David Finnigan

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‘Potter’ Studio Sees Marketing Shakeup

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LOS ANGELES — Beleaguered Warner Bros. Pictures has undergone more key executive reshuffling in its marketing division, tapping executive vice president-marketing Dawn Taubin to become domestic marketing president. Taubin replaces [...]

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CAA Taps Fishman for Marketing Consulting Unit

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Creative Artists Agency said Monday that it has hired ex-News Corp. marketing executive Roger Fishman to run its corporate marketing consulting unit. CAA?s most prominent consulting contract lately has been [...]

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Amazon, Coke, Microsoft Sponsor RoadShow

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LOS ANGELES — The L.A. Office, an entertainment marketing consultancy, has secured Microsoft’s new Xbox, Amazon.com and Coca-Cola as sponsors for its Sept. 10-12 RoadShow at Universal Studios in Los [...]

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New MGM Marketing Chief Delays ‘Rollerball’

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MGM is delaying the release of its science-fiction remake Rollerball from an Aug. 17 release to sometime in the 2002 first quarter, a bold first move by freshly minted MGM [...]

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MGM Signs Ex-Sony, Disney Exec

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LOS ANGELES–Ex-Sony marketing chief Bob Levin has landed at MGM as president of both worldwide theatrical marketing and distribution, a new post combining two jobs formerly held, respectively, by Gerry [...]

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Miramax Inks Popcorn Deal

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General Mills’ Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn and Miramax Films have signed a two-year co-marketing deal making Pop Secret the official popcorn of Miramax.The agreement provides for Pop Secret to appear [...]

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Real Apology for Fake Reviews

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The publisher of a Connecticut newspaper received an apology from a senior Sony Pictures Entertainment executive Monday following Newsweek’s revelation that Sony created a fake film reviewer and attached the [...]

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‘Willy Wonka’ and Coke in Sweet Deal

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Though lacking chocolate and candy partners to help promote its Aug. 28 DVD/video 30th anniversary release of “Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory,” Warner Home Video has lined up Coca-Cola [...]

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Ex-Sony Pics Exec Goes to Creative Domain

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Former Sony Pictures Entertainment worldwide marketing president Bob Levin this week is joining Creative Domain as president of the film marketing company’s business development unit. Levin, who was replaced by [...]

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Grinch Video/DVD Bows Late Nov.

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After earning $260 million as last year’s biggest movie, Universal Pictures’ Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas debuts on video and DVD this Nov. 20. The video is backed [...]