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- 25 Jul 2012
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Movie Magic
Kaplan: "Automated retail" dispenses movie magic. Photo courtesy Gregg Kaplan/Redbox If you’ve seen one at your local US grocery store, you know that “vending machine” is an inadequate description for Redbox, the sleek, red (of course) kiosks that dispense new-release... View Details
- 13 Sep 2019
- News
Hollywood Ending
“Hang on a second, let me just get my phone real quick,” Meg Whitman (MBA 1979) says midway through a conversation one Friday morning in May, darting out the door of a glass-walled conference room in Los Angeles. She gives the entirely plausible impression of a person... View Details
- 22 Apr 2014
- News
Putting a spell on theatergoers
Alan Horn (MBA 1971) has brought a touch of magic to the big screen and record-breaking numbers to the bottom line as chairman of Walt Disney Studios and former president and chief operating officer of Warner Bros. Entertainment. At Disney, he oversees worldwide... View Details
- 08 May 2012
- News
Screen Saver
Apkon: With Ron Howard and Steven Spielberg, celebrating the Jacob Burns Film Center's 10th anniversary. Stephen Apkon’s first movie memory is a little hazy. He’s pretty sure it was Mary Poppins, showing as the first half of a drive-in double feature (children were... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Gold Mettle
Gold Mettle Three years ago, the 2002 Winter Olympics looked like a downhill skier who had taken a really bad fall, tumbling out of control, in danger of serious injury, and with an uncertain future at best. Members of the International Olympic Committee had accepted... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Preserving Patagonia
recognized that conserved land has many embedded values: limited development (environmentally friendly real estate), sustainable agriculture, carbon sequestration potential, recreation (eco-tourism), water rights, and more. Profits for... View Details
- 24 Aug 2010
- News
Providing a Leg Up
- 12 Jan 2010
- News
Career Profile: The Art Dealer
- 21 Jul 2010
- News
Mad Men, the Early Era
Related research Dare to Be Different Should You Bring Advertising Expertise in House? Improving Brand Recognition in TV Ads Step into the lobby of the Baker Library | Bloomberg Center and you’ll find an exhibit that coordinates well with the cool elegance of the... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Funny Business
Before she became a comedy writer, Claire Friedman (MBA 2014) followed the path of any good econ major, working at Goldman Sachs for five years and enrolling at HBS with plans to go into the business side of entertainment. While working at FX as an assistant, Friedman,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 05 Feb 2014
- News
Norway's Ringnes Blends Philanthropy and Art
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Allston Options Up for Discussion
A preliminary plan for Harvard University’s expansion across the Charles River on land surrounding HBS will be the focus of numerous planning meetings this fall involving the University community, the City of Boston, and the Allston neighborhood. A consulting firm... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Busy…Very Busy
Courtesy Thriving Office Bill Freund (MBA ’96) was working out of his home when he realized his telephone calls might pack more punch if they sounded like they were coming from a busy office. So he put together a CD that includes ringing phones, the barely audible... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Case Study: Let’s Dance
Illustration by Avalon Nuovo Before launching her own startup, Lily Liang (MBA 2008) worked as a product manager in San Francisco’s tech industry, including a stint at the movie review site Rotten Tomatoes from 2012 to 2017. Those were especially heady years in the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Hollywood Squared
In an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal (September 4, 2007), Sony Pictures Entertainment chairman and CEO Michael Lynton (MBA ’87) declared that from his perspective “the global economy in general — and the entertainment business in particular — is absolutely... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 05 Apr 2020
- News
Launching in a World in Limbo
photo by Getty/Bloomberg Meg Whitman (MBA 1979) and Jeffrey Katzenberg have said from the very beginning that their mobile, short-form streaming service, Quibi, would launch on April 6. Even as the world has been hobbled by a pandemic, they nailed their deadline. On... View Details
- 28 Feb 2020
- News
Kelly Campbell Named President of Hulu
Dia Dipasupil / Getty Images Dia Dipasupil / Getty Images Walt Disney Co. announced that it was promoting Kelly Campbell (MBA 2005) to president of the streaming service Hulu, the Los Angeles Times reports. With 30 million subscribers and a host of network television... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 23 Mar 2014
- News