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Blockbusters : hit-making, risk-taking, and the big business of entertainment
- Title
- Blockbusters : hit-making, risk-taking, and the big business of entertainment / Anita Elberse.
- Author
- Elberse, Anita.
- Publication
- New York : Henry Holt and Company, [2013]
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| Text | Request in advance | P96.E25 E53 2013 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 307 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- Explores "what's behind the phenomenal success of entertainment businesses such as Warner Bros., Marvel Entertainment, and the NFL--along with such stars as Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, and LeBron James--[and] which strategies give leaders in film, television, music, publishing, and sports an edge over their rivals"- Book jacket.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Prologue: Show business: a business of blockbusters -- Betting on blockbusters -- Launching and managing blockbusters -- Investing in superstars -- How superstars use their powers -- Will digital technology end the dominance of blockbusters? -- Will digital technology threaten powerful producers? -- The future of blockbuster strategies -- Epilogue: No business like show business?
- ISBN
- 9780805094336 (hardcover)
- 0805094334 (hardcover)
- 9781429945325 (electronic book) (canceled/invalid)
- 142994532X (ebk.) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2013014320
- OCLC
- ocn827256545
- SCSB-9481050
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries