Relativity Media goes into Chapter 11 with huge debts

[Freya Black]

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-relativity-media-bankrtupcy-20150730-story.html#page=1

 

http://deadline.com/2015/07/relativity-bankruptcy-ryan-kavanaugh-chapter-11-filing-1201485656/

 

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-relativity-bankruptcy-20150731-story.html

 

I'm personally curious about where the dog food company fits into all this,

 

Freya

[Guest]

The mini major business has always been tough, one train wreck can take the studio down. The majors are much more diversified and can absorb the big budget flops they produce each year.

 

R,

[Freya Black]

The mini major business has always been tough, one train wreck can take the studio down. The majors are much more diversified and can absorb the big budget flops they produce each year.

 

R,

 

Strangely it almost seems like the opposite happened in this case. The company stopped making so many movies and also had a succession of flops at the same time as it expanded into a lot of other businesses (including dog food of course).

 

Freya

[Mark Kenfield]

I'm personally curious about where the dog food company fits into all this,

 

Could it be the pet project that crippled an empire?

[Freya Black]

 

Could it be the pet project that crippled an empire?

 

*...groan...* ;)

[Darrell Ayer]

 

Could it be the pet project that crippled an empire?

 

priceless.