Category Archives: The Media

Business, International, Technology, The Media

THE ONION PROPOSES MERGER WITH THE ADOBO CHRONICLES

February 9, 2014 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

Chicago, Illinois – America’s Finest News Source is proposing a merger with Your Source of Up-to-date Unbelievable News.

The Chicago-based The Onion has offered to absorb the international operations of the Silicon Valley-based The Adobo Chronicles for $2 Million. The Onion, which started its Internet operations in 1988, boasts of a monthly viewership of 11 Million. The Adobo Chronicles, on the other hand, started just nine months ago and is now enjoying an average monthly viewership of 1 Million.

Investors for The Onion see a great potential to increase its worldwide viewership by merging with The Adobo Chronicles.

The Adobo Chronicles has assembled a team of lawyers and investment analysts to study the merger proposal. The name of the merged company is obviously a sticky issue, with both media outlets wanting to retain their respective names. Ironically, the names of both companies have to do with food: onion being a widely-used vegetable for cooking and adobo being the national dish of the Philippines.

Negotiators on either side have, however, agreed on the tagline for the merged company: “Your Finest Source of Up-to-Date Unbelievable World News.” A great start in the negotiations.

Media mergers and buyouts are becoming more and more common but this proposed merger is different in that it has nothing to do with either company’s financial challenges. Rather it is seen as great potential for expansion and viewership.

International, The Media

ADOBO CHRONICLES GARNERS TWO TOP AWARDS!

February 5, 2014 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

San Jose, California – To be honored once is exhilarating; to be honored twice -in the same year- is humbling.

The Adobo Chronicles accepts this dual award on behalf of its almost 5 million viewers worldwide. Thank you for keeping us unchecked.

Read the FULL STORY.

Film and TV, International, The Media

OSCARS OVERWHELMED BY 2014 DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM SUBMISSIONS

February 4, 2014 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

Hollywood, California – The 86th Oscar Awards for films made in 2013 will not be handed out until March 2nd this year, but already, film submissions for the 2014 documentary short films have flooded the offices of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. Thanks to Facebook.

In celebration of its 10th anniversary, Facebook has started rolling out short documentaries, starring each of its millions of users worldwide. The Academy has ruled that every single one of these Facebook movies is eligible for an Oscar nomination under the documentary shorts category.

While Academy rules require that to be eligible, a film must first be screened in either L.A. or New York, members of the board of governors of the Academy were in agreement that since Facebook has a world-wide reach — including L.A. and New York, the Facebook movies are indeed eligible for nomination.

With millions of submissions expected through the 2014 season, the Academy’s big challenge is narrowing the field to 5 nominees. Compare that to only 40 documentary short submissions in 2013.There sure will be a lot of campaigning between now and the 87th Oscars. If you have submitted your Facebook movie for a possible documentary short nomination, you might want to see the list of Academy voters who will be deciding your fate. The list is available on the website of NeverTooEarlyMoviePredictions.

Michael Moore, one of the Academy governors and outspoken liberal documentary filmmaker who won an Oscar for “Bowling For Columbine” says he is very excited about the prospect of this unprecedented number of documentary film submissions this year. “This will certainly be the banner year for film documentaries,” he added.