Disney Chair Dick Cook; Sweeps Week
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Kim Masters joins the show as host today. A scary question for the Chairman of the Walt Disney Studios: will DVD sales ever bounce back? Plus, the sweeps week dinosaur. Why do they still exist?
Guests:
- Richard Cook: Chairman, Walt Disney Studios
- Stephen Battaglio: Business Editor, TV Guide
- Scott Mitsui: Producer, Mark Woollen & Associates
Links:
- TV Guide
- Neilson ratings, Wikipedia on
- Stations call March Sweeps 'useless,' Broadcasting and Cable on
- Disney's terrible first-quarter income, Wall Street Journal on
- Disney's 2006 purchase of Pixar, Hollywood Reporter on
- The way we watch, the New Yorker on
- How Sweeps Week works, Slate on
- Masters' article on the Disney-Dreamworks deal
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