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Weinblatt's World
What's Happening In The World Of Entertainment?
by Rich Weinblatt
This is the first of two ex
perimental columns which focus
on the national entertainment
scene. I have tried to be infor
mative on a number of different
subjects within the industry.
Over the next two weeks you will
read items pertaining to justice,
political science, social concerns,
movies, network broadcast
television, cable television net
works, syndicated television, and
sports. All of these topics will be
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touched upon as they pertain to
the national entertainment scene.
They are set up in capsule form.
If you have any entertainment
questions, get them to me, Rich
Weinblatt, Box 17639. I'll try to
get them answered for you.
THE WORLD OF CABLE
TELEVISION...
The possibility that Warner
Amex Satellite Entertainment
Co. may be taken public is buzz-
ing around in New York City and
Hollywood. The company's
parent companies, Warner Com
munications, Inc. and American
Express, have grown impatient
with the joint venture's losses.
WASEC runs MTV:Music Televi
sion and Nickelodeon, the
children's cable network. Ex
ecutives at the two parent com
panies point to problems caused
by the popular but not-yet
profitable MTV:Music Televi
sion. MTV brought in 24 million
dollars in advertising revenue
last year, not nearly enough to of
fset its losses. Going public is
seen as a way to finally make
money off the joint venture and
move on to more profitable ven
tures.
ENTERTAINMENT AND
SPORTS...
The 1984 Summer Olympics in
Los Angeles will interrupt
regular production of TV series
and could delay the start of the
fall season. Los Angeles
authorities are refusing to grant
filming permits to production
companies for the two weeks
before the Olympics and while
the games are being played.
MUSIC, ETC....
Michael Jackson is no longer
being managed by his father, Joe
Jackson. He has hired Epic/Por
trait/Associated Records vice
president of promotion Frank
Dileo to be his new personal
manager. Frank Dileo has been
with the record company for the
past five years. Among the up
coming projects being planned
are a new album, the forthcom
ing Jacksons tour, and the starr
ing role in Steven Spielberg's
'Peter Pan" film.
MTV:Music Television and
Showtime are both pleased with
how the special "The Making of
Michael Jackson's Thriller" did
SENATE NOTES
By Becky Gunn
Last week's Senate meeting
ran longer than usual due to the
lengthy discussion on the propos
ed changes to the Senate By
laws.
President Tom Jarrell, formed
a committee to look into the
Senate By-laws and the rules on
annual elections at the March 28
meeting. The committee was also
to propose changes in the number
of representatives from the
dorms to the Senate.
The committee, chaired by
freshman Pete Lauria, handed
out copies of the proposed
changes to the Senators on April
4. As they stand, the By-laws
allow for a total of 27 student
representatives to the Senate.
The change would call for a total
of 30; raising representatives
from the big dorms (Bryan and
Milner) from three to four and
the number of academic Senators
from four to five.
Many election changes are pro
posed. They include increasing
the time period in which to elect
Academic Senators from three to
five weeks and allowing Ex
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on their networks. The hour long
show gave a behind the scenes
look at the making of Michael
Jackson's million dollar 15
minute video which was directed
by John Landis of "An American
Werewolf in London" and
"Twilight Zone Movie." The
album "Thriller" has sold over 30
million copies. Jackson gets two
dollars from every album sold.
MTV:Music Television paid a
quarter of a million dollars for
the special and Showtime paid
more than twice that amount.
The program was shown ex
clusively on MTV and Showtime.
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ecutive council tickets to have
four people on them as compared
to the previous restriction to
three. The proposal advises that
instead of general rules the
Senate Ad-hoc Elections Commit
tee supervise and determine the
rules of each particular election.
Also in the proposal is a recom
mendation that the tickets for the
Executive Council be in no later
than the fourth Wednesday
before Spring break and that
there be no exceptions to this
rule.
These proposed changes to the
By-laws are still in the discussion
stage and will be voted on at this
week's meeting. Three-quarters
of the Senate must approve for
amendments to be made to the
By-laws.
Other topics covered at the
Senate meeting included a report
from Nathan Bohn and Jim
Freeman on the amount made at
the Community Senate Auction.
The total $6,950.55 is $3,000
more than last year. There was
also a report about the Senate's
trip to Washington on March 25
for Student Lobbying Day.