Warner Brothers' The Dark Knight is the first flick to be offered directly via the social network. It's a small test, but when Facebook enters a business, competitors get nervous: Here's how this move could trigger a round of mergers among Netflix and other established players.
Previously for DailyFinance, Catherine Ryan Hyde described how novelists (theoretically) profit from their books. Here, the author of Pay It Forward, which was adapted to film, explains what happens to authors when their books make the journey to Hollywood. Hint: Money doesn't have a starring role.
Observers are bracing for the revenue avalanche that Avatar will generate in its third weekend -- and debating its effect on the industry and what, if anything, it may augur for Tinseltown or the national economy.
