Blockbusters: Hit-making, Risk-taking, and the Big Business of Entertainment
- ISBN-10
- 0805094334
- ISBN-13
- 9780805094336
- Series
- Blockbusters
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 321
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-10-15
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Anita Elberse
Description
Explains why the future of popular culture will revolve around increasingly bigger bets on entertainment products from movies and television shows to songs and books, offering insight into the big-ticket investment process and the role of digital technology.
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