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Hollywood's Money Machine

Wall Street Journal

March 4, 2010

The Secret Numbers Behind The MGM Fiasco

Gawker

Feb 19,2010

Is Netflix The HBO of The 21st Century?

Feb 12, 2010

Gawker Replay

The MGM Follies

Hollywood Economist Blog

January 20, 2010

Gawker Replay

Quivering On The Edge Of The Digital Abyss

Hollywood Economist Blog

January 10, 2010

 

Can Indie Movies Be Saved?

Hollywood Economist Blog

January 15, 2010

Gawker Replay

can-indie-movies-survive

The Secret Numbers

Hollywood Economist Blog

January 6, 2010

Why Journalists Don't Understand Hollywood

Hollywood Economist Blog

January 6, 2010

Hollywood's New Economics

(updated October 2008)

How To Finance An Indie Movie

( updated October 2008)

The Popcorn Economy

The New Yorker

January 1998

Hollywood's Morality Play

Financial Times

August 25,2006

The Samurai Embrace

Financial Times

May 2,2006

The Hollywood Economist

#49 The Pellicano Affair: Fear, Loathing & Contingency Planning

Slate--FINAL COLUMN

April 3,2006

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#48 Pushing The Pseudo-Reality Envelope

Slate

March 27,2006

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#47 The Advent of Playstation3

Slate

March 20,2006

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#46 Wal-Mart and the Shanghai Pirates

Slate

March 12,2006

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#45 Cloning Stars?

Slate

March 5,2006

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#44 The Oscar Deception

Slate

February 22, 2006

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#43 Northern Exposure: The Call of the Candian Loony

Slate

February 13, 2006

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#42  The End of Origanility

Slate

February 7, 2006

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#41 The $6 Billion Man

Slate

January 30, 2006

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#40  Gross Hysteria

Slate

January 23, 2006

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#39 The Starlet's Dilemma

Slate

January 16, 2006

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#38 The Blockbuster Zombie

Slate

January 9, 2006

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#37 The Popcorn Economy

Slate

January 2, 2006

Commentary

#1 Hollywood, The Remake

Wall Street Journal

December 29, 2005

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#36 Hollywood's Future

Slate

December 26, 2005

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#35   Hollywood Meltdown

Slate

December 19, 2005

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#34 Will Digital Effects Ruin Hollywood

Slate

December 12, 2005

NPR Radiocast

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#33 Hollywood's Axis of Evil

Slate

December 5, 2005

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#32 Downloading For Dollars

Slate

November 28, 2005

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#31 No More Free Money From Germany

Slate

November 21, 2005

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#30 Why Hollywood  Doesn't Make Movies For Adults

Slate

November 14, 2005

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#29 Redstone's Game

Slate

November 7, 2005

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#28 Hollywood's Reality

Slate

October 31, 2005

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#27 The (Mark) Cuban            Revolution

Slate

October 24, 2005

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#26 The Importance of Being Unoriginal

Slate

October 17, 2005

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#25 Weinstein's Game

Slate

October 10, 2005

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# 24 Why Pixar Can't Leave Disney

Slate

October 2, 2005

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# 23 The War For The Couch Potato

Slate

September 26, 2005

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#22 Hollywood's Biggest Blunders

Slate

September 19, 2005

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#21 The Indie Game

Slate

September 12, 2005

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#20 The Iger Fatwa

Slate

September 5, 2005

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#19 Send In The Aliens

Slate

August 29, 2005

 

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#18 The Next Big Thing

Slate

August 22, 2005

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#17  Sex & The Cinema

Slate

August 15, 2005

NPR Radiocast

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#16  Hollywood's Profits Demystified

Slate

August 8,2005

NPR Radiocast

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#15 The Death Spiral: Part II  

Slate

August 1, 2005

NPR Radiocast

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#14 The Death Spiral 

Slate

July 25,2005

NPR Radiocast

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#13 Hidden Persuaders  

Slate

July 18,2005

NPR Radiocast

 

 

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#12 Hollywood's Hedge Funds

Slate
July 12,2005
NPR Radiocast

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#11 The Vanishing Box              Office

Slate
July 5,2005

NPR Radiocast

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#10 Tom Cruise, Inc.
Slate
June 27,2005

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#9 Murdoch's Strategy

Slate
June 14,2005

NPR Radiocast

 

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#8 Dumb Money  

Slate

June 6,2005

NPR Radiocast

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#7 The Midas Formula

Slate

May 31, 2005

NPR Radiocast

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#6 The Insurables

Slate

May 23, 2005

NPR Radiocast

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#5 Gross Misunderstanding

  Slate

  May 16, 2005

NPR Radiocast

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#4 Schwarzenegger's Contract
  Slate

  May 9, 2005

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#3 Moore's Money
  Slate

  May 3, 2005

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#2 The German Tax Shelter

  Slate

  April 25, 2005

NPR Radiocast

The Hollywood Economist:

#1 Disney's Eisner
  Slate

  April 18, 2005 

Forget the Movies, TV Is King in Hollywood

Los Angeles Times

  March 27, 2005

In Praise Of Eisner
Wall Street Journal

  March 18, 2005

The Oscars
Wall Street Journal

  March 23, 2000

   
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