The media of Western Europe and the US are for the most part capitalist ventures, operated by private parties for the purpose of generating profit, and are thus subject to the ...

Media Economics: Theory and Practice focuses on the basic principles of economics in the business sector and applies them to contemporary media industries. This text examines ...

This thorough update to Benjamin Compaine's original 1979 benchmark and 1982 revisit of media ownership tackles the question of media ownership, providing a detailed ...

Mass media formats, from books to the Internet, have had a revolutionary effect on political, social, economic, intellectual, educational and religious life. This text provides ...

The Business of Media presents the critical, yet careful, analysis of the rapidly changing media industry that students need in order to get behind the headlines and understand ...

Until recently, profit in the television industry went to the owners of the conduit, the distributors of content. As the industry enters the digital age, the distribution ...