Digital threat prompts movie industry downgrade

July 8th, 2008 in Technology / Business

(AP) -- A Lehman Brothers analyst downgraded the entertainment industry Monday and slashed forecasts for its five major companies, saying digital downloads of movies and TV shows posed a huge threat to profits from DVD sales that the companies rely on.

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