On Sunday, November 26th, New Line Cinema’s The Nativity Story will become the first feature film ever to premiere at the Vatican, it was jointly announced by New Line’s President and COO of Worldwide Distribution and Marketing Rolf Mittweg, and Stefano Dammicco, CEO of Eagle Pictures, the film’s Italian distributor. The Nativity Story is scheduled for a Dec. 1, 2006 release in the U.S., and will open in territories worldwide throughout the month of December.
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‘Los Cocorocos’ the union of Salsa & Reggaeton.
‘Los Cocorocos’ is the first release to be launched by indie CMG (Coalition Music Group) distributed by Universal/MOTOWN.
The 1.65 Billion dollar question.
GOOGLE certainly raised a few eyebrows with its recent acquisition of YouTube, especially since the site is barely a year old, has huge infrastructure costs, and significant copyright issues with which it has to contend. Throw in the fact that YouTube is just beginning to solidify a revenue model that has historically caused other online community sites to burn out, and you might wonder what Google is thinking, what they plan on doing with it, and how the acquisition should impact your own marketing efforts.
Fox fraternizes with Nuyorican’s ‘Brethren’.
Fox has made a script commitment to a one-hour legal/family drama to be written and executive produced by Alfonso Moreno (“The Practice”). Nuyorican Productions principals Jennifer Lopez and Simon Fields, as well as Ross Fineman through his deal with Fox Television Studios, will also executive produce along with Charles Glen and Barbara Cox.
ABC Radio Networks En Español to distribute ‘Todobebe Tips For Parents’.
ABC Radio Networks has announced an agreement with Todobebe to distribute 30-second parenting tips on ABC Radio Networks en Espanol, the leading radio solution for advertisers who want to reach Latino listeners.
Clear Channel sells & spins.
According to Inside Radio, the bidding began with identical $36 bids by two groups (Thomas H. Lee/Bain Capital and KKR/Providence Equity Partners/Blackstone). They each raised their offers – but only Lee/Bain was willing to go to $37.60. That’s the number the board finally took after a lengthy meeting. So CC is going private and separately spinning 448 radio stations plus its 42 TV stations.
