United States. House of Representatives. Committee on Ways and Means -- Tax policy and Motion picture industry -- Taxation
Abstract
WASHINGTON Congress will not be doling out any tax breaks to Hollywood this year -- even if it means losing more movie-of-the-week jobs to Canada. That was the final word [...]
Variety. August 1, 2005, Vol. 399 Issue 10, p12, 2 p.
Subjects
Government regulation, United States. Federal Communications Commission -- Laws, regulations and rules, and United States -- Broadcasting policy
Abstract
BEFORE TRYING TO change a car transmission, the average person would want to learn something about how the machinery worked. Not so with Congress, which often seems unencumbered [...]
Variety. Oct 23, 1995, Vol. 360 Issue 12, p2, 2 p.
Subjects
United States. Congress -- Economic policy, Television stations -- Political aspects, Television broadcasting policy -- Laws, regulations and rules, Deregulation -- Telecommunications industry, and Telecommunication policy -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract
Congress is pushing through a telecommunications deregulation bill the scope of which would have been impossible before the Republicans became the majority party. The work of legislators Jack Fields, Thomas Bliley and Larry Pressler in shaping telecommunications policy is examined.
United States. National Film Preservation Board -- Management, United States. Library of Congress -- Management, and Motion pictures -- Collections and collecting
Variety. Oct 29, 1990, Vol. 341 Issue 3, p59, 2 p.
Subjects
United States. Congress -- Social policy, United States. National Endowment for the Arts -- Finance, Obscenity (Law) -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Federal aid to the arts -- Laws, regulations and rules
Variety. Oct 8, 1990, Vol. 340 Issue 13, p45, 2 p.
Subjects
United States. Congress -- Laws, regulations and rules, Television broadcasting -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Television broadcasting policy -- Laws, regulations and rules
United States. Library of Congress -- Laws, regulations and rules, Archives, Motion picture -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Colorization (Motion pictures) -- Laws, regulations and rules
Variety. August 11, 2015, Vol. 329 Issue 1, p21, 1 p.
Subjects
Information services industry, Company earnings/profit, Company acquisition/merger, Google L.L.C. -- Company sales and earnings, Google L.L.C. -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Information services -- Company sales and earnings, Information services -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Information services industry -- Company sales and earnings, and Information services industry -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments
Abstract
With varied interests that include self-driving cars and data security, Google has been the most aggressive media company lobbying the federal government this year, spending $10.1 million in the first [...]
United States. National Film Preservation Board -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract
Both houses of the US Congress passed a bill extending film preservation by government archives for four years. Twenty-five films a year are selected by the Library of Congress and included in the National Film Registry.
Variety. Oct 19, 1998, Vol. 372 Issue 10, p6, 1 p. cartoon
Subjects
United States. Congress -- Political activity, Motion picture industry -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Copyright -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract
WASHINGTON During breaks in the debates over sex (Monica Lewinsky) and money (the federal budget), Congress just handed Hollywood two of its biggest victories in a decade. In [...]
Variety. June 11, 2013, Vol. 320 Issue 7, p4, 1 p.
Subjects
Company distribution practices and The Congress (Motion picture) -- Distribution
Abstract
Drafthouse Films and Films We Like have jointly acquired North American rights to Robin Wright starrer 'The Congress,' three weeks after it opened Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival. [...]
Variety. July 22, 1991, Vol. 344 Issue 2, p52, 1 p.
Subjects
United States. Congress -- Science and technology policy, Television broadcasting of sports -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Cable television -- Laws, regulations and rules
United States. Congress -- Science and technology policy, National Cable and Telecommunications Association -- Political activity, and Cable television -- Laws, regulations and rules
Copyright -- Laws, regulations and rules, Copyright, International -- International aspects, and Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
United States. Library of Congress -- Management and Motion pictures -- Achievements and awards
Abstract
The National Film Registry includes 25 new motion pictures, including 'Psycho,' 'Annie Hall' and 'The Birth of a Nation.' The Library of Congress consulted with the National Film Preservation Board on the list. Films must have lasting significance.