Empires of entertainment
Subtitle: media industries and the politics of deregulation, 1980-1996
By: Jennifer Holt
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9780813550527; 9780813550534
Subjects: Telecommunication policy; Broadcasting; Ownership; Mass media; Deregulation; Law and legislation; Telecommunication
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the foundation of empires; title: 1980-1983 : film vs. cable; title: 1983-1985 : broadcast and the blueprints of empires; title: 1984-1986 : outsiders moving in : Murdoch and Turner; title: 1986-1988 : golden era redux; title: 1989-1992 : big media without frontiers; title: 1993-1995 : the last mile; title: Conclusion : 1996 and beyond : the political economy of transformation.