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...They were also annoyed by the length of the talks, during which weeks would go by with no response from Disney. A deal was "eminently doable, had it gone quickly," insists a Pixar insider. Jobs, knowing other studios would jump at a chance to get in business with Pixar (Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox are considered front runners), finally had enough. Folks on the Disney side insist that Eisner (already facing a call for his ouster as CEO) made a wise business decision-- which, after all, still allows Disney to keep its share of the next two Pixar films...
...January, and Thomas Keller, one of the country's most celebrated chefs, has just arrived from Napa Valley, Calif., to the coldest weather in New York City in 10 years. Over the weekend the pipes froze and burst in the new high-rise Time Warner Center building where his restaurant, Per Se, is located, so there is no water. The floor in his kitchen is being re-laid for the third time to get it level. The fire alarm keeps going off with flashing lights and a deafening siren, and platoons of electricians, plasterers and carpenters are working frantically...
...disparities between the two countries prompts questions about what kind of deal could benefit both - or indeed whether the two parties should even bother to meet at the table. America's population is 15 times the size of Australia's. Given their scale and reach, American companies - like Time Warner, parent of the company that publishes Time - enjoy relatively easy access to markets, particularly in open economies like Australia's. In general, and for a variety of reasons, Australia buys a lot more stuff and services from the U.S. than it can sell...
...Christmas Eve, another copy of Samurai appeared online and was traced back to a screener that had been sent to Oscar voters. Since Warner Bros. gave out only VHS copies, the bootleg was not of great quality. But its existence is an embarrassment after a year of high-profile debate over the risks of screeners--a beloved industry perk. Valenti of the M.P.A.A. had pushed hard to fight piracy by banning all screeners outright. But independent studios complained the ban would penalize small movies trying to get award nominations. In December the U.S. district court overturned the ban. Last week...
...Warner Bros. has traced thousands of online Samurai copies and 25 bootlegs from 12 countries to one screener and two camcorder copies. That is not a lot of leaks. But it takes only one. As downloading speeds increase and camcorder technology continues to improve, studios will be forced to put down the night-vision goggles and invent a new business model for a new world. "Nobody believes you're going to dissuade people from downloading," says Garland of BigChampagne. "It's all about co-opting that content and building businesses around...