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		<title>&#8220;What we do is go to the movies.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2009/12/14/what-we-do-is-go-to-the-movies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Corcoran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That's a quote from a wonderful L.A. Times article on this year's booming box office under the comically generic headline "Box-office revenue up for 2009".

The piece goes somewhat deeper than the headline suggests, considering whether booming box office and increased attendance this year are economically-driven or if something fundamental is underway in the way people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Regal&#8217;s Amy Miles at the Reuters Media Summit</title>
		<link>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2009/12/02/regals-amy-miles-at-the-reuters-media-summit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:16:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Corcoran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The interview covers the waterfront from Avatar to windows. 
 

  
  
  
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		<title>This is not 2005</title>
		<link>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2009/05/15/this-is-not-2005/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 16:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Corcoran</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Blockbuster]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting little quote from Blockbuster CEO Jim Keyes:


  As if crushing debt, the recession, Netflix and Redbox weren't enough, Blockbuster Inc. has a new foe: the booming box office.
    
    That's according to Jim Keyes, chief executive of the struggling but still massive DVD rental chain, who on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Movie theaters continue to not die</title>
		<link>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2009/04/16/movie-theaters-continue-to-not-die/</link>
		<comments>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2009/04/16/movie-theaters-continue-to-not-die/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Corcoran</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[admissions]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.natoonline.org/blog/?p=121</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[BusinessWeek has an article today explaining to its readers that movie theaters just might be a good investment.


  "People have assumed for years that home theater and DVDs were killing off the business," says money manager Steve Birenberg, president of Northlake Capital Management and the media sector blogger for market research firm SNL Kagan. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doing well by doing good</title>
		<link>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2009/03/20/doing-well-by-doing-good/</link>
		<comments>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2009/03/20/doing-well-by-doing-good/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Corcoran</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[free movies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gem Theatre]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even though box office and attendance are up over last year by double digits, the Gem Theatre in Kannapolis, North Carolina is trying to ease a little of the financial pressure on its patrons by offering free admissions every Wednesday. NBC Nightly News has the story.

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		<title>Good times in bad times</title>
		<link>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2009/03/03/110/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Corcoran</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.natoonline.org/blog/?p=110</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Big media outlets are waking up to the phenomenal box office and admissions numbers being generated so far this year.

On Sunday, the New York Times weighed in with the news that movie theaters are a bargain:


Helping feed the surge is the mix of movies, which have been more audience-friendly in recent months as the studios [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Box Office Boom</title>
		<link>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2009/02/23/box-office-boom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2009/02/23/box-office-boom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Corcoran</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.natoonline.org/blog/?p=109</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ Box office is booming, and ABC News takes a look on the Friday before the Oscar telecast.

 If you look closely, yours truly has apparently gotten a new job as spokesman for the previously unknown "National Association of Theatregoers".&#160; Aside from the really ugly acronym (NATg), they don't exist.&#160; We really like theatregoers, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Economic concerns don&#8217;t inhibit moviegoing</title>
		<link>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2008/08/20/economic-concerns-dont-inhibit-moviegoing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2008/08/20/economic-concerns-dont-inhibit-moviegoing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Corcoran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Reel Blog]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Interpret LLC]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.natoonline.org/blog/?p=96</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hot on the heels of Interpret LLC's survey suggesting consumers are cutting back on moviegoing because of economic worries comes a report from the NPD Group asserting exactly the opposite.


  NPD's "Entertainment Trends in America" reports that nearly 80 percent of frequent moviegoers plan to go to the theater the same amount or more [...]]]></description>
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