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- June 1986
- Case
CBS
Keywords: Media and Broadcasting Industry
Stevenson, Howard H. "CBS." Harvard Business School Case 386-187, June 1986.
- 1998
- Article
Governance and Risk Taking in the U.S. Cable Television Industry
By: T. R. Eisenmann
Keywords: Governance; Risk and Uncertainty; Television Entertainment; Media and Broadcasting Industry
Eisenmann, T. R. "Governance and Risk Taking in the U.S. Cable Television Industry." Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings (1998).
- February 1977 (Revised May 1993)
- Case
WJAC (A): The Birth of a Radio Station
Keywords: Media and Broadcasting Industry
Herzlinger, Regina E. "WJAC (A): The Birth of a Radio Station." Harvard Business School Case 177-157, February 1977. (Revised May 1993.)
Oprah G. Winfrey
Through her company, Harpo Productions, Winfrey has created a multimedia empire. Beginning as an early morning talk show host in Chicago, Winfrey parlayed this success into one of the most enduring and successful talk shows in history – “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” From... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
Joseph M. Segel
A prolific entrepreneur, Segel has founded many successful companies including The Franklin Mint and National Software testing Laboratories. His biggest success was the formation of QVC, which stands for quality, value and convenience. Segel formed QVC after watching... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
Nicholas M. Schenck
When Marcus Loew died in 1927, Schenck assumed control over all of his holdings, including Loew’s theatre company and its production arm, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Despite the onslaught of the Depression, though, Schenck’s attention to efficiency and to “the bottom... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
Steven J. Ross
Ross built a small family funeral parlor business into the world’s largest media company by the time of his death. In 1962, Ross took the funeral parlor business, Kinney, public at a market valuation of $12.5 million. From that initial base, Ross purchased Warner-Seven... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
William S. Paley
After entering the media and entertainment field on somewhat of a whim, Paley grew his small radio concern into a media conglomerate with success in radio, television, music, media equipment and more. CBS competed heavily with the larger, older NBC, but ultimately,... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
Louis B. Mayer
Mayer, known as the unchallenged “czar of Hollywood” for over a quarter of century, created one of the largest motion pictures companies in the world. After acquiring control over the largest chain of theatres in New England and creating his own distribution agency,... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
Marcus Loew
Loew, a pioneer in the development of nickelodeons (by 1919, he owned 100 with assets of $25 million), built a vertically integrated movie production operation. He created Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) as a Loew’s subsidiary in 1924, which became one of the “Big Five” in... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
Berry Gordy, Jr.
Gordy’s Motown Records became the most successful African-American enterprise of its time with sales in the early 1970s of $50 million. Gordy’s first gold record came just one year after the founding of Motown - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles’ 1960 hit “Shop Around.”... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
David L. Geffen
Four years before owning his record label outright, Geffen structured a deal with Warner Communications to provide distribution services and financial underwriting. Geffen was extremely adept at spotting and promoting talent. He convinced John Lennon, Elton John and... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
William Fox
Fox pioneered the vertical integration of the film industry by merging production, distribution, and exhibition under single ownership. Fox, along with Adolph Zukor, of Paramount Pictures, is largely recognized for making Hollywood the movie capital of the world. Fox’s... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
The Life of Ted
TURNER AND BURKE: Capturing the boss in print. Courtesy Bill Burke Immediately after graduating from HBS, Bill Burke (MBA ’92) went south, where he helped start Turner Classic Movies and later became president of TBS, the Atlanta superstation. “In 2004, Burke wrote a... View Details
- June 2005
- Teaching Note
The Walt Disney Co.: The Entertainment King (TN)
By: David J. Collis
Teaching Note to (9-701-035). View Details
- 07 Mar 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Net Neutrality: A Fast Lane to Understanding the Trade-offs
- 05 May 2023
- News
Fail Better
television. We were a cable television company. So the first thing is we had to create a unique distribution model. Many of them still watched broadcast TV, so first we had to convince Viacom to allow us to acquire View Details
- May 2001 (Revised June 2001)
- Teaching Note
Reuters Greenhouse Fund TN
Teaching Note for (9-301-012). View Details
- 17 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
Advertising Symbiosis: The Key to Viral Videos
let people broadcast their personal values the way a bumper sticker on the back of a car does." CONCEPT: Enable the viewer to showcase a badge of honor and relate to tribes. EXAMPLE: Fiat's rapping mommy. Last December, Fiat UK released... View Details
- June 2025
- Case
Khabar Lahariya
By: Ranjay Gulati and Kanika Jain
Founded and run entirely by women, Khabar Lahariya was a leading digital media portal, known for its uniquely feminist perspective and rural focus. It started in 2002 as a non-profit print publication, and by 2023, had evolved into a multimedia news site that was part... View Details