By Robert Dowling
Last week a friend and colleague, Lynne Segall, was “reorganized” out of her job at the Los Angeles Times. To lose a job is always a tragedy, but when an unequaled revenue generator loses her job it has to beg the question, “What were they thinking?”
All media has only a few mandates: Attract and satisfy an audience, sell subscriptions and sell ads. To be successful all three have to be working. No one is unaware of the challenges facing media in the ad sales department these days, and when you have an individual like Lynne Segall, you thank your good fortune sh...
Last week a friend and colleague, Lynne Segall, was “reorganized” out of her job at the Los Angeles Times. To lose a job is always a tragedy, but when an unequaled revenue generator loses her job it has to beg the question, “What were they thinking?”
All media has only a few mandates: Attract and satisfy an audience, sell subscriptions and sell ads. To be successful all three have to be working. No one is unaware of the challenges facing media in the ad sales department these days, and when you have an individual like Lynne Segall, you thank your good fortune sh...
- 6/7/2010
- by Lew Harris
- The Wrap
By Robert Dowling
Over the holidays, Sharon Waxman, of TheWrap, wrote a piece about how the two Hollywood trade papers are facing their “end game.” Steering clear of the debates about the impact of leveraged buyouts, downsizing and the lack of Academy Award advertising, there is a fundamental reason why the trades have lost their way.
They’ve lost sight of the “community” they were designed to serve.
The entertainment industry is more in need of information and insight than possibly ever. The trades are perfectly positioned to provide this, and should be cashing in...
Over the holidays, Sharon Waxman, of TheWrap, wrote a piece about how the two Hollywood trade papers are facing their “end game.” Steering clear of the debates about the impact of leveraged buyouts, downsizing and the lack of Academy Award advertising, there is a fundamental reason why the trades have lost their way.
They’ve lost sight of the “community” they were designed to serve.
The entertainment industry is more in need of information and insight than possibly ever. The trades are perfectly positioned to provide this, and should be cashing in...
- 1/13/2010
- by Lew Harris
- The Wrap
By Julian Myers
If the Hollywood Reporter as I have known it for more than 60 years is gone, it must be noted that three of its recent editorial heads were among the finest in its history. In fact, they are among the finest in the annals of Hollywood coverage. Yes, I'm alluding to Elizabeth Guider, Alex Ben Block and Robert Dowling.
Other top-notch Hollywood Reporter heads included Tichi Wilkerson, Frank Barron, Don Gillette, Jim Powers, Howard Burns and Hal Bates. Its memorable daily columnists included Mike Connolly, Herb Stein, Jim Henagan, Robert Osborne and Hank Grant.
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If the Hollywood Reporter as I have known it for more than 60 years is gone, it must be noted that three of its recent editorial heads were among the finest in its history. In fact, they are among the finest in the annals of Hollywood coverage. Yes, I'm alluding to Elizabeth Guider, Alex Ben Block and Robert Dowling.
Other top-notch Hollywood Reporter heads included Tichi Wilkerson, Frank Barron, Don Gillette, Jim Powers, Howard Burns and Hal Bates. Its memorable daily columnists included Mike Connolly, Herb Stein, Jim Henagan, Robert Osborne and Hank Grant.
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- 11/13/2009
- by Lisa Horowitz
- The Wrap
Robert Dowling, editor-in-chief and publisher of The Hollywood Reporter and president of the VNU Business Media Film and Performing Arts Group, is retiring after 17 years at the helm effective Dec. 31, he said Tuesday. Dowling said he is starting his own consulting firm, the Bob Dowling Group, to serve clients looking to navigate the converging worlds of entertainment and technology. VNU Business Media has signed a three-year deal as Dowling's first client. "For the past 17 years, The Hollywood Reporter has led in covering the entertainment industry as it faced, and dealt with, the advent of enormous technological challenges," Dowling said. "Today the paper commands respect and has earned the industry's recognition as the leading entertainment information franchise, which will continue to grow and expand across all levels."...
- 12/7/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
SEOUL -- Digital technology and the Internet have been the two technologies of the past century that caused irreparable dislocation for every major entertainment supplier, said Robert Dowling, editor-in-chief and publisher of The Hollywood Reporter, at the welcoming dinner of the Seoul Digital Forum on Thursday. "Their response to date has been vertical integration -- own everything (mergers and acquisitions) and control everything," Dowling said. "Neither has worked. The challenge of the entertainment, broadcast and communications industries of the 21st century is to create, develop and implement working models that will best utilize the potential of these two dynamic platforms." The Seoul Digital Forum and World ICT Summit is an annual international conference organized by the Seoul Broadcasting System and Korea's Ministry of Information and Communication. This year's theme, "Quo Vadis, Ubiquitous", explored the emerging digital society -- where nearly everyone has wide access to networked information at any time -- and examined long-term strategies for government and business.
- 5/20/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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