Friday, July 22, 2005
More Disc-tinction at Paramount?
New Paramount studio head Brad Grey is shaking things up. A profile of him appeared in the 18 July Los Angeles Times.
Two items that may be encouraging to long-waiting "Daria" fans (and remember, he's also in charge of Paramount Home Video):
One of the first complaints Brad Grey heard when he took over Paramount Pictures in March was about DVD prices.(The story link may not last beyond 25 July for non-registrants at latimes.com.)
Workers were charged more to buy the discs on the studio lot than at a Best Buy or Target store. From now on, Grey decreed, prices would be wholesale.
"I didn't think it was necessary to make a profit on our employees," Grey said.
[...] Long term, Grey vows to build an aggressive specialty film group, churn out more DVDs from Paramount's film and TV library, and better enlist such Viacom networks as MTV and Nickelodeon to promote Paramount movies worldwide.
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