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France Seeks Another Tax on Facebook, Google And YouTube, to Finance "French Culture" Cinema

MishTalk

The sites fall into the same category as video-on-demand services, the organization said; so they would be subject to French cultural protection laws that require distributors to hand over some of their revenues to help subsidize productions. Subsidies For Films No One Watches Forbes has some interesting comments as well. billion ($1.8

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France Goes After Actor Salaries; Sunday Shopping "Reform" French Style

MishTalk

A move is underway in France to cut aid to movies if the salaries of the stars is too high a percentage of the cost of production. The Wall Street Journal reports In France, Popular Actors May Pay for Change in Funding for Films. In trade negotiations, the film subsidy has been targeted by the U.S. Effective Jan. million ($1.85

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How Customers Come to Think of a Product as an Extension of Themselves

Harvard Business

That’s when consumers feel so invested in a product that it becomes an extension of themselves. Companies that encourage psychological ownership can entice customers to buy more products, at higher prices, and even to willingly promote those products among their friends. Sales turned around, rising 2.5

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5 Mindset Tips about the Success of Champions

Rick Conlow

To be the best you can be in customer service, sales, leadership, sports, or any other endeavor, you need to change, too. FEATURE FILMS ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE FORMAL EXPERIENCE OF YEARS. In the process, he changed accepted medical practice. Sometimes that change means operating on yourself!

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How Netflix’s Content Strategy Is Reshaping Movie Culture

Harvard Business

” If you’ve seen Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, that one line probably conjures up memories of Oh yeah, chicka chicka, Ferraris, playing hooky, and dating in high school — all of which feature heavily in the hit coming-of-age film. This is how Blockbuster used to operate, at least when it came to mainstream domestic films.

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US Car Makers Crank Out Cars Around the Clock; Who is Buying the Cars?

MishTalk

Nearly 40% of car factories in North America now operate on work schedules that push production well past 80 hours a week, compared with 11% in 2008, said Ron Harbour, a senior partner with the Oliver Wyman Inc. factory recently cut 500 workers after sales of its new Passat sedan swooned. management consulting firm.

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Your Strategy Has to Be Flexible — But So Does Your Execution

Harvard Business

In 1992, to free-up warehouse space, the UK team promised free airline tickets to customers who purchased more than £100 worth of its products. customers in order to boost sales. Believing that users would want hard copies, they added digital technology to instant cameras, instead of creating a new product not requiring film.