Cross-Category Effort Hopes To Avoid Past Mistakes
June 25, 2001
The Game Industry Forum and the Comic Book Industry Alliance, two popular Internet discussion forums for the members of their respective trades are sponsoring an effort to create an organization that would include both comic and game retailers.
Diamond Select Snares Peter Cottontail
June 23, 2001
Diamond Select Toys, a sister company of Diamond Comic Distributors, announced the signing of an agreement with Golden Books to produce merchandise based on the venerable children's book Here Comes Peter Cottontail .
1.5 Million Units Sold In First Week
June 16, 2001
Video Business reports that Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon had the biggest first week this year for a DVD title, pulling in some $30 million retail with over 1.5 million units sold.
Cites Strong Growth Over Last Year
June 9, 2001
We're publishing an e-mail from Robert Boyd of the LPC Group which in addition to giving some information on an ICv2 error last week also gives some insight into the progress Marvel is making with its trade book program .
Basic Info about Georgia Music and Sports
June 7, 2001
Company profile for Georgia Music and Sport.
Basic Info about Centurion Hobby Distributors, Inc.
June 6, 2001
Company profile for Centurion Hobby Distributors, Inc., distributor for gaming products.
Basic Info about Mad Al Distributors
June 6, 2001
Distributor profile for Mad Al Distributors, located out of Anchorage, Alaska and offering various products worldwide.
Marvel's Bookstore Business 'Exploding'
June 5, 2001
In today's Marvel press conference, Marvel President Bill Jemas took the blame for the impression '...that it often does look like we are out to get comic shops -- a lot of that is my personal failure to provide complete information about the policies....
On the Competition, Newsstand Distribution, Ratings, and Collectibility
June 4, 2001
ICv2 recently submitted a number of written questions to Marvel President Jemas, and he took time to respond in his usual frank style (we guess it's not just the spoken interviews that bring out that trait).
Industry Sources Rue Youthful Image
May 20, 2001
Statistics from the videogame industry released at the recently concluded E3 trade show demonstrate that the audience for videogames is a lot more mature than industry critics like Attorney General John Ashcroft realize.
