AIDC/NET-WORK-PLAY: if we build it, will they come?

Does the world belong to the net? No, says Christie George, the picture palace can still rule our dreams. Which is why a new media maven owns a cinema.
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The Rio Theater – defending the right of audiences to come together. Kickstarted back from the financial grave. 

If We Build It, Will They Come: building and engaging audiences in the new content landscape was an opportunity for US guest Christie George to push the audience debate in a new direction. Now from New Media Ventures, she not only has a stellar list of qualifications, including a B.A from Yale and an MBA from the University of Oxford in the UK, but she is the proud co-owner of a cinema – the Rio Theatre, about an hour’s drive north of San Francisco where Christie is based.

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Mark Poole
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Mark Poole is a Melbourne writer and film director.