More Articles By Marcy Magiera

• Netflix hires Sonopress exec to head supply chain development
  APRIL 15 | Netflix has hired Anna Lee as head of supply chain development and replication, a newly created post in which she will be a key company liaison with studios and disc manufacturers. Lee joins the retailer from replicator Sonopress, where she was senior VP of global video markets. Lee said she will be looking for best practices among the multiple replicators from which Netflix now receives discs. More
  
• Mary Daily joins Fox marketing unit
  APRIL 11 | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment named international executive Mary Daily its new executive VP of marketing for North America. More
  
• Study: Supplier/retailer data flow problems causing lost sales
  MARCH 21 | The Digital Entertainment Group and consultants Capgemini and Teradata finished the initial phase of an industry-first supply chain study analyzing merchandising execution at what’s known as the “the last 100 feet” of retail, from the stockroom to the store floor. What they found was significant room for improvement in data synchronization between suppliers and retailers. More
  
• ShoWest: Theatrical window wider
  MARCH 12 | The theatrical window widened for the first time in a decade in 2007, according to the National Assn. of Theatre Owners, to an average of four months and 15 days between theatrical release and video release. More
  
• Netflix to buy back $150 million in stock
  MARCH 7 | Netflix's board of directors approved a program to buy back up to $150 million worth of additional stock this year. More
  
• NAVD to honor studio supporters
  MARCH 7 | The National Assn. of Video Distributors will meet in Santa Monica, Calif., next week for its 25th annual conference with suppliers. More
  
• Into the Wild
  PARAMOUNT Street: March 4 Prebook: now > Sean Penn’s man-against-nature tale is compelling and tragic. At the center of writer/director Sean Penn’s compelling translation of the bestseller by Jon Krakauer is an award-worthy performance by Emile Hirsch as Christopher McCandless, a.k.a. More
  
• Lionsgate drives Speed Racer feature to DVD
  FEB. 8 | Lionsgate on May 6 will release Speed Racer The Next Generation: The Beginning , a 66-minute animated feature that sets up the new NickToons series of the same name. More
  
• Revenue falls in Rentrak's fiscal Q3
  FEB. 6 | Rentrak Corp.’s revenue fell 10.5% to $23.9 million in the fiscal third quarter ended Dec. 31, despite gains in its Advanced Media Information division. More
  
• Image calls off BTP merger
  FEB. 5 | Image Entertainment said today that it will not merge with BTP Acquisition Co. and demanded payment of $4.2 million in business interruption compensation due to the failed merger agreement. More
  
• Blockbuster eyes advanced kiosks
  JAN. 9 | Blockbuster plans to begin testing electronic download kiosks in its stores over the next several months, CEO Jim Keyes told analysts at the Citigroup 2008 Global Entertainment, Media and Telecommunications Conference in Phoenix Tuesday. More
  
• DEG says industry stable despite slight DVD dip
  JAN. 7 | U.S. consumer spending on DVD sales and rentals fell 2.9% in 2007 , the Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) said today at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. That reflects rentals being flat at $7.5 billion, and sell-through declining 3.6% to $16 billion. More
  
• Monterey makes its way to New York City
  DEC. 21 | Monterey Media has booked an ad for its family film Eye of the Dolphin that will run through the end of the year on the GeoffreyTron billboard outside of the giant Toys R Us store in New York’s Times Square. The billboard uses a unique L.E.D. video display that can be seen from all corners of Times Square, site of what is traditionally the largest New Year’s Eve gathering in the U.S. More
  
• Fox, Land O'Frost host 'Holiday Miracle' contest
  NOV. 30 | Packaged lunch meat marketer Land O’Frost and 20th Century Fox are teaming for a “Holiday Miracle” essay promotion that asks consumers to describe their most miraculous holiday memory.  More
  
• DVD kiosks to expand rental market share
  NOV. 16 | DVD kiosks located in supermarkets, fast food restaurants and other high-traffic locations will expand their share of the rental market to 20% to 25% within about three years, predicts the chairman and CEO of No. 3 kiosk operator DVDPlay. More
  
• Shiloh Falls  shoots to DVD on Jan. 8
  NOV. 2 | Indie New Light Entertainment will street western Shiloh Falls on Jan. 8 (prebook Dec. 4; DVD $24.99), the same day Lionsgate releases 3:10 to Yuma . More
  
• Redbox extends rental period
  OCT. 29 | DVD kiosk operator Redbox is extending its rental return time to 9p.m. nationwide, from 7p.m. A late meeting, soccer practice, dinner out—7p.m. is sometimes right in the middle of the day,” said Gary Lancina, VP of marketing for Redbox. “To better accommodate our consumers’ busy lives, Redbox is extending our return time to 9p.m. nationwide.” More
  
• Nishimura-Seese moves from studio side to retail
  OCT. 29 | Lisa Nishimura-Seese has joined Netflix as VP of independent content acquisition, a newly created post in which she’s charged with broadening the selection of independent and small studio films offered on the DVD rental site. More
  
• Charlotte's Web , Firehouse Dog among Kids First! winners
  OCT. 7 | The Coalition for Quality Children’s Media gave out more than 25 Kids First! Best Awards in Malibu, Calif., over the weekend, including five “Best of the Fest” prizes to films that represent the gamut of children’s entertainment. The group also presented the 2007 Kids First! Palmer-Vision Award to Mallory Lewis, daughter of the late children’s entertainer Shari Lewis. More
  
• Robbins makes move on retail
  OCT. 1 | Life coach and infomercial guru Tony Robbins will make his first major push at retail next year through indie supplier Westlake Entertainment. More