The 81st Annual Academy Awards Ceremony will be held on February 22, 2009. The Dow Jones Media Titans 30 Index tracks the performance of the publicly traded film production companies as well as the entertainment industry on which the success of movies have an impact. Since the last Oscar ceremony on February 24, 2008, the Dow Jones Media Titans 30 Index is down -42.92% compared to the Dow Jones STOXX Global 1800 Index, a global benchmark index, which declined by -42.18% over the same time period.
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