Paramount and Warner - WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP

[WickyWoo]

Please feel free to copy this and post it far and wide

Everyone:

The best way to fight all of this is not through indignant emails, but through polite and very firm phone calls, and more importently snail mail letters to people on the executive level, not hapless promotions and marketing people.

It is VITALLY IMPORTANT that our voices be heard, not only at Paramount, but at Warner as well, considering that they have always had a preference for HD DVD , and the right offer could very well cause them to follow Paramount's lead

WHAT YOU CAN DO.

Make POLITE, BUT FIRM phone calls, and 10x more important SNAIL MAIL LETTERS. No one will hurt you if you do BOTH, to the people in power to let them know how important you feel that continuing Blu-Ray releases is, especially when we could have a single unified format soon. We all know that will be better for the company, better for the retailer, and better for the consumer in the end. HD DVD people who are lurking, if you truely believe in letting the consumer decide, please join us.

Please do not send emails, or make online petitions. A phone call is worth well over 1000 emails. A snail mail letter easily 10,000 to people at a company. A hand-signed petition is worth its weight in gold (if you do it, please do not fake or pad it, cause that'll count in the NEGATIVE category if anyone finds out).

These are the people with the power to make things happen, and where you need to direct your calls and letters. Remember: BE POLITE. I cannot emphasize enough that angry calls will turn them off real fast.

The sooner you start, the better people. Call NOW and write TODAY.

EDIT FOR EMPHASIS: You need to ask to be transferred to these people's offices when you call. DO NOT let them put you in the general mailboxes.

PARAMOUNT

Kelley Avery/President Paramount Worldwide Home Entertainment

Alan Bell/Executive Vice President, and Chief Technology Officer

Rob Moore President Worldwide Marketing/Distribution

Brad Grey/ Chairman and CEO Paramount

5555 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90038-3197
(213) 956-5000

If I can find direct office dials I'll post them

WARNER

Dorinda Marticorena
4000 Warner Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91522
818-954-6000
Fax: 212-954-7667


Now let's hit them where it really hurts. RETAILERS. Same procedure. Call/write and ask them to tell Paramount and Warner that they want this OVER WITH, and NOW.

BEST BUY

Timothy D. McGeehan
Executive Vice President - Retail Sales
Kalendu Patel
Executive Vice President - Strategy and International
Ryan D. Robinson
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer -New Growth Platforms James L.

Muehlbauer
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer - Best Buy U.S.

NAME

NAME
Best Buy Inc.
7601 Penn Avenue
South Richfield, MN 55423
Phone: (612) 291-1000 Fax: (612) 292-4001
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WAL*MART

John E. Fleming
Executive Vice President, Chief Merchandising Officer, Wal-Mart Stores Division
Linda M. Dillman
Executive Vice President, Risk Management, Benefits and Sustainability
Stephen Quinn
Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer


NAME
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Bentonville, Arkansas 72716-8611.
479-273-4000
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TARGET

Michael R. Francis
Executive Vice President, Marketing
Patricia Adams
Senior Vice President, Merchandising
Gregory J. Duppler
Senior Vice President, Merchandising

NAME
Target Stores Inc.
1000 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403
Phone: 612-304-6073
Fax: 612-370-5502
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(this is the only officer I could find)
W. Alan McCollough, President/CEO, Circuit City Stores Inc.

CIRCUIT CITY

NAME
Circuit City Stores Inc.
9950 Mayland Drive
Richmond, Virginia 23233
(804) 527-4000

Remember. BE POLITE, FIRM AND DIRECT!