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Chart of the Day: Disney is cleaning up with Marvel

by Marketplace Staff
Nov 7, 2016
The Disney-Marvel business model relies on d-list heroes making a-list money.
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Doctor Strange is Marvel's latest box office hit

by Mark Garrison
Nov 7, 2016
The comic franchise has won new fans with its Hollywood offerings.
A view of the atmosphere at The Los Angeles World Premiere of Marvel Studios’ 'Doctor Strange” in Hollywood, CA on Oct. 20, 2016.   
Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney
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Chinese firm Wanda to buy Dick Clark Productions

by Reema Khrais
Nov 4, 2016
The Chinese Company Dalian Wanda Group has been on a shopping spree in Hollywood. Today, the company announced that it bought Dick Clark Productions. That gives them the rights to high-profile events like the Golden Globes awards and the Miss American Pageant. Marketplace’s Reema Khrais reports on the latest buy from Wanda, and what it […]
Dalian Wanda is buying Dick Clark Productions, its first step into TV production. Above, the Wanda cinema next to the Wanda Group building in Beijing. 
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TV beats movies when it comes to diverse programming

by Kai Ryssdal and Adhiti Bandlamudi
Nov 1, 2016
The television industry is learning to let more people of color in, but the movie industry still has strides to make.
NYT film critic Wesley Morris says Moonlight is an exquisite film about "being a black male" and the societal construction around black male identity. 
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Licensed merchandise is up $10 billion

by Andy Uhler
Sep 1, 2016
There's even a license for an original paint color - Minion Yellow.
Spanish singer Abraham Mateo attends 'The Minions' photocall at the Hesperia Hotel in Madrid, Spain. The merchandise of popular movies like 'Minions' has amassed $10 billion, with licensed toys, shirts, games, mobile applications and more.  
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"Good ideas never die at Disney"

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Aug 29, 2016
Disney almost shut down in the 1940s, but they were also the studio's most creative time.
Sylvia Holland's concept painting for the "Pastoral Symphony" sequence in Fantasia.  
They Drew as They Pleased: The Hidden Art of Disney’s Musical Years: The 1940s by Didier Ghez
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Suicide Squad killed it on opening weekend ... now what?

by Andy Uhler
Aug 8, 2016
The summer blockbuster saw a sharp decline in ticket sales on Saturday. Why?
The cast of "Suicide Squad."
Warner Brothers
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"Suicide Squad" gambles on anti-heroes

by Kai Ryssdal , Adriene Hill and Jennie Josephson
Aug 4, 2016
Warner Bros. and DC have a lot riding on this squad of misfits
Actor Jared Leto attends the "Suicide Squad" premiere at the Beacon Theatre on August 1, 2016 in New York City.
Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Carrera
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What Diane Keaton can teach you about working women

by Bridget Bodnar
Jul 14, 2016
Is it easier to find a movie with positive depictions of women in the workplace in the 1980s than it is today?
Diane Keaton in the 1987 comedy "Baby Boom."
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How movie tracking has changed

by Adriene Hill
Jul 4, 2016
Polls can estimate a movie's numbers even before the flick is released, a practice that has changed with social media.
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