For many years, 67 to be exact, actors could count on receiving residual checks when commercials, movies, or television shows they worked on aired, in addition to their payment for working on the project. Though it was never a completely reliable source of income,...
The entertainment industry is quickly becoming one of America’s largest exports. It is also accounting for a larger and larger portion of the US GDP. Like all other sectors, technology is having a strong impact on entertainment as it begins to remold and reshape...
While we live at a time of unprecedented access to information and educational materials, it is also true that not all of the information available to most citizens via the Internet and mass media is beneficial. Indeed, there is an immense difference between the...
According to an article in Forbes, an in-depth study slated to be published in 2019 takes a look at media trends in the U.S. market according to Pepperdine’s Institute for Entertainment, Media, Sports, and Culture. This work focuses on revenues for video...
In a world full of equal rights and pay, many are surprised to learn that Hollywood is behind the times with gender equality. When shooting the 2017 crime thriller All the Money in the World, the pay rates were entirely different for the costars. Mark Wahlberg...
There’s no doubt that TV and film are big businesses. The former is experiencing a renaissance as premium cable and streaming services bring a level of polish and sophistication to the medium that it’s not yet seen. The latter offers bigger spending (and...
