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FNB Editorial: One Door Closes, Another, Inevitably, Opens 15 Apr 2013 | 01:28 am
Well, it was bound to happen. After almost five years of covering the entertainment world, we’re ending publication of Film News Briefs today as we join forces with Studio System News starting tomorro...
Andrew Hurley’s Ex-Pat Whining: Let’s Not Forget What Kickstarter Does Best! 12 Apr 2013 | 01:35 am
I’m coming to the FNB farewell bash about Kickstarter late, as usual, but what could be more appropriate as we look to the future than to consider something that represents such a drastic change in th...
Catherine Clinch’s Media Grazing: The Mother Of All Crowdfunding Campaigns 11 Apr 2013 | 07:04 am
When I was 24-years-old, I came to Hollywood to make movies. I had been through film school and The Directors Guild Training Program. I was a signed client at The William Morris Agency and I’d had my ...
FNB Editorial: Why Roger Ebert’s Death Is An Even Bigger Deal Than You May Have Thought 8 Apr 2013 | 03:17 am
We’ve been kind of astonished this week seeing the outpouring of affection and reaction to Roger Ebert’s death. Not that he isn’t worthy of it, it’s just a bit of a surprise. The man was a critic. A v...
Catherine Clinch’s Media Grazing: Mobile Media Summit Gets Excellent Reception 4 Apr 2013 | 07:49 am
It’s no secret that the future will be entirely mobile. Still, questions remain about how the transition will be accomplished and who will facilitate and/or enable the transition. Tuesday’s Mobile Med...
FNB Editorial: Drips And Drops On An Otherwise Uneventful Easter/Passover Weekend 1 Apr 2013 | 02:20 am
Maybe it’s because we’ve been running around a lot over the last couple weeks, and that we’ve been so overwhelmingly fascinated by this whole “Veronica Mars” movie business, but we really do tend to p...
Catherine Clinch’s Media Grazing: Rosie The WRITER Needs To Flex Her Muscle 28 Mar 2013 | 08:09 am
From the mid-eighties through the late-nineties, I was a fixture on the WGA Committee of Women Writers. I truly believed that if we fought the good fight for equality we would ultimately establish mea...
FNB Editorial: And Another Thing About This Kickstarter Business … 24 Mar 2013 | 01:43 am
Last week, we expounded at length about this “Veronica Mars” movie raising its money on Kickstarter, but it occurred to us after the fact that we only covered part of the issue, and since it’s a large...
Catherine Clinch’s Media Grazing: Please Step Back From The Edge 21 Mar 2013 | 08:18 am
If you haven’t already heard, I am sorry to be the one to break it to you. “Enlightened” will not be coming back for a third season. After much soulful, gut wrenching debate, the series has been cance...
FNB Editorial: Needless To Say, This Changes Everything 16 Mar 2013 | 09:42 pm
If you paid any attention to what was going on in the entertainment world the second half of last week, there won’t be much mystery as to today’s subject. The fact that we’ve been enormous fans of “Ve...
