The business of entertainment /

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Imprint:Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2009.
Description:3 v. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:Praeger perspectives
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7480778
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Other authors / contributors:Sickels, Robert.
ISBN:9780275998387 (set: alk. paper)
027599838X (set: alk. paper)
9780275998400 (v. 1 : alk. paper)
0275998401 (v. 1 : alk. paper)
9780275998424 (v. 2 : alk. paper)
0275998428 (v. 2 : alk. paper)
9780275998448 (v. 3 : alk. paper)
0275998444 (v. 3 : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • Volume I. Movies
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Behind the Greenlight: Why Hollywood Makes the Films it Makes
  • The Six Faces of Piracy: Global Media Distribution from Below
  • KingKong.com versus LOLTheMovie.com: Toward a Framework of Corporate and Independent Online Film Production
  • Reacting Synergistically: Batman and Time Warner
  • 'You believe in pirates, of course . . .': Disney's Commodification and 'Closure' of Pirates of the Caribbean
  • The Business of Race in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
  • Dream Worlds: Film-Game Franchising and Narrative Form
  • Co-Opting "Independence': Hollywood's Marketing Label
  • Entertainment in the Margins of the American Film Industry: 'Orion Pictures Presents a Filmhaus Production of A David Mamet Film'
  • Soderbergh's Bubble
  • Celebrity Juice, Not from Concentrate: Perez Hilton, Gossip Blogs, and the New Star Production
  • Money and Tears: A Behind-the-Scenes of Celebrity Journalism
  • About the Editor and Contributors
  • Volumne II. Popular Music
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Songwriting, Creativity and the Music Industry
  • The Devaluation of Recorded Music: A New Business Model for the Music Industry
  • The Macro/International Music Business: Australian Trajectories and Perspectives in a Global Context
  • Music Copyright in the 21st Century
  • Rock Brands
  • Mapping the Territory: Cultural Authenticity in World Music
  • 'I Gave My Rights Away for A Song': How Billy Bragg Persuaded MySpace to Change its Tune on Ownership
  • 15MB of Fame: Independent Musicians Use of MySpace
  • 'It's Up to You . . . No Really, It's Up to You': Radiohead, Big Music, and the Future of the 'Record" Industry
  • Radio in the Digital Age
  • The Business of Radio in the Daily Soundscape: Reshaping and Defining the Music Box in Consumer Culture
  • The Great Globalization Swindle? The Relationship between the Global Economy and Music Reconsidered
  • The Independent Record Store as a Site of Cultural Resistance and Anti-McDonaldization-A Case Study of The House of Records
  • About the Editor and Contributors
  • Volumne III. Television
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • The Business of Entertainment: Television Fans
  • A Joint (Ad)Venture: The CW Network and the Youth Market
  • U Know U Love Me: New Media, Gossip Girl, and the (Un)Changing Discourses of Girlhood
  • Why I Love The OfficeAnd Hate NBC
  • Who Wins with NASCAR on ESPN?
  • Little Fenimore Show Time: Sundance Meets Corporate America
  • Temporary Resistance: Strategies of Freelance Workers in American Network Television New
  • The Economic and Business Realities of Reality Television
  • Reality Television: The Business of Mediating (Extra)Ordinary Life
  • 'The Way of the Gay' Bravo TV, Lifestyle Consumption, and Promotional Culture
  • The 'Real' O.C.: Laguna Beach, MTV, and the Business of Reality Star Production