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What to Watch This Week: The Games Are Afoot

Let's go over some items that will help shape the week ahead for Wall Street: The Hunger Games will give theaters a much needed boost; FuelBand may do the same for Nike; video game sellers hunger for hits; and Tiffany and Oracle will give us clues about the recovery.



Short of Green: DreamWorks Animation Misses 'Shrek'


DVDs Are Dying: Can Anything Rescue Hollywood?


4 Ways Hollywood Can Save the Local Multiplex


Why Movie Watchers Are Abandoning the Multiplex

Noticed that your local movie theater is a little quieter than usual lately? Don't go thinking that moviegoers have just gotten more considerate. The reason phones aren't ringing, babies aren't wailing, and know-it-alls aren't giving away plot twists before they happen is simple: People just aren't there.

The Price of Serious 'Harry Potter' Fandom: $401.08

When it comes to providing bewitchment for the buck, Harry Potter has notched some mesmerizing numbers. Fans who bought all the hardcover books, the DVDs, and attended the movies in first run, paid an average total of $401.08 -- not counting the $20 to $30 they'll pay for the DVD or Blu-Ray of "Deathly Hallows: Part 2."

Ticketmaster's Former CEO Is Now a Competitor

Fredric Rosen, who led Ticketmaster for 15 years, is poised to go head-to-head against his old company as CEO of Outbox Enterprises, a company that flips Ticketmaster's centralized middleman model of ticket sales on its head.

Barry Diller Bows Out as Live Nation Chairman

Barry Diller announced his impending resignation as Live Nation chairman Tuesday, perhaps putting an end to his tussle with the rest of its board for control of the struggling concert promoter and talent agency nearly a year after its merger with Diller's Ticketmaster.

NFL Season Ticket Sales Take a Hit From Weak Economy
