Word: distributor
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...dark cloud rolled over the indie comix horizon this past week when LPC Group, a retail bookstore distributor with many comix clients filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Topnotch publishers such as Drawn and Quarterly, Oni, and Highwater Books, who exist on very slim margins, found themselves suddenly unable to collect monies owed them by LPC. Top Shelf, the Marietta, Georgia-based publisher of "From Hell," the comicbook inspiration for the Johnny Depp movie of last year, was compelled to release an extraordinary electronic plea for $20,000 in direct purchases to save it from going under...
...same level as Hollywood’s studio behemoths, who often simply decide to put all their eggs in one basket. The Coen Brothers’ The Man Who Wasn’t There, for example, may have been more heavily marketed in other years, but its distributor, USA Pictures, has instead decided to throw all of its support behind the more critic-friendly Gosford Park. As a result, only Roger Deakins’ superior cinematography is being considered for Sunday’s awards. But what determines which of the truly entertaining films deserve studio support?...
Last Thursday’s decision, which reads “The School of Public Health will not accept any grant or anything else of value from any tobacco manufacturer, distributor, or other tobacco-related company,” was largely moot. HSPH has not accepted a tobacco-related donation since...
...everything together," Scott said. "She generated attack and came back on defense. Her role is very much that of a distributor, which is crucial in field hockey...
...also intends to license its repertoire to Pressplay, a rival distributor set up by Sony and Vivendi Universal. That could signal a change for the industry: until now, players haven't agreed on digital distribution issues. Maybe EMI will push them toward a consensus - consumers would appreciate...