TALK: New Paradigms in Global Entertainment
Economics;
or, The Companies That Ate Hollywood
Jennifer Holt (University of Southern California and
UCSB)
Thursday, March 3 / 3:30 PM / Free
Flying A Studio, UCen, UCSB
Jennifer Holt (PhD, UCLA) is a visiting Assistant Professor
at the University of Southern California in the School
of Cinema-Television and has also taught at UCLA and
UCSB. She is a media historian specializing in the political
economy and industrial history of American film and
television. Her current research looks at the effects
of deregulation and current policy on the industrial
structure and entertainment products of today’s
global media conglomerates. She is finishing a manuscript
entitled “In Deregulation We Trust: The Business
of Entertainment in the New Hollywood.” For other
speakers and activities in the series, see: www.cftnm.ucsb.edu/events.html
This series is sponsored by The Center for Film, Television
and New Media; The Critical Issues in America Endowment,
College of Letters & Science; the Arthur N. Rupe
Chair in the Social Effects of Mass Communication in
the Department of Communication; the Department of Film
Studies and the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center.
