Category Archives: budget
USB drives could help save your business
In an economy as badly damaged as ours presently is, making your mark with a client, attracting repeat business and inspiring referrals from them is more vital than ever. For decades, firms have used kinds of free swag to keep … Continue reading
Things for which to be Thankful
Is it me or are you also having trouble believing the year is nearly over? There’s all the spooky joys of Halloween on Friday, soon after that the clocks ‘fall back,’ then it’s a brisk downhill slide to the Holidays…Already! … Continue reading
Hasta la Vista, Vancouver!
It sounds like Governor Patterson’s splendid idea for growing his city’s economy may have started a trend?? . The much-criticized ‘Bailout Bill’ recently signed into law by the President includes some remarkable bonuses for those in the entertainment sphere: A … Continue reading
Hollywood’s newest ‘Bright, Shiny Object’…
Hollywood is filled with grown men [and women] who seem to share one common weakness; An inadequate supply of toys during childhood. Stories of Directors demanding bigger, better and costlier toys for their next creative indulgence are legion. And next … Continue reading
I Think I’ll Move into a Cave…
Enjoy your Thursday, folks – For those of us who find sports less than irresistibly transfixing, this is the last day of freedom we’ll see for two weeks. NBC’s coverage of the Olympics begins tomorrow and will continue at levels … Continue reading
Will the NBC *worker* please raise their hand !
Product placement and over-staffing are hurdles for TV Producers and creators as they work on creating extensions of the original shows. So says Tim Kring, the EP and boss of NBC’s “Heroes” who was chatting on Wednesday at the NATPE … Continue reading
Coming Soon – the NBC Yard Sale !
After the AMPTP’s petulant withdrawl from last week’s talks there comes the disconcerting news that NBC’s ratings are being so affected by the [even poorer than normal] programming they are using to fill the gaps, they’ve been driven to refunding … Continue reading
VH1 files for Intellectual Bankruptcy…
That grinding noise you can hear in the background is the suits in charge of American TV scraping the bottom of an already over-mined barrel in a desperate effort to fill the airwaves and make people watch. Their latest blend … Continue reading
‘Jaw Jaw!’ is better than ‘War War!’ *
The Internet is not only one of the core stumbling blocks of this entire dispute, it’s also fast becoming a major aide in enabling the writers to inform their audience of the true nature and root causes of the strike, … Continue reading
Day 3 – Merry Christmas…You’re Fired!
Now it’s getting ugly. When Writers don’t work, the shows don’t happen. And the fall-out is becoming depressing – All the folks who work the cameras, lighting, sound, make up, wardrobe, catering and a dozen other fields are getting caught … Continue reading
