Ch-changes at DC: Robinov-Nelson team taking over; Levitz expected to step down
UPDATE UPDATE: Everything we're hearing confirms that if DC President and CEO Paul Levitz isn't leaving, he is, at least, moving into a new...
The coming end of the Direct Market
Retailer Chris Butcher has this Tuesday's must-read post on how Diamond's new 2009 policies have left the DM less flexible and less relevant...
...things seem...
A.D.V. broken up, emerges as several new companies
The Biggest News Week Ever in Comics ® continues with news that ADV, a leading provider of anime films and, for a while, manga,...
Dis-Marney-vel updates
Some links to keep you company with that afternoon cappuccino. The transcript of yesterday's investor call with Bob Iger is now online.
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More on Marvel/Disney as reactions unfold
Obviously, this is going to be a big story for, like, well...forever. Although Marvel has been acquired and batted around many times in its...
Disney buys Marvel — Analysis
Quick thoughts off the top of my head:
§ Disney has always wanted strong boys properties. They rule the pink world with their princesses, but...
Shogakukan and Shueisha acquire Euro Japanime companies
Via PR:
The Japanese manga and animation powerhouses Shogakukan Inc., Shueisha Inc. and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions Co., Ltd. (Shogakukan & Shueisha Group) announced today their joint...
Pundits examine iPhone comics stampede
There were a couple more iPhone comics announcement in our inbox this morning, bringing the approximate number of iPhone related comics announcements this week...
Is Diane Nelson the new overlord at DC?
Rich Johnston reports the rumor that has been swirling around for the last few weeks from multiple sources: a new boss for DC, namely...
Levitz on the industry
ICv2 sits down for its yearly or so confab with DC Publisher and PresidentPaul Levitz and it took all I could muster...
News stories we missed
While we were having vacations and internet problems last week, there were several stories that we had queued up that never got off the...
Marvel’s publishing sales flat in Q2
Jim Milliot at PW summarizes Marvel's latest financials, and they back up the idea of a softer 2nd quarter for comics publishing in general:
Publishing...
