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- 24 Feb 2011
- News
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An Oscar statue (CC BY-NC 2.0) The Academy Awards are coming up, that annual homage to movies and their place in popular culture. The festivities are also a reminder of entertainment’s importance as a mainstay of the U.S. economy and, for... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
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Working at Harvard Business School | Employment
inclusive culture for all members of the HBS community. Community Celebrations Every year, in the spirit of giving thanks, we gather as a community to remember what truly matters and what makes Harvard Business School such a unique and remarkable place. Documentary &... View Details
Harry M. Warner
After frustrating attempts to run a movie theater in Pennsylvania, Harry Warner and his three brothers moved to California, convinced that they would have to make movies themselves if they were to ever have... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
Adolph Zukor
Zukor independently built numerous theatres in major United States cities. Because of the popularity of these theatres, he began to invest heavily in movie production, convinced that big-name actors in large View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
Walter E. Disney
Disney was a pioneer in the family entertainment business. From his ground-breaking introduction of the animated cartoon Steamboat Willie starring Mickey Mouse in 1928 to the launch of the first full-length animated film in 1937 (Snow White), Disney built a media... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Rehito “Ray” Hatoyama (MBA 2008)
new feelings. I have tons of Hello Kitty—T-shirts, shoes, stationery, a PC, a mobile phone. I use a Hello Kitty credit card and checkbook. My favorite Sanrio characters are Mr. Men and Little Miss—I grew up with them in Sydney, Australia. I’m going to produce the Mr.... View Details
- 10 Mar 2017
- News
The Business of Lego Batman
weekends in a row. He spoke with associate editor Julia Hanna about everything from his approach to a film’s business plan, to the challenges of managing internal growth on his teams—and how the Lego Movie is like The Avengers. READ MORE... View Details
- 21 Feb 2017
- News
How Michael Sheresky Helped Hidden Figures See the Light
helped “package” the film, “helping the remarkable, little-known story about a group of black women mathematicians at NASA find the largest possible audience.” The piece offers a chronology of the path the two took to bring the movie to... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 17 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Protecting against the Pirates of Bollywood
In 2007, Sony Pictures became the first multinational studio to enter the India film business known as Bollywood with its $7 million film Saawariya. The movie grossed only $9 million. That same year, Walt Disney Pictures collaborated with... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Anand G. Mahindra, MBA 1981
Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business, by David Mamet “My penchant is for building brands that find a place in the customer’s mind and for developing businesses that live or die by how well they connect with the consumer.”... View Details
- 26 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 26, 2007
Investigation Using a Simulated Market Authors:Anita Elberse and Bharat Anand Periodical:Information Economics and Policy (forthcoming). Special issue on "Economics of the Media," edited by Joel Waldfogel. Abstract One of the most visible and publicized... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
The Reinvention of Kodak | Information Technology
its instamatic 100 camera and, in 1965, released its Super 8 camera, a motion picture camera used to record home movies on 8mm film. Previous On 1963, Kodak unveiled its instamatic 100 camera and, in 1965, released its Super 8 camera, a... View Details
Michael D. Eisner
Eisner headed the second-largest media and entertainment company in the U.S. having grown its market value from $3 billion to approximately $70 billion in his first 14 years as CEO. Eisner has released animated movie hits such as The... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
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John Oxtoby
John is advising the movie The Butler, based on the true experiences of an African-American butler who served in the White House through the crucial civil rights years between the Eisenhower and Reagan administrations. Starring Forest... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Star Turn
Courtesy Ascent Media Once an IT staffer at HBS, José Royo (MBA ’98) is CEO of Ascent Media Group, which provides postproduction and digital media services to Hollywood’s major movie studios. Royo earned a Ph.D. in East Asian studies from... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Change Channel
Brian Graden (MBA ’89) is president of MTV Networks and of Logo, the new gay-oriented cable channel launched in June. Logo features mostly movies but also documentaries, sports, travel shows, original sitcoms, concerts, and more. “When... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
Louis B. Mayer
side of the movie business by joining Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation, which controlled worldwide production, distribution and exhibition interests. He was also a founder and the first president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
David L. Geffen
label. In less than five years, Geffen Records became the third largest label in the recording industry, and Geffen sold it to MCA in 1990. Beyond his success in the music industry, Geffen has also produced and developed a number of highly acclaimed View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Elevator Pitch: Forget Me Not
Illustration by Drue Wagner Illustration by Drue Wagner Charlie Greene (MBA 2021) Cofounder and CEO, Remento Concept: Remento helps families collect and preserve the stories of loved ones. An annual subscription allows users to upload photos and select prompts for the... View Details
- 06 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?
speculation—and then, hopefully, sell it? “One of the top questions screenwriters talk about in their online communities is whether to pitch or to spec,” says Luo. In her paper published by Management Science, When to Sell Your Idea: Theory and Evidence from the View Details