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Fox confirms Emma Watts as production president by Company Town

Twentieth Century Fox has confirmed the widely expected promotion of studio veteran Emma Watts to president of production. For two years Watts had shared the job with Alex Young, who left last month to become a producer at the News...
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Emma Watts shines at 20th Century Fox, becomes sole production president by Company Town

Emma Watts has emerged as the sole president of production for 20th Century Fox after sharing the job with Alex Young for two years. Young vacated his post this week after the partnership between them fizzled and will become a...
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Fox asks court to dismiss Redbox suit by Company Town

20th Century Fox asked a federal district court in Delaware to dismiss the civil suit brought by Redbox, claiming that the antitrust claims raised by the maker of DVD-rental kiosks don't hold up under scrutiny. Redbox sued Fox on Aug....
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AMC moves back to Hollywood by Company Town

Start popping the popcorn: AMC Entertainment, the nation's second-largest theater operator, is moving back to Hollywood. The Kansas City, Mo., chain, which operates 307 theaters, said Thursday it will open a new film office in Century City to strengthen...

Redbox sues 20th Century Fox over DVD releases by Company Town

DVD rental company Redbox Automated Retail has sued 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment over its attempts to keep newly released titles from appearing in the $1-a-night vending kiosks for 30 days. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Delaware federal court,...
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Fox to Redbox: Hands off our movies for 30 days by Company Town

20th Century Fox is thinking outside the box. Redbox, that is: The studio has just told the DVD kiosk company that it can't have DVDs on launch day. Fox has instructed its DVD wholesalers not to sell discs to Redbox...
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Sources: Paramount in talks to merge backroom DVD operations with Sony and Fox by Company Town

Paramount Pictures is in talks with at least two of its competitors to merge some elements of its home video backroom operations, people briefed on the negotiations said. While negotiations are in a very preliminary stage, the Viacom-owned studio has...
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Fired gossip columnist Roger Friedman files juicy suit against News Corp. by Company Town

Gossip columnist Roger Friedman wants more than $5 million in lost wages and damages from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. for firing him after he reviewed the company's "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" based on a pirated copy of the movie. In...
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Fox paying for 'Ice Age's' 3-D glasses, but Hollywood remains peeved by Company Town

20th Century Fox's high-profile stare-down with theater operators over who would pay for digital 3-D glasses to go with "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" has been settled. But the issues underlying the dispute will almost certainly flare...
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DirecTV's Chase Carey in discussions to return to News Corp. by Company Town

DirecTV Chief Executive Chase Carey is in talks to return to News Corp. as Rupert Murdoch's second in command, a person familiar with the matter confirmed. Murdoch has been courting Carey, once a trusted member of his inner circle, since...
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Fox Atomic goes up in mushroom cloud after two-year money-losing run by Company Town

Peter Rice may have been a genius when it came to making Fox Searchlight the most successful specialty film distributor in Hollywood with such breakout hits as "Slumdog Millionaire," "Juno" and "Little Miss Sunshine." But...
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Former AOL chief to join News Corp. by Company Town

Former America Online Chief Executive Jonathan Miller is expected to join News Corp. in the newly-created position overseeing digital strategy, according to a person familiar with the situation. Miller is a well known figure in digital media, whose name...
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