tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380427952009-10-13T05:45:22.328-05:00News of interest to Columbia College's AEMM faculty and students and others interested in Arts, Entertainment and Media Management. Brought to you by the Columbia College Library.Celiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999440134628334846noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38042795.post-14735510186643258152008-03-29T09:46:00.002-05:002008-03-29T09:50:09.758-05:00

Since I'll be out of the Library for the foreseeable future on maternity leave, there will be no new posts to this site for awhile. As always, you can still contact the Library with any requests you have for new materials or any other questions. Take a look at the options available on the "For Faculty" page on the Library's web site or feel free to use the Ask A Librarian service anytime.

Celiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999440134628334846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38042795.post-8376849035907967562008-03-03T11:33:00.002-06:002008-03-03T11:39:19.855-06:00

From today's Chicago Tribune: The trading floors at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange close for good in the middle of May, marking the end of an era, and the end of a movie for filmmaker James Allen Smith.In a feature-length documentary set for release later this year, Smith aims to chronicle the vanishing life and times of the open-outcry futures trader, highlighting the clash between technology

Celiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999440134628334846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38042795.post-61126770067753749742008-02-01T12:27:00.000-06:002008-02-01T12:57:41.531-06:00

Dear AEMM Faculty—Spring Semester 2008 is here! Please remember that the Library is here to help. A few things you might want to consider implementing into your courses:Course ReservesPlace books or articles on reserve in the Library (or on the Library’s web site) so that they are available to your students. You can put required textbooks on reserve or optional reading. Just use the Course

Celiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999440134628334846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38042795.post-18813040285470368862008-01-08T10:49:00.000-06:002008-01-08T10:53:00.520-06:00

From Sunday's New York Times' Business section. An interesting behind-the-scenes look at a once-small green brand that has now been bought by Clorox: IN the summer of 1984, Burt Shavitz, a beekeeper in Maine, picked up Roxanne Quimby, a 33-year-old single mother down on her luck, as she hitchhiked to the post office in Dexter, Me. More than a dozen years Ms. Quimby's senior, the guy locals

Celiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999440134628334846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38042795.post-56405813107175453612008-01-02T14:11:00.000-06:002008-01-02T14:15:02.517-06:00

Here's an excellent article on the music business. It appears in last month's Wired magazine and is written by David Byrne (who knows a thing or two about music and the business of music).

Celiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999440134628334846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38042795.post-39151720165067888622007-12-14T11:32:00.000-06:002007-12-14T11:47:13.692-06:00

Here's a neat article on fake vomit--it actually contains quite a bit of industry data. The Chicago Tribune covered a local company who is a leader in this gag gift market:"The building holds a secret.A vile and totally eeeewwwww secret, one that brings together 12-year-olds and 12-year-olds at heart.From the outside, it is another two-story brick warehouse on Chicago's West Side. Step inside,

Celiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999440134628334846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38042795.post-1778281962782240462007-11-30T17:38:00.000-06:002007-11-30T17:43:25.983-06:00

Looking for a cool internship? The Empty Bottle, a hip nightspot and band showcase located on the West Side, is looking for a few good people. Check it out:InternsThe Empty Bottle is looking for you… especially if you are looking for an internship. We would like to bring two interns on board to work with us here in the Bottle office. Internships run 5-20 hours per week, and cover a wide array

Celiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999440134628334846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38042795.post-32008898890332591652007-11-27T12:49:00.000-06:002007-11-27T12:50:53.647-06:00

From yesterday's New York Times: When the 12,000 members of the Writers Guild of America decided on Nov. 4 to strike, Hollywood wondered how hard the white-collar group would fight. The guild addressed the worry before the first pickets hit the streets."In years past, our picketing schedule has gone, 'Picket on Mondays for two hours and then meet at a bar until the following Monday,'" said David

Celiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999440134628334846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38042795.post-77437556208297687082007-11-27T12:46:00.000-06:002007-11-27T12:47:36.637-06:00

From yesterday's New York Times: When some striking members of the Writers Guild of America created a series of videos depicting speechless actors in support of the writers' cause, they did not post them on the guild's Web site or on YouTube. Instead, the videos made their premiere exclusively on Deadline Hollywood Daily, a Web site owned and operated by Nikki Finke, a columnist for the

Celiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999440134628334846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38042795.post-2122508370727833192007-11-20T13:28:00.000-06:002007-11-20T13:33:10.560-06:00

From today's New York Times: LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19 — Amway, the door-to-door peddler of vitamins and soap, wants to reinvent how Hollywood sells entertainment. The owners of the multilevel marketing company are pouring millions of dollars into a new online store called Fanista (pronounced fa-NEE-sta). The Web site, set to make its public debut this week, will initially sell DVDs and CDs...In the

Celiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999440134628334846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38042795.post-90163992558649332472007-11-20T13:23:00.000-06:002007-11-20T13:26:27.362-06:00

From yesterday's New York Times: It was a good weekend for the labor that is organized around the creative arts.Yesterday, Local 1, which represents the striking stagehands of Broadway, was in the midst of intensive talks with theater owners that seem destined to get the "Grinch" and other Broadway productions back in time for the holidays.Meanwhile, the Writers Guild of America, which has been

Celiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999440134628334846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38042795.post-77034831166790603942007-11-20T13:04:00.000-06:002007-11-20T13:06:52.032-06:00

From yesterday's New York Times: Brian Grazer, one of the most successful producers in Hollywood, would seem to be a memorable guest, with his energetic manner and elaborately spiked hair. But to make sure he is not forgotten, he will often leave behind a small photo of himself in an inexpensive heart-shaped frame after attending a dinner or party, hiding it among his host's family photographs..

Celiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999440134628334846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38042795.post-6646500664638753802007-11-06T09:04:00.000-06:002007-11-06T09:08:44.080-06:00

Hollywood screenwriters have officially gone on strike. What will this mean for network TV shows and the viewing audience? Networks and advertisers are paying close attention.Read the New York Times' coverage from today HERE

Celiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999440134628334846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38042795.post-76635580006370248572007-10-30T11:12:00.000-05:002007-10-30T11:38:31.767-05:00

Here's an opportunity to clean out your closets *and* help others:A message from Fashion Retail Management:COLUMBIA COLLEGE COMMUNITY: MAKE FIRST IMPRESSIONS COUNT!Is your closet ready to EXPLODE?Why don't you clean out the back of your closets and help put those clothes in the front of someone else's future?WHO WE AREWe are Fashion Retail Management seniors who are engaged in a service-learning

Celiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999440134628334846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38042795.post-26591865976330679002007-10-04T11:43:00.000-05:002007-10-04T11:47:32.209-05:00

Unions representing 12,000 screenwriters asked members on Monday to authorize a strike at any time after their contract expires at the end of this month. If granted, authorization would set the stage for Hollywood's first industrywide walkout since writers struck in 1988...Negotiations between the guilds and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents the makers of

Celiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999440134628334846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38042795.post-2369744657820902892007-09-27T12:40:00.000-05:002007-09-27T17:17:54.907-05:00

An interesting profile of Argo Tea, a local Chicago chain, from yesterday's NYT. You'll see that you can find market and company information throughout the article:It isn't every cafe in America that responds to the complaint "I'm thirsty" with a glass of iced tea. But here in the nation's third-largest city, a fast-growing chain called Argo Tea is selling just that notion.Argo Tea, a

Celiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999440134628334846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38042795.post-30830420948450265992007-09-11T11:35:00.000-05:002007-09-11T11:38:41.450-05:00

Don't forget! Tomorrow is the Fall Job Fair. More info from the Student Employment Office HEREHere's a list of the employers who will be eager to interview our students for regular part-time and seasonal jobs:American Girl AVID Tutoring Program for Chicago Public Schools Bank of America Club Monaco Chicago Bears Retail DuSable Museum of African-American History EXPRESS Garmin International

Celiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999440134628334846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38042795.post-16637757079779781932007-09-06T15:24:00.001-05:002007-09-06T15:28:03.554-05:00

Spread the word (and work!): Next Wednesday, September 12th, the Student Employment Office will be hosting a job fair. See this page for more information.

Celiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999440134628334846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38042795.post-35178417433162206922007-09-06T11:17:00.000-05:002007-09-06T11:45:45.646-05:00

This article from today's NYTimes details how a movie that was made over three years ago is just now being released. A behind-the-scenes look at the challenges of movie distribution: Anton Yelchin’s voice was still changing when, at barely 15 years old, he starred alongside Diane Lane and Donald Sutherland in “Fierce People,” an offbeat, surprisingly dark coming-of-age movie that Griffin Dunne

Celiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999440134628334846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38042795.post-59096510820618516802007-08-31T11:34:00.000-05:002007-09-06T11:51:40.708-05:00

From today's NYT: FIRST, television presented real news. Then came fake news on parody programs like “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.” This weekend, Fox Broadcasting will send fake news vans onto the streets of four cities to promote a real show...In addition to the vans, the agency behind the campaign to publicize “Back to You,” A.D.D. Marketing and Advertising in Los Angeles (note from Celia:

Celiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999440134628334846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38042795.post-81430209489648309062007-08-29T15:05:00.000-05:002007-09-06T11:26:45.296-05:00

(click the image above for CBGB’s : thirty years from the home of underground rock )From today's NY Times: Hilly Kristal, who founded CBGB, the Bowery bar that became the cradle of punk and art-rock in New York in the 1970s and served as the inspiration for musician-friendly rock dives throughout the world, died in Manhattan on Tuesday. He was 75. Read the whole NYT obituary HERE Read a profile

Celiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999440134628334846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38042795.post-74157596523047069172007-07-16T16:39:00.000-05:002007-09-06T11:27:38.663-05:00

I'm on an "out of hiatus" roll! From today's NYT: The hilltop theme park outside the 14th floor office of Ron Meyer, president of the Universal Studios Group, anchored by past glories like its "Jurassic Park" and "Backdraft" rides, could stand a makeover.An attraction based on "Transformers," the smash hit from Universal's former ally, DreamWorks SKG, might add a little pizazz. But "

Celiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999440134628334846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38042795.post-47970988774422914412007-07-12T11:51:00.000-05:002007-09-06T11:45:08.632-05:00

From yesterday's NYT: Another article that was hiatus-interrupting worthy. This one details a battle that is underway between Alan Ladd, Jr. and Warner Bros. Studios. The article gives some behind-the-scenes looks at how licensing and royalty payments work. If this case goes to court (every similar case in the past has been settled), it may impact studio accounting across the board. Stay

Celiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999440134628334846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38042795.post-21989986816276336092007-06-07T18:57:00.001-05:002007-09-06T11:46:43.629-05:00

Had to come out of hiatus to post this article--a great example of how you can find info about vaguely-defined industries (like concert promotion) and get clues to help with the rest of your research.From today's NYT: The music industry may seem like a broken record of bad news these days, with plunging album sales and confusion over the digital future. But in the concert business at least one

Celiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999440134628334846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38042795.post-29831375427297599012007-05-21T15:14:00.000-05:002007-09-06T11:28:35.022-05:00

Some of you may have noticed that posting to AEMM News lately has been sporadic at best. Save for the flurry of posts I entered today, there hasn't been much activity here over the last few weeks. It will likely remain like this throughout the summer. In the meantime, as you enjoy your time teaching a summer AEMM class or resting up in preparation for AEMM Fall 2007, please know that I am

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