Thursday, November 12, 2009

Worth a Look

Here are some posts from the Greenpage the past week that could be worth your time:

Composers consider unionization

Variety: "The Society of Composers & Lyricists was scheduled to announce at its annual membership meeting Tuesday night that an 'informational meeting' about the possibility of affiliating with Teamsters Local 399 will be held Nov. 16 at the Pickwick Gardens Conference Center in Burbank, Calif."

Healthcare still a scare in Hollywood

Variety: "One anxiety runs deeper in Hollywood than awards season, weekend boxoffice, primetime ratings or even the recent studio shakeups: Retaining health care benefits."

Developer scraps Oakland hotel plan, sells property to CMU

Pittsburgh Business Times:: "Museum Park Hotel LP, a partnership led by developer Brinton Motheral which has been working to develop a new hotel on a former gas station in Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood, has decided to drop the plan and sell its property to its biggest neighbor and opponent of its project, Carnegie Mellon University."

More Showbiz Jobs Move To Louisiana

Deadline.com: "Pixel Magic today announced a new digital media studio at LITE in Lafayette. It could create 40 direct new jobs in 3 years. 'Pixel Magic is a great example of the kind of companies we hoped to position Louisiana to secure when we strengthened Louisiana's film production and digital interactive media tax credits during the last legislative session,' said Gov. Bobby Jindal."

Costume and practice: new suits for Riverdance duo

The IPKat: "Ireland's Sunday Business Post reports that Riverdance duo Moya Doherty and John McColgan are being sued by fashion designer Jen Kelly for using his designs without permission; Kelly is also reported to be seeking royalties on Riverdance's profits."

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