Essays Tagged: "Viacom"

The Merchants of Cool: Video Response. Wafa Nurdin

country where I am a minority, I will not belong and I just have to live with it. Companies such as Viacom who own the many companies that influence teens, do have a hoard of opinions around them that ...

(3 pages) 139 1 4.9 Jan/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

An analysis of Mtv according to popular culture theoriciens Q.D. Leavis and Theodor Adorno.In other words, critisizing Mtv both in concervative and liberal view.

not any owner of the television, actually there are. The owner of MTV is the cable television giant Viacom, and the brain behind MTV is Robert Pittman. The owners certainly related to an ideology or h ...

(6 pages) 105 0 4.6 Dec/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Opinion and analysis essay on movie "Merchants of Cool".

obviously not beneficial, and in my opinion these media conglomerates, including companies such as Viacom and AOL Time Warner have, in a sense, taken over many teen's lives, becoming dictators of eve ...

(2 pages) 68 0 5.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Lead in the Water News Coverage

zines such as Inside Out, Donna Hay, Smart Source, The weekly Standard and partially owns TV Guide. Viacom Corporation owns the CBS network since the 1910s.through present time. In 1912 - Adolph Zukor ... Pictures becomes Famous Players-Lasky Corp. In 2001 United States Court of Appeals, DC Circuit gave Viacom temporary approval to exceed the 35% ownership cap. In 2001 - Viacom completes $3 billion dea ...

(5 pages) 49 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Art Essays

How To Make Easy Money

n expected.With a little more than a year until Mr. Stern jumps to Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. from Viacom Inc.'s Infinity Broadcasting, the popular radio host has gone on the warpath against his curr ... ting, the popular radio host has gone on the warpath against his current employer.The issue is that Viacom has withdrawn its financial support from Mr. Stern's legal fight against Clear Channel Commun ...

(2 pages) 37 1 0.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

The Clout of Media Giants. Describe the power of "The Big Five" in controlling the teen-pop culture.

very single commercial cable channel, these handful of huge companies." These five media giants are Viacom, Disney, News Corporation, Vivendi Universal and AOL Time Warner.Through dominating the busin ... ng new kinds of music, for example. The MTV machine tunes in so it can figure out how to pitch what Viacom has to sell to those kids." These media giants, because they control practically every aspect ...

(4 pages) 36 0 5.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Case Study: Blockbuster Entertainment

eting partnerships with companies such as Time Warner and DIRECTV. At one point entertainment giant Viacom (now CBS Corp.) owned about 80% of Blockbuster (96% of the voting power) after selling some 2 ... Blockbuster (96% of the voting power) after selling some 20% of the company to the public in 1999. Viacom had wanted to sell Blockbuster for some time and finally spun off the company in late 2004. T ...

(3 pages) 188 1 4.7 Feb/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

MTV's Success with Teenagers

teens and how to clinch their interest.What also helped MTV was marketing through its main source, Viacom. Viacom is an astonishing corporation which owns MTV along with other channels like VH1, BET, ... tonishing corporation which owns MTV along with other channels like VH1, BET, Nickelodeon, and CBS. Viacom also owns Paramount Pictures, Showtime, and Simon and Schuster Publishers. The growth of MTV ...

(7 pages) 98 1 4.3 Feb/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

RadioReport

and they played classical music.B102.7 is owned by Infinity Broadcasting Company, Which is part of Viacom.Viacom also owns stations such as CBS, MTV, VH1, Paramounts studios and theme parks, Showtime ...

(3 pages) 1540 0 0.0 May/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Legal issue final research project

ady stepped out of the business, although he did receive benefits from the sale. On March 13, 2007, Viacom sued YouTube and Google for copyright infringement. The case was filed in New York’s fed ... urt. The YouTube website has affected authors, songwriters, producers, performers, and many others. Viacom has demanded YouTube to remove all copyrighted works from their site. Viacom has sued YouTube ...

(13 pages) 133 0 4.7 Oct/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Relative Performance Analysis Paper

r return is 12.32%.Three industry peers of Walt Disney are Time Warner (TWX), CKX, Inc. (CKXE), and Viacom, Inc. (VIA). Time Warner has experienced a five-year average return of 7.74% which is only sl ... age return of 7.74% which is only slightly higher than CKX, Inc. average five-year return of 7.38%. Viacom, Inc. has not proved as successful in the industry with an average five-year return of 1.94%. ...

(5 pages) 108 2 4.1 Oct/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Irreligion in Today's Culture: How our culture today is affecting our religion and is holding us back from being religious.

. "what emerges in the following sixty minutes is a scandalous portrait of how major corporations - Viacom, Disney, AOL/Time Warner, and others - study America's children like laboratory rats in order ...

(5 pages) 18 0 5.0 Nov/2009

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Comparative Essays