Thursday, June 20, 2013

Gandolfini gone, 'Sopranos' may get only brief bump

A newspaper and bouquet of flowers adorn a booth in Holsten's Ice Cream Shop in Bloomfield, New Jersey By Ronald Grover and Liana B. Baker (Reuters) - A spike in sales of "The Sopranos" DVDs, downloads and merchandise based on the mafia series following star James Gandolfini's death may only be short-lived and likely won't provide much of a windfall for HBO and its parent Time Warner Inc. Sales of DVDs on the retail site Amazon shot up in the hours immediately following the 51-year-old star's death in Italy on Wednesday. "The Sopranos: The Complete Series," which sells for $124.99 on the site, by late Thursday had jumped to second place among best-sellers from 1,463 on that list. ...








via TV News Headlines - Yahoo! News http://news.yahoo.com/gandolfini-gone-sopranos-may-only-brief-bump-001851687.html

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