The Motion Picture Industry: Comparing the Cultures of Sony Pictures, NBCUniversal, Disney, Viacom, and Warner Bros.

Like many other industries, the Motion Picture Industry is going through intense changes in the cauldron of modern U.S. culture. From film to digital, from physical media to streaming, from a sixty-foot screen in a darkened theater to a 2-inch image on a cell phone, from movie stars to superheroes, from Humphrey Bogart to Lego Batman … Read full-story

The Entertainment Industry: Comparing the Cultures of Comcast, DirecTV, Dish Network, Disney and Viacom

The entertainment industry is the hoped-for glamour profession for dreamers everywhere, who flock to Los Angeles and elsewhere to get their shot at stardom or a career in movies and TV. But a closer look reveals that these companies are far from dream factories, and most work just like any other big U.S. business does: making decisions that affect their … Read full-story