertainment. 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