The UK independant film EMR will be launched simultaneously in movie theaters, on the internet, and on DVD this week, according to Netimperative. The film, which won Best UK Feature at the 2004 Raindance Film Festival, will be shown in selected UK theaters, available for download on the Tiscali UK film club website for £2.50, and for sale on DVD for £12.99.
“This is the first time in the UK, in Europe, and, as far as we know, in the world that a film has been simultaneously released in this way,” EMR’s producer, John Lentaigne, told Netimperative.
WPP, which employs more than 100,000 people, is said to be cutting several thousand jobs worldwide. The U.S., Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Spain were cited by the company as markets under pressure.
Cuts are expected to be centered in…
The new ads running below the fold on the front page of The New York Times sell for $75,000 on weekdays and $100,000 on Sundays, the New York Post reports.
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Cox Cross Media (CXM), the digital sales component of Cox Enterprises, announced a marketing liaison with ABC’s Television Stations Group.
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Apple’s iTunes Store is set to significantly shift its approach to selling songs online, including dropping copying protection (digital rights management, or DRM) and introducing a new pricing plan, reports the Wall Street Journal.
Rather than the standard 99 cents…
Online spending in several key categories, including Sports & Fitness and Video Games, increased and outperformed offline spending during the 2008 holiday season, while overall online and offline spending in other home and luxury-goods categories decreased across the board, according…
Walgreens December sales of $6.1 billion were an increase of 10.8% from $5.5 billion for the same month in 2007, the company announced. Same-store sales rose 4.9%, while comparable store front-end sales increased 0.4%.
Walgreens transactions in comparable stores increased…