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• Industry Moves Round Up: Tribal Fusion; Warner Bros.; Adgregate Markets; and CBS

  PaidContent - 2009-10-16

  —Tribal Fusion: Harris Bernstein is the new Regional VP of Sales for the digital-marketing company, overseeing the West and Midwest regions. He was previously a Regional Sales Director at Platform-A.—Warner Bros. Entertainment: Former Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) exec Dave Dickman has joined WBE as SVP, Digital Media Sales. —Adgregate Markets:...

  Tags: CTO, VP, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Industry, CBS Corp., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Industry Moves Roundup, Alex Ferreyra

• DVD Sales Down; Blu-Ray's Missing Its Mark: What's Hollywood To Do?

  Content Next - 2008-11-21

  Now it's Hollywood's turn to feel the financial crunch, and it comes in the form of an even deeper slump in DVD sales. Stats compiled from studios themselves and independent media tracking services reflect a downward trend, NYT (FRB: 066570) reports. And it has insiders like Amir Malin, a...

  Tags: Hollywood, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Blu-ray, Sales Strategy, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Sales Force Management, Sales, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Companies, Sony, Entertainment, Movies, Technologies/Formats, Tameka Kee

• Warner Bros. Records Presents $2.5 Million From Sales of "Instant Karma" CD to Amnesty International for Campaign on Darfur

  - 2007-12-13

  Warner Bros. Records presented Amnesty International with a check today for $2.5 million, proceeds raised from the sales of "Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign To Save Darfur." The double album features more than 20 John Lennon songs recorded by today's best-selling artists and is supporting Amnesty International's campaign...

  Tags: CD, sales, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

• Josh Groban Fans & Warner Bros. Records Joyful and Triumphant as Holiday Season Brings Explosive Sales to Artist's Huge "NOEL" Album

  - 2007-12-10

  Josh Groban's faithful fans are growing by the millions; it was confirmed today by the news that copies of his Christmas album "NOEL" are flying out of record stores in unprecedented numbers. The runaway success of Groban's magnificent collection of holiday classics will be Groban's fourth multi-platinum album in...

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• Mike Takac Promoted to Senior Vice President, Sales for Warner Home Video

  - 2007-08-30

  BURBANK, Calif. -- Mike Takac has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Sales for Warner Home Video WHV. The announcement was made today by Mark Horak, Executive Vice President & General Manager, Worldwide Operations & New Packaged Media for WHV.

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• New media ideas that entertain you: direct marketers lead the charge toward the frontier of the music and video marketplace.(Entertainment Market)

  - 2006-07-01

  Since the end of 2005, it has become almost a weekly occurrence for Response Magazine's weekly E-newsletter, Response This Week, to report breaking news on a new technology or business venture that involves marketing and delivering entertainment content directly to consumers. The...

  Tags: ABC Inc., Apple Inc., DVD, entertainment, MARKETING, movie, music, SALES, TVs, video, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

• 2005 catalog DVD sales.(Brief Article)(Illustration)

  - 2006-02-06

  2005 CATALOG DVD SALES In 2005, Warner Home Video continued to dominate catalog DVD sales, which were at $7.24 billion. The studio plans more releases in 2006. Warner ** ...

  Tags: DVD, sales, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

• Warner Bros. Records Ends 2005 in Top Sales Slot

  - 2006-01-04

  Warner Bros. Records has finished 2005 with the Number One U.S. album market share among individual record labels for the year according to Soundscan figures released this week. In addition, it has held the Number One weekly album market share position for the last seven weeks of the year according...

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• "Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill" Is Certified Gold

  - 2005-06-13

  "Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill," the third album from Warner Bros. recording artist Blake Shelton, has been certified gold by the RIAA in recognition of 500,000 units sold. Miranda Lambert presented Blake with the 3' x 3' plaque commemorating the milestone. The presentation was made at Nashville's Coliseum during Friday...

  Tags: DVD, MARKETING, RIAA, SALES, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

• Licensed drivers: there's no speed limit on sales velocity for these market movers.(Licensing)(Cover Story)

  - 2004-06-01

  Licensed products are returning as principal toy industry drivers in 2004, speeding to market with broadly diverse properties derived from the multiplex to the small screen, from DVDs to books and everything between--even sports. [ILLUSTRATIO Licensed products are...

  Tags: game, Hasbro Inc., sales, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.