Studios Address Violence Issue.Admitting to competitive zeal in marketing violent movies to children, eight Hollywood executives offered varying acts of contrition con·tri·tion n. Sincere remorse for wrongdoing; repentance. See Synonyms at penitence. Noun 1. contrition - sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation contriteness, attrition to a U.S. Senate committee but were divided over whether to end the practice. Four executives provided a firm commitment to stop such marketing. They represented the Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney Co., DreamWorks SKG SKG Stichting Kwaliteit Gevelbouw (Dutch) SKG Spielberg, Katzenberg,and Geffen (DreamWorks Studios) SKG Thessaloniki, Greece - Thessaloniki (Airport Code) SKG Smith and Kraus Global , Fox and Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . The refusal by executives representing Universal Studios Inc., Paramount Pictures Corp., Sony Pictures Entertainment and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. to go along troubled members of the Senate Commerce Committee, who put the studios on notice that the result could be more scrutiny by the Federal Trade Commission. |
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