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J. Richard Munro
As CEO of Time, prior to the merger, he helped build HBO into a cable TV powerhouse, having headed the division back in the 1970s. Most notably, however, Munro engineered the creation of one of the world’s largest media and communications... View Details
Keywords: Publishing & Print 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, View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
- May 1993
- Teaching Note
WJAC (A)—The Birth of a Radio Station TN
- February 2020
- Teaching Note
Fake News at DER SPIEGEL (A), (B) and (C)
By: Aiyesha Dey and Jonas Heese
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... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
Sumner M. Redstone
culture through its ownership of MTV, VH-1 and Nickelodeon. In 1994, he successfully completed a $10 billion merger with Paramount Communications and acquired Blockbuster Entertainment. Since 1994 the company has increased from 7,000 employees to approximately 83,000... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
Laurence A. Tisch
the brothers next took to expanding Loew’s into the hotel business, buying hotels in New York, Chicago and San Francisco. By 1968, the brothers had built Loews into the third largest hotel operator, with assets of $278 million and revenues of $167 million. Tisch has... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Ask the Expert: Bounce Back
Illustration by Michael Sloan/The i Spot Illustration by Michael Sloan/The i Spot The rate at which people have been signing on to social media in the last decade had many marketers wondering if it might replace email altogether as a way... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Path out of Polarization
“Everybody Knows: Russia and the Election,” Professors Rawi Abdelal and Rafael Di Tella examine the shifting media landscape and geopolitics that contributed to this moment. Di Tella is an economist who has studied Latin American... View Details
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Syndication Networks and the Spatial Distribution of Venture Capital Investments
By: Olav Sorenson and Toby E. Stuart
Sorenson, Olav, and Toby E. Stuart. "Syndication Networks and the Spatial Distribution of Venture Capital Investments." American Journal of Sociology 106, no. 5 (March 2001): 1546–1586.
- February 2004 (Revised September 2006)
- Case
Finding a Response: Pixar and a Coy Story
Pixar, Inc. is the subject of an article that suggests its share price is currently overvalued. The article is picked up in summary by several wire services. Pixar's management must determine the appropriate public response. Its choices range from ignoring the article,... View Details
Keywords: Media; Animation Entertainment; Decision Making; Film Entertainment; Communication Strategy; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry
Miller, Gregory S. "Finding a Response: Pixar and a Coy Story." Harvard Business School Case 104-069, February 2004. (Revised September 2006.)
- Profile
Jonathan Evans
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I decided to earn an MBA to enhance my understanding of how organizations navigate our increasingly interconnected world in pursuit of adding value. But I decided to attend HBS because I wanted more: the chance to focus... View Details
Herbert J. Siegel
Siegel built the once, small boat maker into one of the largest and most powerful media holding companies. Acquiring two independent television stations with the Chris-Craft acquisition in 1968, Siegel sold the boat business in 1980 and... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
Thomas S. Murphy
At the age of 29, Murphy took control of a nearly bankrupt television station in Albany, NY, that would become a launching point for a media empire worth over $5 billion. Through successfully acquiring and integrating over 30 View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
The True Value of a Tweet
Image by John Ritter Companies can spend millions curating their social media presence—with sometimes famously funny results, like the Twitter accounts for Wendy’s and Denny’s—but how relevant is that to revenues? Here, Associate... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- March 2007
- Supplement
Sonoco Products Co.: Interview with Cindy Hartley, video
By: Boris Groysberg, David A. Thomas and David Lane
Groysberg, Boris, David A. Thomas, and David Lane. "Sonoco Products Co.: Interview with Cindy Hartley, video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 407-704, March 2007.
- December 2006
- Supplement
Michael Jemal, CEO, Haier America--video
By: Tarun Khanna and Krishna G. Palepu
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna G. Palepu. "Michael Jemal, CEO, Haier America--video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 707-801, December 2006.
- 07 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Can Brand Trump Win a Presidency?
Presidential election has enabled outsider candidates to capture the attention of millions through social media sound bites. Pull-marketing targeting ordinary voters for small contributions is the hallmark of the Sanders campaign.... View Details
- 18 Jul 2014
- News
Team Players
from mobile devices. Next, social media, in the form of Facebook and Twitter, became the information workhorse, serving two roles. Initially, social media was used to engage fans during the buildup to Super Bowl week. That included... View Details
Oprah G. Winfrey
movie productions, a new cable TV channel, a book club, and one of the fastest growing new magazines in the last decade, O, The Oprah Magazine. Winfrey has won numerous awards for her work and is considered one of the most influential View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media