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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.

Once again, the consumer loses in the DVD rental business. A month after Netflix agreed to wait 28 days before mailing new Warner Bros. movies to its customers, Redbox agreed to the same waiting period -- 28 days after the movie goes on sale -- before renting them for $1 a night. That might be...

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.