But There's Also a Back-up Liquidation Plan
April 20, 2003
FAO Schwartz announced last Thursday that its plan to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy was back on track and that it hoped to complete the transaction this week.
'This Is a Biggie'
April 17, 2003
Christian Petersen, CEO of Fantasy Flight Publishing, Inc. saw our article on Games Workshop stopping Internet sales of its products by independent e-commerce companies and saw it as an event with potentially huge implications for the game business.
Using Intellectual Property Rights as a Tool
April 15, 2003
Games Workshop is notifying both its direct retailer accounts and distributors that it is altering its terms of sale to prohibit the use of Games Workshop intellectual property to solicit orders over the Internet.
After April Issues
April 15, 2003
CrossGen is announcing Thursday that it is canceling its Compendia titles, Forge and Vector (nee Edge ), after their 13th issues this month.
According To Video Distributors
April 10, 2003
Most video distributors expect to see DVDs increase to about 70-75% of their sales by the end of 2003.
Saturday, May 31
April 9, 2003
The increase in graphic novel sales has been one of the few bright spots in the firmament of American publishing, so it's not surprising to see that Book Expo America is devoting a day of educational programming to help retailers...
May Be Split from Sam Goody
April 8, 2003
Blockbuster may end up buying the Suncoast video chain in a break-up of the Musicland assets currently being shopped by Best Buy.
Into Parent and Subsidiaries
April 6, 2003
CrossGen has changed its company name from CrossGeneration Comics, Inc. to CrossGen Entertainment, Inc. In conjunction with the change, it has also organized 11 subsidiaries...
Kaiyodo's Evangelion Figures Affected
April 3, 2003
The Japanese company Reds, which designed, imported, distributed and manufactured toys has apparently gone out of business -- a bankruptcy that has potential ramifications for the U.S. market.
Takes $441 Million Charge
March 30, 2003
Best Buy has announced that it has begun marketing its Musicland subsidiary 'in order to concentrate on the Company's core business and assets.'
