Comments on: Central Park Media files Chapter 7

by: Synsidar

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 04:29:43 +0000

Sir, below is a link to the Amazon.com marketplace, which lists used and new copies of The Silk Road DVD Collection for $295 or more:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Silk-Road-DVD-Collection/dp/1586640054

by: Tony Ho

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:46:39 +0000

CPM produced “The Silk Road” some 30 years ago. Can anyone help me in getting a copy of the DVD programme.

Thanks.

Tony

by: Steve Yacht

Sat, 02 May 2009 15:38:04 +0000

Not a day goes by where Mr. O’Donnell’s impact on my professional life is not felt. Among the things I learned from him, is that every crisis features a component of opportunity. I’m confident that hw will seek and find the opportunity here.

Steve Yacht, CPM Alum 1992-1997
Boulder, Colorado
steveyacht@msn.com

by: CPM Liquidates » Comics Worth Reading

Fri, 01 May 2009 00:27:05 +0000

[…] Central Park Media, former anime and manga publisher, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy (via Heidi). That means the company will be dissolved. […]

by: Tommy Raiko

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:07:29 +0000

“Here’s a financial news article on film production company bankruptcies, and a possible underlying factor.”

That Crain’s article is interesting, and I don’t doubt that New York’s tax policy toward film & television production has some effect on industry businesses there. But reports and rumors of CPM’s business woes have apparently been circulating for years, so in the specific case of this specific business, I suspect that current governmental tax policies and the recent recessionary economy are not necessarily primary factors in CPM’s bankruptcy filing.

Which is not to say that this isn’t a tragedy for all those involved. It’s just a tragedy whose causes are not necessarily the same causes as many other current business tragedies you hear about.

by: Sam Humphries

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:36:32 +0000

Second C.B. I had a great time working with JOD and his team on Big Apple Anime Fest in 2003, a great crew driven by passion and hard work.

by: C.B. Cebulski

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:27:29 +0000

I would not be where I am today if it weren’t for the help of JOD and CPM. So many of the people I’ve met and relationships I’ve developed are from when I worked there. The same can be said for a lot of other people around the comic/manga/anime industry today. The company brought together some of the best & brightest and bonded us. That was part of the CPM’s strength. Despite whatever happens to the company, we’ll always have JOD to thank for what he did for us.

by: Synsidar

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:17:50 +0000

Here's a financial news article on film production company bankruptcies, and a possible underlying factor. SRS

by: Ali T. Kokmen

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:23:13 +0000

I worked for John O’Donnell’s Central Park Media briefly years ago, and this is a sad turn of events indeed. Not only was CPM an innovator in developing anime’s popularity in America, but, frankly, the world is a more interesting place with JOD running a company in it. I hope he, his family, and whatever remaining staff may have existed are doing as well as can be expected at such a time.