KRAFT Singles
By PA Starmie
Hi!! PA Starmie here with some news for ya. Through a special deal between Nintendo and KRAFT Singles, specially marked packages of Singles will contain one of 15 Pokémon Action Flipz collectibles and a $3 rebate for the "Pokémon: The First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back" home video or DVD.
Pokemon VS. Digimon
by PA BlasT
This is actually old but because of NewsPro messing up I couldn't post it.
Yes, Kids WB has done the impossible... they've fallen behind Fox Kids in the Nielsen Ratings (how low can we go?). Here's the disturbing news text:
"Fox Kids ranked No. 1 among broadcast networks for May 13, the third Saturday of May sweeps, with a 3.3 rating/15 share in kids 2-11. It was led by ``Digimon: Digital Monsters'' at 9 a.m., which topped Kids WB's ``Pokemon'' by 23% in kids 6-11 (4.9 vs. 4.0) and by 27% in kids 2-11 (3.3 vs. 2.6).Fox Kids placed six shows among the broadcast top 10 and was up 12% in kids 6-11 and 18% in kids 2-11 vs. the previous week." I don't think people actually watch it though. I think people found a new show [Golf] to fall asleep to. I mean, No offence to you Digimon fans but come on....Digimon? How can you like Digimon and not like Pokemon? Digimon is a complete copy!
Its is no secret that the very heart of KidsWB is the Pokémon Show, MIB notwithstanding. Unfortunately, KidsWB has alienated many PokéFans due to their haphazard scheduling of the show. Not only that, but the frequent absence of new shows and the constant re-runs has taken a good deal of enthusiasm out of Pokémon. Now, it may be that KidsWB has unwittingly sabotaged its own show, as kids have grown disinterested with the anime. Who can blame them? We can only watch "Mystery at the Lighthouse" so many times before we lose interest.
I really have a lot of news today!
Updated on May 23,2000 7:48 PM By PA BlasT
According to Jaroslawicz, Paige, a professional singer, was paid between $1000 and $1500 for use of his recorded voice in one Pokemon TV advertisement. The contract indicated that the voice would be used for only the single ad. Since then, Paige's voice has allegedly been used to promote Pokemon throughout their North American line of products and releases. Back payment owed to Paige is estimated at $450 thousand, breaking down as follows:
Video: $100 thousand
TV: $50 thousand
CD: $200 thousand
Toys: $50 thousand
Games and other misc.: $50 thousand
The ownership of voice will be one of the contentious points in the case. Paige's attorneys point to Midler v. Ford to support his case. In that ruling, deciding in favor of Bette Midler, the singer was given rights to her recorded, digitized voice for purposes of fair compensation when used in advertisement.
Allegedly, Paige contacted Nintendo several times before filing the complaint. Each time Nintendo promised to look into the matter of payment, but then failed to get back in touch with him. "Eventually," Jaroslawicz said, "he sought legal council, and here we are."
Nintendo has not yet provided comment on the case. |