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  • 01 Sep 2008
  • News

Alumni Books

I Thought We Were Making Movies, Not History by Walter Mirisch (IA ’43) (University of Wisconsin Press) The producer of such film classics as West Side Story, Some Like It Hot, In the Heat of the Night, and The Magnificent Seven, Mirisch... View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet)

    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... 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... 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 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... View Details
          Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
          • 24 Jul 2007
          • First Look

          First Look: July 24, 2007

          Marco Iansiti and Gregory L. Richards Periodical: Antitrust Bulletin 51, no. 1 (spring 2006) Abstract A number of modern industries are organized as complex networks of firms whose integrated efforts are... View Details
          Keywords: Martha Lagace

            Marcus Loew

            Hollywood production facilities and nationwide chain of Loew’s theaters, MGM controlled its movies throughout their entire life cycle. He was one of the first producers to recognize the power of movie stars, 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... View Details
              Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
              • 10 Jun 2015
              • Research & Ideas

              The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting

              understand which data is relevant. On average, our study found that only about 20 percent of data in any given industry is material from an investment standpoint. That has huge implications in terms of the signal-to-noise ratio. For... View Details
              Keywords: Re: George Serafeim
              • 30 Oct 2012
              • First Look

              First Look: October 30

              gaps within the organization. Purchase this note:http://hbr.org/search/413037-PDF-ENG Ringier—Building a Digital-Age Media Company Felix Oberholzer-GeeHarvard Business School Case 713-423 Overview of the strategic re-orientation View Details
              Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
              • 04 May 2010
              • First Look

              First Look: May 4

              We propose that firms' corporate governance and firms' strategic business activities within an industry are interlinked. By conducting a simultaneous economic analysis of business strategy View Details
              Keywords: Martha Lagace
              • 14 Apr 2009
              • First Look

              First Look: April 14, 2009

              structures. SWFs seem to engage in a form of trend chasing, since they are more likely to invest at home when domestic equity prices are higher, and invest abroad when foreign prices are higher. Funds see the View Details
              Keywords: Martha Lagace
              • 01 Dec 2013
              • News

              War History

              In September, with President Obama trying to rally support for military action against Syria, the media repeatedly sought out Michael Beschloss (MBA 1980), the author of eight books about American presidents. Beschloss noted that the... View Details
              Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet)

                Dick Griffey

                Initially a co-owner of a black nightclub in Los Angeles, Griffey moved into music producing and built one of the most important black entertainment enterprises. A firm proponent of black culture and... View Details
                Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

                  Charles Ringling

                  Charles Ringling organized his siblings to form what would eventually become “the Greatest Show on Earth.” When the siblings began performing, they used only their personal talents, but under Charles’ leadership, the show grew into a large traveling enterprise View Details
                  Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

                    Carl Laemmle

                    Laemmle, one of the most outstanding figures in Hollywood, created the “star” system that was to dominate American filmmaking. He consolidated independent studios and was responsible for the development of countless movie stars. Laemmle... View Details
                    Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

                      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 success at showing them. Though... View Details
                      Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
                      • May 2023
                      • Case

                      Twitter Blues: Does Paid Verification Check Out?

                      By: Scott Duke Kominers, Das Narayandas and Kerry Herman
                      Elon Musk proposes to offer verification status on Twitter to paying subscribers. Chaos ensues. View Details
                      Keywords: Marketing; Social Media; Technology Industry
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                        John Ringling North

                        After working in the financial sector for several years, North joined his family's business in the middle of a post-depression upheaval. With his shrewd business skills, North successfully guided the company out of debt, and went on to... View Details
                        Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

                          Desiderio A. Arnaz

                          In 1951, Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball first telecasted their situation comedy - “I Love Lucy,” which was an overnight sensation. Desilu Productions literally created the phenomenon of reruns. Selling the rerun rights of “I Love Lucy” to... View Details
                          Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media