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Home Media Magazine keeps you abreast of promotions and other announcements about key studio executives, retailers and other industry leaders.

Mitch Lowe: Redbox Took Fox to Court ‘Reluctantly’

August 12, 2009

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment gave $1-a-day DVD kiosk operator Redbox a choice: Agree to a 30-day delay for new Fox DVDs or stop buying the DVDs from the studio’s distributors.

Borders Names Three New VPs

August 11, 2009

Borders Group has named three new zone VPs for its West Coast, Northeast and Midwest regions.

E1 Hires Park

August 11, 2009

E1 Entertainment has hired Sejin Park as director of worldwide acquisitions.

Six Questions: Yahoo’s Russ Shafer

August 07, 2009

Russ Shafer, senior director of product marketing, connected TV and desktop at Yahoo, said top TV manufacturers such as Samsung, Vizio, Sony and LG have added the Yahoo Widget Engine for Internet connectivity to upcoming Web-enabled units.

GameStop Has New Digital Media Head

August 05, 2009

GameStop Corp. has appointed Chris Petrovic, a 10-year veteran of digital business management, to its newly created position of GM of digital media.

Microsoft, Intel CEOs to Keynote CES

August 05, 2009

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Intel CEO Paul Otellini will be the first two keynote speakers for the annual International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Jan. 6-10, 2010.

Six Questions: Redbox’s Mitch Lowe

July 31, 2009

As a founding senior executive of Netflix, and with more than a quarter-century of experience in the video industry, Redbox president Mitch Lowe knows how to do rental.

Jeff Junge Upped at Warner

July 30, 2009

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group July 30 promoted veteran Jeff Junge to SVP of business management, it was announced by group president Kevin Tsujihara.

Anchor Bay Promotes Three

July 30, 2009

Anchor Bay Entertainment has promoted three of its executives. Julie Cartwright has moved up to SVP of marketing, while Sally Seraphim and Raymond Zinar are now both SVP of sales.

Geistman Re-elected as EMA Chairman

July 29, 2009

Bob Geistman, of Ingram Entertainment, has been re-elected to a sixth consecutive term as chairman of the Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA), according to the trade association.