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Hollywood Stumbles in Foreign Affairs

October 26, 2007 by Robert Marich Leave a Comment

"The Kingdom" poster.

As legendary Hollywood mogul Samuel Goldwyn once said, “If you want to send a message, call Western Union.” These days, a slew of pricey movies set against the backdrop of the Middle East/Afghanistan cauldron and that project distaste for the U.S. are falling flat at the box office. More such films are in the pipeline, and so worried film distributors are crafting marketing … [Read more...] about Hollywood Stumbles in Foreign Affairs

Official Websites No Longer Epicenter

August 27, 2007 by Robert Marich Leave a Comment

Marketing movies via the internet across cyberspace is still relatively new, but there are already some significant twists in strategy. The official website is no longer the automatic centerpiece of a new media campaign and—in something of an irony—there is a budding trend to launch more than one website for the same movie. All this is a break from the strategy of … [Read more...] about Official Websites No Longer Epicenter

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