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FTC survey: Theater owners better at enforcing movie ratings
An undercover government survey credits movie theaters for making a "marked improvement" in keeping underage audiences away from R-rated movies. The Federal Trade Commission arranged for 13- to 16-year-olds, unaccompanied by a parent, to attempt to...
Tags: Video Games, Consumers, Arts and Culture, Services and Shopping, Games
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Wal-Mart in exclusive deal to convert DVDs to digital for $2 each
Company TownWal-Mart joins UltraViolet, to convert discs to digital for $2 each.... -
PayPal shuts down accounts of online retailers selling pirated DVDs.
Company TownPayPal is cracking down on Chinese retailers who are using the company's online pay service to sell bootleg movies.... -
Netflix revenue and guidance disappoints Wall Street
Company TownNetflix Inc.'s recently announced and much-reviled price increase will bring weaker third-quarter financial results than Wall Street had expected, contributing to a 10% drop in the company's stock in after-hours trading Monday. Revenue in the three months... -
Wal-Mart adds streaming video to its website
Company TownWal-Mart Stores Inc. has added streaming movies to its website as the world's largest retailer attempts to grab a bigger share of the online movie market from rival service Netflix Inc. The decision to offer movie sales and rentals through...... -
Consumers now spending more renting movies than buying them
Company TownThe new balance is the result of a radical shift in consumer preferences over the past few years, fueled by the growing convenience of Netflix and Redbox rentals and spending cutbacks amid hard economic times. It’s also bad news for the studios,... -
Netflix targets the family demographic
Company TownNetflix, in a bid to better appeal to families, has made kids the first demographic to get its own section on the company's website.... -
Netflix executive says users can now 'vote with their checkbook'
Company TownNetflix's controversial new pricing strategy that raised monthly fees 60% for some people is a way for customers to "vote with their checkbooks," the company's chief content officer said at a media conference Thursday. Previously, Netflix charged $8 for... -
Blu-ray making up for only some of the drop in DVD sales
Company TownThe number of Americans buying movie discs dropped 9% from 2009 to 2011, but would have fallen more dramatically without the growth in high-definition Blu-ray discs, according to a new report. In total, 116 million Americans are estimated to currently....... -
Sinbad lists his Hidden Hills home at $ 3 million
Stand-up comic and actor Sinbad has listed his longtime family home in gated Hidden Hills at $3 million.
A long private driveway leads to the five-bedroom, five-bathroom country estate, which sits on a hilltop amid mature trees on 2.5 acres. There are...Tags: HBO (tv network), Television, Entertainment, Ed McMahon, Comedy Central (tv network)
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Ashlee Simpson lists Beverly Hills area home at $4 million
In the latest real-life installment of the Ashlee Simpson show, the singer-songwriter-actress has listed a Mediterranean-style villa on a private street in the Beverly Hills area for $4 million. Simpson owned the property before her marriage to Fall Out...Tags: Crimes, Pete Wentz, Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Homes
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'Chronic City' by Jonathan Lethem
Chronic City
A Novel
Jonathan Lethem
Doubleday: 424 pp., $26.95
Strange things still happen in New York. Beginning in fall 2005, bemused residents called the city to complain about a maple syrup smell wafting across sections of Manhattan. Some...Tags: Travel, Transportation, Culture, Marlon Brando, Hudson River
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