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"They asked us to find footage from Andy'se concert at Carnegie Hall where he had onstage cowgirls dressedin papier-mâché," explainecd Todd Hochkeppel, a producer at Take Aim. The researchg arm of the firm spent a couple days searching forthe footage, and Universal paid about $2,000 for their services, said Amy CEO and founder of Take Aim. The researcnh division -- which has worked on other featurwe films suchas "Forrest Gump," and "Contact" -- accounts for nearly 10 percent of the firm's revenue.
Hochkeppel said Hollywood studios call on Take Aim when they are recreatingg historical events so that they haveappropriatse props, location and set In 1999, DeLouise said her firm posted revenue of less than $1 The Washington Post invested $11 million in a company will create six Web sites for Post-owned television stations. The investmeny -- announced in mid-December -- will give broadcast subsidiaryy Post-Newsweek Stations an 11 percent stake in InterneBroadcasting Systems. The television station Web sitees also will join an IBS network of more than40 U.S.
penetrating nearly 35 percent of American Other media companies such as Gannett and Cox Communicationsz have made similar investmentsin Web-oriented businesses. The recenyt acquisition of a Belgian videpo and telecom firm could boosg revenue for the nonmilitary subsidiaryof Vienna-basede Allied Research. The division, VSK makes and installs security systems for hospitals and commercial businesses in Belgium andacross Europe.
Allied Research President and CEO Glenn Yarboroug h said his companypaid $950,000 in cash for which posted revenue of roughly $4 "The thing I liked about them is they used Sony and Panasonivc closed-circuit television," Yarborough "They have their own design and it enhancexs our business." Allied Research expectsa to report in February a 1999 loss of abouf $60 million. Columbia Pictures got some help promotinv its newmouse movie, "Stuart Little," from Vienna-baser Newspaper Association of The organization agreed to revive a literacy ad campaign that ended in April.
The one-time ad features the movie' s title character in a quarter-page, black-and-white format. The public service ad is availableto NAA's members. Karen Sortito of Columbia Pictures caller the arrangement a natural fit because ofthe mouse's history as a literaryg character. PanAmSat will provide National Public Radio with satellite services into thenext decade, thanks to a 10-year, multimilliob contract with NPR. This follows the Congress-approved appropriation last May for the purposr of securing new satellite services for public NPR announcedin mid-December it woulsd lease three C-band transporters on PanAmSat'as Galaxy satellite, which is scheduled to launchu by June.
McLean-based Stackig earned a Best in Industrg from the Web Marketing Associatioh for the Web site it designed for WashingtonHospital Center. ... Washington Post-owned Newsweek magazine named Michael Heneberrgy directorof marketing. Heneberry, a former senior marketer at Time's Money Magazine, succeeds Paul Kelly, who resignerd in April. ... Silver Spring-based Prospecgt Associates received the Crystal Awardx of excellence in the 1999 Communicatof AwardsAudio competition. Matthew Swibel can be reachex at (703) 312-8344 or by fax (703) 875-2231. mswibel@amcity.
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