Eugene David
...The One-Minute Pundit

Tuesday, September 05, 2006


Despite the bigbigBIGBIG summer, Hollywood still needs a shrink:

" 'Miami Vice' is symptomatic of a malaise in the industry," said independent media analyst Harold Vogel.

"The industry is undergoing a transition in terms of business models. For the first time in many years, they are encountering strong head winds against whatever they throw up against the screen."


And we know why: he could mean that LITERALLY.

Studio economics have gone from bad to worse since General Electric entered the movie business three years ago. GE bought Universal at a time when DVD sales were near their peak. But growth has flattened as consumers fill out their home libraries.

"It's a different world than it was three years ago," Vogel said.


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