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• MGM Mirage Wants to Franchise Globally

  BNET - 2009-08-31

  MGM Mirage, reeling from a disappointing year and projects put on hold, has decided the way to make money is by its name -- by franchising internationally, that is. MGM Mirage already has 10 franchise deals with hotels carrying the Bellagio and MGM Grand name. The reason?...

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• People.(Cable News Network promotes David Mattingly to national correspondent)(Comcast Cable Communications Inc. appoints Mark O'Leary )(Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer appoints Faye Walker )

  - 2007-02-26

  By Staff CNN CNN promoted correspondent David Mattingly to national correspondent and named him a regular contributor to Anderson Cooper 360 . Comcast Mark...

  Tags: advertisement, advertising sales, CNN, Disney Corp., marketing, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, network, sales

• Hollywood rape scandal documentary has US Sundance fest abuzz

  - 2007-01-26

  PARK CITY, United States AFP — One of the most notorious yet long-forgotten scandals in Hollywood history involving the brutal rape of a teenage chorus girl is back in the spotlight at the Sundance Film Festival. US writer-director David Stenn's "Girl 27" lifts the lid on the rape of...

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• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Continues Blu-ray Industry Leadership with Aggressive Release Strategy

  - 2007-01-08

  More Than 40 Fox and MGM Titles To Debut On BD In First-Half 2007 -- Studio Research Shows BD Vastly Outpacing HD DVD chart -- BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. & LAS VEGAS -- Continuing its industry leadership role and unwavering commitment to the Blu-ray disc format, the only high-definition...

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• Hollywood leaps into same-day DVD and Internet digital film sales

  - 2006-04-04

  LOS ANGELES AFP — Hollywood will make a transcendent leap onto the Internet when the Oscar-winning "Brokeback Mountain" becomes the first blockbuster available for permanent download on the same day its DVDs hit the shelves. Two competing download services announced Monday they will offer saveable downloads of such hit...

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• Stock Movers of Note 09/02/04.

  - 2004-09-02

  M2 PRESSWIRE-2 September 2004-StreetInsider.com: Stock Movers of Note 09/02/04C1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:09022004 StreetInsider.com's Stock Movers of Note 09/02/04: Computer Access Technology Corporation (Nasdaq: CATZ), LeCroy (Nasdaq: LCRY), Veritas DGC Inc. (NYSE: VTS), Stage Stores Inc. (Nasdaq: STGS), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (NYSE:...

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• Time Warner eyes MGM bidding

  - 2004-07-02

  Time Warner Inc., the world's largest media company, is in talks to buy Kirk Kerkorian's Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., which has a library of 4,000 films, according to people familiar with the matter. The company hasn't made an offer, the people said. Time Warner may pay as much as $4.7 billion, or...

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• Time Warner eyes MGM bidding

  - 2004-07-02

  Time Warner Inc., the world's largest media company, is in talks to buy Kirk Kerkorian's Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., which has a library of 4,000 films, according to people familiar with the matter. The company hasn't made an offer, the people said. Time Warner may pay as much as $4.7 billion, or...

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• Blonde 2 helps MGM profit.(Vidbits)(Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc profits)(Brief Article)

  - 2004-02-23

  Led by DVD sales of Legally Blonde 2: Red White and Blonde, MGM reported improved net income in its fourth quarter. Profit inched up 3% to $60.3 million for the period. The year-ago results were fueled by the James Bond Die Another Day video releas ...

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• At $10.2 billion, business ain't half bad: studios credit catalog sales, female factor for 16% growth.(consumers spend $10.2 billion to rent and buy videos during the first half 2003)(Illustration)(Industry Overview)

  - 2003-07-14

  The popularity of DVD continued to fuel the home video market, with consumers spending a record $10.2 billion to rent and buy videos during the first half the year, a 16% gain compared to the first half of 2002. Consumers spend $4.8...

  Tags: DVD, Fox, sales, video, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Universal Studios