Rethinking how to tap the opinion of moviegoers

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Hollywood market research evolves to reflect tech-savvy moviegoers.  To ensure strong box-office results, Hollywood studios are scrambling to adapt their market research methods to the changing habits of the tech-savvy moviegoer.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-fi-ct-market-research-20130305,0,5422205.story

Veteran marketing strategist and researcher Catherine Paura and her sister, Angela, launched Global Marketing and Research Inc. in Sherman Oaks a year ago to provide worldwide market analysis to such clients as Warner Bros., Sony Pictures, DreamWorks Studios and Relativity Media. Above, Paura at the AMC Century City multiplex in January.