Media Decoder: ‘Hunger Games’ Book Sales Bode Well for the Film
There are 23.5 million books in "The Hunger Games" trilogy in print in the United States, up from 9.6 million when Lionsgate began production of its first film adaptation in the summer.
Media Decoder Blog: Paramount Claims Box-Office Bragging Rights. Warner Claims Bragging Rights II
Paramount led all Hollywood studios with $5.2 billion in global ticket sales. Warner surpassed the $4 billion mark for the third consecutive season.
Media Decoder Blog: Concert Revenue Was Up in 2011, Led by U2
The Top 100 tours in North America last year sold $2.34 billion in tickets, an increase of 6.3 percent. U2 led the way with $156 million in gross ticket sales, followed by Taylor Swift and Kenny Chesney.
A Year of Disappointment for Hollywood
In the final days of 2011, ticket sales in North America are running about $500 million behind last year, prompting studios to wonder what went wrong.
7 Ways Salespeople Can Better Understand the Editorial Side of News
There was quite a reaction to my previous column, suggesting editors learn more about, and cooperate with, the business sides of their organizations.This time, I'd like to talk to people on the business side about how they can cooperate ...
Online Black Friday Sales Up 20 Percent From Last Year
This year's Black Friday was marred by isolated incidents involving pepper spray and near-tramplings over waffles. In West Virginia, a man died in the middle of shopping and eyewitnesses claim that everyone else around him continued to shop, walking around and over his body. So it's perhaps no surprise...
Mobile Deals Aimed at Black Friday Shoppers Stuck in Line
Aggressive promotions by online merchants are creating a frenzy among traditional retailers, who count the Friday after Thanksgiving as the busiest shopping day of the year.
Media Decoder Blog: New York Is More Than a Little Bit Country
The New York metropolitan area is the largest market for country album sales, followed by Los Angles and Dallas-Fort Worth, according to Neilsen SoundScan. Nashville, capital of all things country, is No. 6.
2 Long Island Weeklies Wonder About Spike in Sales
TimesReview Newsgroup’s Suffolk Times and Riverhead News-Review said someone apparently spent $6,000 to buy up all available copies of a recent issue.
Summer Movie Attendance Continues to Erode
Hollywood has now experienced four consecutive summers of falling attendance, a cause for alarm for both studios and theater chains.
Abundance of News, but Mixed Sales, for News Magazines
Time, the country’s best-selling news weekly, posted considerable gains, but Newsweek barely moved.
