A multi-author discussion of the creative industries in the digital age
In Empires of Entertainment, Jennifer Holt reveals that only “six conglomerates dominate the global media marketplace” (Holt 2). One of those conglomerates – and, I argue, one of the more damaging ones – is Viacom. The major step that brought Viacom to level of media-conglomerate that it is today was the Paramount-Viacom merge that occurred in 1993. […]
THE STRIKE – (Strikes Suck): The 2007-09 writers strike involving the WGAE and WGAW was a movement to gain better conditions for Hollywood screen and TV writers. While I understand the desire and purpose for striking, and while writers and other no collar workers shouldn’t be exploited, I’ve always been confused as to why workers […]
