Warner Brothers Entertainment today announced that the company plans to release high-definition movies exclusively in Blu-ray format beginning this spring, which comes as a major blow to the competing HD DVD camp. Only two major studios -- Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures -- are now providing high definition content exclusively in the HD DVD format, … Continue reading Warner Backs Blu-Ray: The Beginning of the End of the High-Def Format Wars?
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Avoiding the “Excluded Middle”: Counter Moves in a Down-Market Trend
Jon Fine's "Media Centric" column in the December 13 BusinessWeek describes the launch of Tyler Brûlé's Monocle magazine which, contrary to current publishing trends, focuses on a high-end product that revels in its print origins. Fine writes, "In a manner almost wholly lost at American magazines, [Monocle] cherishes the primacy of a print publication as … Continue reading Avoiding the “Excluded Middle”: Counter Moves in a Down-Market Trend
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