| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 225 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Empires of Entertainment integrates legal, regulatory, industrial, and political histories to chronicle the dramatic transformation within the media between 1980 and 1996. As film, broadcast, and cable grew from fundamentally separate industries to interconnected, synergistic components of global media conglomerates, the concepts of vertical and horizontal integration were redesigned. Through the use of case studies that highlight key moments in this transformation, Holt skillfully expands the conventional models and boundaries of media history. Empires of Entertainment is a unique acc. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Foundation of Empires; 1.1980-1983: Film versus Cable; 2.1983-1985: Broadcast and the Blueprints of Empires; 3.1984-1986: Outsiders Moving In-Murdoch and Turner; 4.1986-1988: Golden Era Redux; 5.1989-1992: Big Media without Frontiers; 6.1993-1995: The Last Mile; Conclusion: 1996 and Beyond-The Political Economy of Transformation; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mass media -- Ownership -- United States.
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Mass media -- Ownership. |
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United States. |
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Mass media. |
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Mass media -- Economic aspects -- United States.
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Mass media -- Economic aspects. |
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Broadcasting -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Broadcasting -- Law and legislation. |
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Telecommunication -- Deregulation -- United States.
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Telecommunication -- Deregulation. |
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Telecommunication policy -- United States.
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Telecommunication policy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780813550527 |
| ISBN |
9780813550862 (electronic book) |
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0813550866 (electronic book) |
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9780813550527 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9780813550534 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0813550521 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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081355053X (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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