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Heart Goes Out
I feel as if the 2nd Great Depression has finally hit me personally, as Nikki Finke is reporting that Variety columnist and reporter Anne Thompson -- an excellent reporter and commentator, and one of my oldest friends in this racket -- is among the Variety staffers who were laid off today. And ...
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Whacked
Movie Marketing Madness — ... The whacking of someone so prominent and so respected is a sign that no one is safe in these tough economic climes. Or, as The Playlist puts it, “ ...

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Recession Red
weblogs.variety.com 1/27/2009 — On a recent trip to the wine country, I bought four bottles at $9.99 apiece of the Gainey Vineyard's latest label: Recession Red. Little did I know that I too would be hit by the diving economy. Today I got slashed from the ranks of Variety staffers ...