Hits, misses and hedge funds

Craig and John take a look at one investor’s campaign against Sony Pictures, and George Clooney’s strong reaction. From there, we examine why studios have multiple labels — TriStar is back! — and how that affects writers. It’s also time for another round of Three Page Challenges. We tackle at three entries, ranging from desert dystopias to urban wastelands to magical westerns. Many listeners have asked for an easy way to get at all the back episodes. Now you can! We’ve put all 100 episodes on a custom USB flash drive, both in m4a and mp3 formats, along with transcripts and other stuff. They’re available at store.johnaugust.com. While you’re there, you can also find the few remaining Scriptnotes t-shirts. Sizes and quantities are very limited. LINKS: George Clooney tells Daniel Loeb to stop spreading fear at Sony The New York Times on Sony hiring Tom Rothman to revive TriStar Three Pages by Robert Rue Three Pages by Catherine Grieve & Dylan Wagner Three Pages by Sarah Carman & James Roland The Spectacular Now is spectacular Vanity Fair talks to Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber Coravin lets you enjoy your wine without ever pulling the cork Outro by Scriptnotes listener Matthew Chilelli You can download the episode here: AAC | mp3. UPDATE 8-9-13: The transcript of this episode can be found here.The post Hits, misses and hedge funds first appeared on John August.