Monday, May 25, 2015

Broadway ads getting more theatrical play By Miriam Kreinin Souccar

Equity rule change lowers costs of using casts in commercials; will market like films
Thanks to dgabriel on All That Chat for the link.

SOURCE: www.crainsny.com at 05:58PM

Columnist has 'em roiling in the aisles By Miriam Kreinin Souccar

Post's cutting, clever Riedel elbows out Times for leading role in theater journalism

SOURCE: www.crainsny.com at 05:58PM

Tonys finish third in ratings, early numbers show

Early indications show that Sunday night's broadcast of the Tony Awards drew a similar number of viewers as last year, but that may not be enough to ensure the show a future at CBS

SOURCE: www.crainsny.com at 05:58PM

EchoStar may help Cablevision with satellite biz

by Jeanhee Kim
In an effort to salvage a merger with Hughes Electronics, EchoStar Communications has reportedly agreed to transfer satellite communications frequencies to Cablevision Systems and help the cash-strapped company become a major player in the field.
So, if Cablevision becomes a major player in the satellite communications market... they will need content to fill those channels. I wonder where they will get their content. The obvious answer is through their other properties -- sports teams, MSG, Radio City Music Hall... Broadway?

SOURCE: www.crainsny.com at 05:58PM

Broadway banker joins Commerce Bank

by Tom Frederickson
Barbara von Borstel, a leading banker specializing in Broadway, joined Commerce Bank as a vice president.

SOURCE: www.crainsny.com at 05:58PM

Coliseum Books to reopen on 42nd Street

by Wendy Blake
Coliseum Books, a New York City institution that closed last year, will reopen this April on 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue. The store just signed a 20-year lease at 11 W. 42nd St. for a little more than 11,000 square feet of space.

SOURCE: www.crainsny.com at 05:58PM
Thursday, January 3, 2002

Crain's New York: Cablevision appointment fuels sale buzz

Cablevision Systems Corp. has named a former AOL Time Warner executive as president of its New York cable business, fueling buzz that Cablevision is looking to sell the business to the media giant.
What does this have to do with Broadway? Follow the money... Cablevision owns Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall. They have been involved in many productions (Christmas Carol, Pimpernel, Wizard of Oz...) AOL Time Warner wants to get into the Broadway business (nee: Disney), dangling its feet in the water with the Batman project among other things. If this rumored sale happens, it will definitely have an impact on Broadway, if only to give Disney some competition. But in bigger ways, if AOL Time Warner takes a large stake in Broadway properties, they most certainly have a distribution and marketing channels. Can you imagine everyone who logs on to AOL getting a popup that says, "You've Got Tickets!"

SOURCE: www.crainsny.com at 12:00AM