Contextualizing mergers and acquisitions in Hollywood, Part 1

A funny effect of media conglomeration in Hollywood is that many people, including myself, can use corporate names to signal whether we are speaking about Hollywood studios as producers of films, or as parts of giant media conglomerates. When we talk about this or that movie being produced by Warner Bros., Paramount, or Universal, we … Continue reading Contextualizing mergers and acquisitions in Hollywood, Part 1

Netflix’s Crisis of Accumulation: chart book for my SCMS2025 presentation

I will be presenting at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) conference on Friday, April 4 at 6PM. Here is the chart book for the presentation, which contains sources and notes on all of the figures: [ PDF of SCMS2025 Chart Book ] Here is the original abstract I wrote for the presentation: … Continue reading Netflix’s Crisis of Accumulation: chart book for my SCMS2025 presentation