Whether you're a student struggling through Composition 101 or a professional writer on a quest for perfection, The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law is always ready to fill the role of trusted advisor to your creative genius. Revised and updated in 2000, this version contains a 40-page section on media law, guides for punctuation and bibliographies, and specialized ...

Manufacturer: Basic Books
Written By: Norm Goldstein

This extraordinary book explains the engine that has catapulted the Internet from backwater to ubiquity—and reveals that it is sputtering precisely because of its runaway success. With the unwitting help of its users, the generative Internet is on a path to a lockdown, ending its cycle of innovation—and facilitating unsettling new kinds of ...

Manufacturer: Yale University Press
Written By: Jonathan Zittrain

In this comprehensive guidebook, three experienced entertainment lawyers tell you everything you need to know to produce and market an independent film?from the development process to deal making, financing, setting up the production, hiring directors and actors, securing location rights, acquiring music, calculating profits, digital moving making, distribution, and marketing your movie. This ...

Manufacturer: Schirmer Trade Books
Written By: Gunnar Erickson, Mark Halloran, Harris Tulchin

The best-selling Fundamentals of Corporate Finance (FCF) is written with one strongly held principle– that corporate finance should be developed and taught in terms of a few integrated, powerful ideas. As such, there are three basic themes that are the central focus of the book: 1) An emphasis on intuition—underlying ideas are discussed in general terms and then by way of examples ...

Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Written By: Stephen A. Ross, Randolph W Westerfield, Bradford D Jordan

•Practical and comprehensive—the only book of its kind •Revised edition focuses on the changing world market for televisionBroad in scope and rich in detail, This Business of Television has been the essential sourcebook for producers, writers, broadcasters, network executives, and other television professionals since the first edition was published in 1991. And as the ...

Manufacturer: Billboard Books
Written By: Howard J. Blumenthal, Oliver R. Goodenough, Howard Blumenthal

Two entertainment attorneys and Hollywood insiders explain all the ins and outs of negotiating in the movie industry, including back ends, gross and adjusted gross profits, deferments, box office bonuses, copyrights, and much more. This easy-to-follow reference-written clearly, without confusing legal jargon-is packed with expert insights on distribution, licensing, and merchandising. The ...

Manufacturer: Allworth Press
Written By: Dina Appleton, Daniel Yankelevits

The rise of the "information society" offers not only considerable peril but also great promise. Beset from all sides by a never-ending barrage of media, how can we ensure that the most accurate information emerges and is heeded? In this book, Cass R. Sunstein develops a deeply optimistic understanding of the human potential to pool information, and to use that knowledge to improve our lives. ...

Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
Written By: Cass R. Sunstein

Praise for Robert W. McChesney"Robert McChesney's work has been of extraordinary importance. . . . It should be read with care and concern by people who care about freedom and basic rights."—Noam Chomsky"Robert McChesney is one of the nation's most important analysts of the media."—Howard ZinnThe symptoms of the crisis of the U.S. media are ...

Manufacturer: Monthly Review Press
Written By: Robert McChesney

This current and comprehensive market-leading textbook addresses the most relevant and important aspects of mass media law in the United States, stretching from the history and adoption of the First Amendment to the most recent judicial opinions, statutory enactments and regulatory controversies affecting speech across the print, broadcast, cable and Internet media. From the laws of libel and ...

Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Written By: Don R Pember, Clay Calvert

Today's film industry is a legal and financial obstacle course that all independent filmmakers must learn to master. In view of this, The Biz--a highly accessible overview of the industry's important business, legal and financial aspect--is a must-read for all filmmakers. It includes thorough explanations and discussions of: Film-industry business jargon; Raising financing; Business ...

Manufacturer: Silman-James Press
Written By: Schulyler M. Moore