Each year Americans spend at least 120 billion hours and over $150 billion on legal forms of entertainment. In this newly revised book, Harold Vogel, managing director and senior entertainment industry analyst at Cowen and Co. (and formerly at Merrill Lynch), examines the business economics of the major entertainment enterprises: movies and television programming, music, broadcasting, cable television, casino gambling and wagering, sports, performing arts, theme parks, and toys. The fourth edition adds a key chapter on publishing and the internet and integrates international dimensions of the broadcasting, cable, film, and music industries in particular. The result is a comprehensive, up-to-date reference guide to the economics, financing, production, and marketing of entertainment-related goods and services in the United States and overseas. The book brings together valuable data from a wide variety of sources to provide a detailed analysis of changes over time of each of the industry segments discussed. The book is unique in taking a fully integrated approach to the business of entertainment.
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"Investors considering buying shares of Disney, Viacom, Livent, Time Warner or Seagram should read Entertainment Industry Economics: A Guide for Financial Analysis--and get ready to do some homework....Terms such as "gross receipts" or "net profits" have no intrinsic meaning. The words mean whatever the participants want them to mean, ' Mr. Vogel writes. Projected cash flow, a more reliable though still subjective figure, is a function of interest rates, and economic, political, and technological factors. The book takes as much care in examining these economic factors as it does in explaining the nuances of entertainment company fundamentals." Investors Digest of Canada
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Each year Americans spend at least 120 billion hours and over $150 billion on legal forms of entertainment. In this newly revised book, Harold Vogel, a former senior entertainment industry at Merrill Lynch & Co., examines the business economics of the major entertainment enterprises.
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Great overview of the business of entertainment,
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This book is certainly the best economic text I've ever read. It covers all aspects of the entertainment business, including film, television, cable TV, music, gaming, and Broadway. People currently in the entertainment biz can add to their knowledge, while novices and those with a general background in economics will have a fantastic primer from Vogel.
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Good entertainment overview,
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This book did a good job of covering the many aspects to entertainment. It was a bit on the dry side though. For those trying to decide where they belong in the world of entertainment (as a career or as an investor), this book would provide great insight.
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entertainment industry segments, releasing costs, gross win, industry milestones, wagering activities, theatrical rentals, wagering business, rentals percentage, gross participations, distribution fees, profit participants, film rental, ancillary markets, game operator, winning pool, broadcast properties, compound annual growth rate, movie admissions, gaming activities, income margin, entertainment products, gaming business, player contracts, distribution expenses Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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