Archive for March 23rd, 2010
New Moon Sells 4 Million DVDs, Topping Twilight’s Record-Breaking Sales
Maybe the DVD business isn’t dead — for vampire movies.
The Twilight Saga: New Moon sold more than 4 million DVDs when it hit shelves this weekend. The initial sales indicate that the second installment of the book-to-film saga could outsell the first, according to a release from the movie’s studio.
Twilight, which sold 3.8 million DVDs its opening weekend, went on to become the No. 1 selling DVD in 2009. 9.2 million copies of the film were sold.
That’s good news for Summit Entertainment, the independent studio distributing the movie. We got the news from their release, via Deadline.com.
Since peaking at $24.1 billion in 2006, overall DVD sales have been steadily declining. The popularity and ease of online streaming and rental services like Netflix and Redbox have demolished industry-wide sales.
“New Moon” has grossed more than $705 million worldwide since it opened in theaters in November last year. The third film, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse hits theaters June 30.
Join the conversation about this story »
See Also:
- DVD Doomsday in Hollywood
- CHART OF THE DAY: Blu-ray And Digital Not Making Up For DVD’s Decline
- Tiger Woods PGA TOUR Is Now Online, Play For Free!
At AOL, The Google Culture Clash Is Going To Be A Big Hurdle
From Econsultancy: Coming to an established brand with new ideas is one thing. But convincing existing employees to change old habits is an entirely different issue. And that’s increasingly a problem at AOL, where Tim Armstrong came from Google 11 months ago.
At the offices of brand strategists Wolff Olins in New York on Tuesday morning, AOL’s CEO laid out the cultural shift that he is still trying to overcome:
“AOL was so used to losing that they didn’t know what winning was.”
With a big roster of new employees, a few new properties and a much stronger focus on content, Armstrong has made big changes at AOL in the last year. But not all of his advice has stuck.
Continue reading on Econsultancy >
Join the conversation about this story »
See Also:
- At AOL, The Ex-Googlers Are Also Known As "V’s"
- 10 Shocking Developments Since The Bubble Burst 10 Years Ago Today
- AOL Gobbles Up Gourmet Orphans For New Foodie Site: KitchenDaily
Meet Sprint’s Superphone The 4G Evo HTC (S)
Sprint unveiled a hot new phone today, the HTC Evo.
The Evo is an Android-based phone that operates on Sprint’s high speed 4G network. That’s the killer feature for Sprint, which is selling it as the nation’s first 4G phone.
Sprint didn’t say how much it would be selling the phone for.
Here’s the Evo’s other big features:
- The Evo is a powerful phone with a 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor.
- It has two cameras. An 8 megapixel camera on the back, with HD-capable video camera. There’s also a front facing camera with a 1.3 megapixel camera.
- HDMI output to play HD video.
- The phone also serves as a WiFi hotspot allowing eight WiFi capable devices to be tethered to it.
- It has Adobe Flash running on it.
- It has has pinch to zoom (suggesting iPhone-like multitouch).
Click through for a gallery of the phone >
Join the conversation about this story »
See Also:
Steve Jobs Says “Not To Worry,” Apple Is Working On New MacBook Pros (AAPL)
Steve Jobs has been sending out a bunch of short emails to random people around the world lately.
Most of them are boring, but one reply hints at a refreshed Macbook Pro and Mac Pro lineup.
A reader told Arnold Kim at MacRumors that he wrote Steve Jobs to say he wanted Apple to put out new Macbook Pros and he was worried Apple was too focused on the iPad.
The reader told Steve, “I recognise the need for secrecy etc but I am really losing heart in the lack of vision for the MBP and Mac Pros. Not expecting a response but as someone who has personally switched dozens of people onto the mac way this is a sad email for me to compose.”
Steve wrote back to say, “Not to worry.” So, there you go. Sort of. New Macbook Pros and Mac Pros coming.
Join the conversation about this story »
See Also:
SmartMoney.com Editor Leaves After Dow Jones Acquisition
Dow Jones recently took over Hearst Corporation’s 50% stake in SmartMoney, the finance magazine and website.
Now SmartMoney.com editor Tom Weber is leaving the company.
He emailed his farewell to staffers, “I’m writing to let you know that I’ve decided to leave SmartMoney.com,” according to the memo sent to Talking Biz News. “With the purchase by Dow Jones, the future at SmartMoney.com has never looked brighter. But it also means there will be a different set of challenges ahead, and that makes this an appropriate point for me to move on.”
We asked Dow Jones reps. if there will be layoffs now that the Smart Money teams are combining under their roof and are waiting to hear back. We’ll update here.
Join the conversation about this story »
See Also: