Chapter 485

After mark returned to the United States, he naturally had a big party to celebrate, but Leighton and Pascal, the two bosses of Columbia film company, came to mark for the company's logo.

The torch goddess of Columbia film company was worn by the designer of the studio in 1924. At that time, it was a little imitation of the statue of liberty.

In 1919, Harry Cowen, Jack Cowen and Joe brandy jointly founded Cowen brandy Cowen film company, the predecessor of Columbia film company, Cowen brandy Cowen. Many of the early works of "Cowen brandy Cowen" were low-cost films, which were vividly called "salted beef and cabbage" "In 1924, the Cowen brothers bought all of brandy's shares and renamed the company Columbia Pictures to improve their image.

This is a tall name. This word was used to call the United States a long time ago. It was intended to be an official country name, but it was not changed later. However, the name is still used in many places in the United States, such as Columbia University, Columbia space shuttle, District of Columbia, and a lot of Columbia City.

The logo of the goddess holding the torch was designed in 1924, but the real identity of the female model has never been confirmed. Although more than 10 women claimed to be the "torch girl" in the logo, Betty Davis said Claudia Dale was the female model in her 1962 autobiography; in 1987, people In 2001, the Chicago Sun times believed that Jane Bartholomew, a mass actor in Colombia, was the real "torch girl". Because Colombia's logo has been changing for many years, all three statements may be correct.

The "torch girl" logo currently used was designed by Michael DIS in 1993. He was entrusted by Sonny film and television entertainment Co., Ltd. to make "torch girl" Although it was pointed out that actress Annette Benin was the model at that time, the real identity of the female model was Jenny Joseph, a housewife and mural painter in Louisiana. Instead of directly using Jenny's face, dis created a "synthetic face" by using the features generated by the computer.

Columbia Pictures, a popular symbol, was produced in 1936. At that time, Amelia received only $25, but she became the most exposed actor in film history.

Colombia was founded by three people, but it was actually managed by the grumpy Harry Cohen. In the summer of 1926, Harry Cohen took a fancy to the little actress Amelia, who only made $75 a week, and asked her to wear a black velvet robe, imitate the posture of the statue of liberty, hold the torch high and accept an Italian painter to paint a portrait. After three days of continuous work, the portrait was completed, AI Melia became the title girl of every Colombian film. She appeared in the largest number of films at that time, but no one knew her name.

It's not that she doesn't want to be popular. The problem is that after she became the flame girl of Columbia trademark, President Cohen asked her to dress up to attend among the tycoons from time to time. Amelia was annoyed by it. Finally, she simply replied to Cohen, "boss, I'm an actress of the company, not a prostitute!" Bosses all over the world will not tolerate employees humiliating him like this. As soon as the contract expires, Amelia will be dismissed and will never be hired. There is no mark of her on the company's historical roster. It can be seen how much Cohen hates it.

Now Columbia company still uses the previous Sonny version, but Sony becomes mm. Leighton means that Amelia is now in her nineties and is dying of illness. Should I give her a statement?

Leighton found a record document of more than 70 years in the company's archives to prove the gratitude and resentment between Cohen and Amelia at that time. When the party is basically dead, should he give an explanation to the actress who took only $25 but became the highest exposure rate? This can reflect the humanistic care of Columbia film company.

Mark has no objection to this. Of course, this also means that they will pay a sum of money to Amelia as a consolation fund, and the empty name correction is of little significance. Amelia is in her nineties, her children are gone, and only her grandchildren have been living in a nursing home. I believe this sum of money can greatly improve her life in her later years, which can be regarded as a gift to the Columbia film company This "iconic" figure of the company is an explanation.

After mark returned home, he held a celebration party, accepted media interviews and won the Golden Lion Award, which made mark's art film journey not so rough, and hitting the Oscar is not necessarily a joke.

It's not alarmist to say that it's bumpy. For example, the top commercial film directors, Michael Bay, Emmerich Roland, the little actor of Harry Potter and the actor of twilight, who are all over the fire, are labeled with black five categories. It's very difficult to win a prize in the college.

After all this, mark returned to Chicago to continue filming the dark knight, but he was surprised by a closely related event in the entertainment industry.

On Monday, AOL officially separated from Time Warner. After several years of awkward living together, the "most unfortunate couple" in the history of marriage will end nominally.

AOL and time warner are recognized as the most unfortunate couple. In early August, John Miller, CEO of AOL, put forward a written proposal to Richard Parsons, chairman and CEO of Time Warner, the parent company of AOL, to remove the three letters of AOL from the company's name. The former AOL managers involved in the merger process could not help feeling sad. At that time, they insisted on "AOL" Before "Time Warner", in their view, this is the laurel on the winner's head.

When interviewed by the media, Miller pointed out that this move aims to protect the brand of AOL from the negative news of the parent company. According to people around Miller, in the negative media reports about AOL and Time Warner, the full name of the company is often abbreviated as AOL. Miller was very distressed about this. Some of these messages are related to American online, such as the financial investigation of the company by the American Securities and Exchange Commission, but some have nothing to do with it, such as the discord between the managers of other subsidiaries. Miller believes that using the abbreviation of AOL will confuse AOL users and is not conducive to improving AOL's image.

The matter still needs to be approved by the board of directors of the parent company held at the end of September. The biggest potential resistance is Stephen case, former CEO of AOL and former chairman of its parent company. Although case resigned as chairman in May this year, he is still a director of AOL. Time Warner. However, after the merger of AOL and Time Warner, case's influence has gradually weakened, Even if he strongly opposes it, it will eventually be in vain, not to mention that he has lost power. Therefore, it is only a matter of time to remove "AOL".

It seems that the matter has come to an abrupt end, and there is nothing to delve into. However, careful people may find something strange: it is AOL itself, rather than Time Warner, who has long regretted and complained, that puts forward this request, which is somewhat contrary to common sense. After AOL acquired Time Warner, its performance has plummeted. So far, its share price has fallen by 23. The investigation by the regulatory authorities has made "AOL" a disgrace on the face of Time Warner. The former Internet hero Keith finally had to leave with hatred. Therefore, Time Warner has long intended to abandon "AOL". As one Merrill Lynch analyst said, the name is associated with many problems and terrible mergers.

At a meeting held in February this year, some managers of Warner Bros. production company and other subsidiaries of Time Warner raised the issue of going to AOL, which triggered a debate. Parsons presided over the meeting. Recently, some executives of Time Warner complained that although AOL accounted for only 15% of the company's operating revenue, But its troubles overshadowed the achievements of other subsidiaries.

Parsons thinks further. According to people around him, he still tends to keep the name of "AOL" until the end of the financial investigation of AOL. One of the reasons is that if "AOL" is abolished while the investigation continues, the crime name of AOL will be carried by "Time Warner", which is very unfavorable to Time Warner, On the contrary, it can keep time warner innocent.

So why did AOL take the initiative to propose "nominal divorce"? It is obviously too thin to explain by protecting AOL's brand. After the merger, AOL. Time Warner's "bad" reputation is largely caused by AOL - at least in the eyes of Time Warner. Analysts generally believe that this is actually a manifestation of AOL's complete loss of power.

However, these are irrelevant. The important thing is whether such "divorce" can really contribute to the happiness of AOL. Before AOL, Philip Morris tobacco company has changed its name to Altria group, but this has not improved its image in the eyes of the public.

In some aspects, AOL does have similarities with Morris. In nearly 10 years, AOL has controlled the American Internet access market. However, as a narrowband company, facing the rise of broadband and the price competition of other narrowband companies, AOL's myth has faded.

Almost all of AOL's $9 billion operating revenue comes from dial-up Internet users. It is predicted that the number of dial-up Internet users in the United States will decrease by 6% this year, only 45 million, while broadband users are expected to increase by 40% to 25 million. Last quarter, AOL lost 846000 users. So far, the number of lost users has reached 25 million, and many users have gone to broadband service providers.

At present, only 10% of broadband users in the United States use AOL services. In addition to the inherent defects of narrowband companies, high charges are another reason restricting the growth of broadband users.

AOL has gone from glory to disgrace. Perhaps "going to AOL" can only show that it is shameful. This is a superficial statement. Barry, President of Warner Bros., visited the studio. He said another statement. He said: "the divorce between American online and Time Warner is for the convenience of remarriage."