In article ,
 "John W. Kennedy"  wrote:

> Wendy of NJ wrote:
> > If they changed the studio execs contracts to state that they don't
> > get their salaries until their products show a profit, the accounting
> > practices would change VERY quickly.
> 
> Query: Are the studios publicly traded? (If only Dodge v. Ford could be 
> employed for niceness instead of evil.)

        None are pure plays that I think of. 20th Century Fox is part of 
News Corp. CBS and Paramount are joined together. Warner Brothers is 
part of Time Warner (w/ or w/o AOL this week). Disney is owned by Disney 
but they also have ABC and the theme parks. There are few independents 
any more and even fewer publicly traded.
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