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In December, the latest COVID-19 stimulus package allocated $15 billion to help these spaces avoid permanent closure, and venue owners have been eagerly waiting for additional details about how and when the funds will be disbursed, and who is eligible to apply. Now the SBA says it will provide some of those coveted details in a webinar on Thursday afternoon. … [Read more...] about Shuttered theaters, cinemas, and performing arts venues can soon apply for ‘Save Our Stages’ grants

Their justification? While Disney is valued at 26 times its estimated 2024 earnings per share—a pricey valuation that puts it behind only Netflix among tech giants—Disney could see nearly 25% earnings growth from 2022-2024, the firm estimates, which is second only to Amazon.    … [Read more...] about DANG! Disney stock is in the same league as tech giants Amazon, Netflix, and Google, says analyst report

The kinds of movies Oscilloscope chooses to release also fulfill one of Yauch’s core missions for the company, which was to create a heaven for filmmakers. Laub’s fellow co-president, Dan Berger, says that Yauch had a unique perspective on the artist/distributor relationship because he had spent so much of his career on the creative, rather than the business side of things. “We’re very collaborative with the people that we work with,” Berger says. The company chooses its roster of films based on quality–not necessarily on the potential to turn a major profit. … [Read more...] about The Other Legacy: Inside Collaboration Lab Oscilloscope

The Original Kin Mad–now owned by DC Entertainment and parent company Time Warner–began in 1952, the brainchild of publisher Bill Gaines, an eccentric, imposing figure, whose family owned E.C. Comics, best known for Tales From the Crypt. For its first 23 issues, Mad started as a comic spoofing other comics, before switching to a full-size magazine and expanding its satirical range. By 1974, its circulation peaked at more than 2 million. There have been only four editors–Harvey Kurtzman, Al Feldstein, Nick Meglin, and Ficarra–who created a breeding ground for such creative talent as writer Frank Jacobs, cartoonist Don Martin, Fold-in creator Al Jaffee, caricaturist Mort Drucker, cartoonist-writer Sergio Aragones, and Spy vs. Spy creator Antonio Prohías. In 1995, Mad licensed its name and bits to the late-night Fox sketch comedy series MADtv. … [Read more...] about The Ascent Of “Mad”: See 60 Years Of Comic Subversion

The first person to discuss his timeline was de Souza, who confessed that there was a great dip in his quality of life when his family moved to England from Goa, because he had a funny accent and couldn’t talk in class, and a rise on the graph of his life when he finally met and married a woman from Goa whom he met in San Francisco. The rise and fall and rise of Zedo during the dot com bubble, bust, and the resurgence of online advertising were also “out there” for all to see. Open and transparent, de Souza speaks to his employees with camaraderie and respect, embracing everyone in a company-related family. … [Read more...] about Overcoming Corporate Culture Challenges When Your Company Spans The Globe