Troubles at Paramount: Is It Just the Money?

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Paramount Pictures failures at the movie box office continued with the Thanksgiving holiday weekend release of 'Timeline' that brought in only $12 million. This follows the disappointing results from the documentary 'Tupac: Resurrection' and Angelina Jolie's 'Beyond Borders' that was withdrawn after showing only $4.4 million in sales. Industry executives are trying to understand if Viacom Entertainment Group chairman Jonathan Dolgen, who is responsible for Paramount, and the movie company's chairwoman Sherry Lansing are no longer able to identify the right material for money-making films.

Paramount Pictures Corp.

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A Deal for DreamWorks Unravels Over Price

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NBC Universal Inc.'s acquisition of the live-action business of DreamWorks has fallen through. NBC Universal had lowered their offer from $1.5 billion to $1.4 billion on the basis of declining box office returns of DreamWorks' movies.

Acquisitions & mergers, Sales, profits & dividends, Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Management dynamics, Management, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Company acquisition/merger, Company sales and earnings, Company earnings/profit, Company business management, Company business forecast/projection, Company forecasts, Spielberg, Steven, NBC Universal Inc., DreamWorks L.L.C.

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Two New Cable Ventures Seek to Tap the Market

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Regent Entertainment's Here network, and Viacom's new Logo network are hoping to attract mainstream gay cable television audiences.

Television Broadcasting, Marketing procedures, Organizational history, Television broadcasting stations, Services introduction, New Products/Services, Radio and Television Broadcasting, Radio & TV Broadcasting, TV Networks, Targets & Markets, Gays, Economic aspects, Broadcasting industry, Television networks, Company service introduction, Service introduction, Viacom Inc., VIA, Organization formation, Target marketing, Regent Entertainment

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