As corporate movie theater chains buckled to threats that showing the film “The Interview” would lead to violence comes news that other corporate interests are backing down, from Dish Network to Apple. Who is standing up for freedom of expression? In the U.S., it is independent small business. The interview portrays Kim Jong-un’s assassination “The Interview,” which portrays the assignation of a sitting head of state, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, will be released in nearly 200 independent movie theaters across the U.S. by Sony Entertainment, a subsidiary of a Japanese company in a nation where currently a nasty war…
Apple And Other Corporate Players Shy Away From "The Interview" Controversy
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.