NY Times Sells TV/Movie Database Baseline

COMMENTS (7)

• It’s a good product but their subscription fees are overpriced in the marketplace compared to IMdbPro and Hollywood Creative Directory.
  Good Luck Laurie and Mitchell!

  Comment by Lytton Strachey — Friday October 7, 2011 @ 10:40pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • oh really? HCD closed, did you not get the memo idiot

    Comment by scribe — Monday October 10, 2011 @ 9:37am PDT  Reply to this post

• I worked at Creative Planet, right after they acquired Studio System from Brookfield, and worked on inputting hundreds of thousands of credits in their database. Their attempt to craft a slate of technology and data products for Hollywood was a smart idea; but failed big time.

  This kind of data is just not able to be monetized. I mean, how much do you really think knowing who the Key Grip on “Mission Impossible” is actually worth?

  Comment by Michael — Saturday October 8, 2011 @ 6:04pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Love Studio System – but NY Times crew had no idea what
  to do with it. And if I’m being honest – Studio System
  has been kinda lame the past couple years. We still use
  it, but it’s nowhere near as up to date and detailed as
  it used to be. Still love it – but they need to step
  up their game.

  Comment by agentx — Saturday October 8, 2011 @ 11:43pm PDT  Reply to this post

• If the Times made one fatal error, it was at the top of the pyramid. More value was destroyed, and more good people were lost due to the management style, than any other factor. I heard a rumor that the original management team might help guide the ship back onto course, and that the Times-installed president is gone now, or leaving. This is excellent news for those of us who rely on the tools over at Baseline and Studio System, and likely a sign the game will be stepped up, like agentx wants. Probably some high fives internally, too!

  Comment by Ralph Mouzon — Monday October 10, 2011 @ 4:11pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • I agree with you the local upper management’s cost cutting only focus made it almost impossible to put out the quality product necessary to maintain the level of excellence necessary in this market.

    Comment by Danny — Tuesday October 11, 2011 @ 12:36pm PDT  Reply to this post

• You wanna degrade a product line and company? Install a badly behaved management team, railroad good and longtime employees and just create a hellish environment all around. Wonder what made the NYT finally wake up to the “madness” that kept being pointed out them by the employees. Congrats to the original owners/team coming back. Here’s to rebuilding and making Baseline better than before and kudos to those who weathered the storms. Could it be that the original team seeks out those forced to leave and request their return to help in this rebuilding of product and family if you will??

  Comment by IMHO... — Tuesday October 11, 2011 @ 11:03am PDT  Reply to this post