Entertainment Industry Economics
A Guide for Financial Analysis

Fully updated, this edition offers a unique, integrated approach to the economics and financing of entertainment and media sectors.

Harold L. Vogel (Author)

9781108493086, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 23 July 2020

742 pages, 126 b/w illus. 74 tables
24 x 16 x 4.2 cm, 1.21 kg

Already among the most important sectors of the US economy, the entertainment and media industries are continuing to grow worldwide. Fully updated, the tenth edition of Entertainment Industry Economics is the definitive reference on the economics of film, music, television, advertising, broadcasting, cable, casinos, publishing, arts and culture, performing arts, toys and games, sports, and theme parks. Its synthesis of a vast amount of data provides an up-to-date guide to the economics, financing, accounting, production, marketing, and history of these sectors in the United States and countries across the globe. This edition offers new material on streaming services, the relationship between demographics and entertainment spending, electromagnetic spectrum for broadcasters, and revised FASB accounting rules for film and television. Financial analysts and investors, economists, industry executives, accountants, lawyers, regulators, and journalists, as well as students preparing to join these professionals will benefit from this invaluable source.

Preface
Part I. Introduction: 1. Economic perspectives
2. Basic elements
Part II. Media-Dependent Entertainment: 3. Movie macroeconomics
4. Making and marketing movies
5. Financial accounting in movies and television
6. Music
7. Broadcasting
8. Cable
9. Publishing
10. Toys and games
Part III. Live Entertainment: 11. Gaming and wagering
12. Sports
13. Performing arts and culture
14. Amusement/theme parks
Part IV. Roundup: 15. Performance and policy
Appendix A. Sources of information
Appendix B. Major games of chance
Appendix C. Supplementary data
Glossary
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Entertainment & media law [LNJ], Business & management [KJ], Financial accounting [KFCF], Economics [KC], Media studies [JFD]