PMMJ (cheetahmaster) wrote,
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Welcome to America, 2006

"Movie studios once felt confident they had at least two weekends to sell as many movie tickets as possible before toxic buzz would undermine their multimillion-dollar marketing campaigns. Hollywood executives now say that the proliferation of movie-related e-mail, Internet blogs and text messaging has reduced that window to mere hours...

"Since word of mouth helps good movies while punishing weaker ones, it may result in a new Hollywood emphasis on playability — a film's intrinsic quality — instead of marketability, the easy sales hooks that yield so many forgettable sequels and remakes."
-LATimes.com
Tags: movies, not news
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