Emerson College Library: VM370/600 Business of Media: Production & Distribution

General Industry Information

Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys
Call Number: Emerson Reference [X Ready Ref] HC 106.6 .S74 2006
Excellent resource for in-depth overviews of over 50 industries, including Advertising, Publishing, and Movies & Home Entertainment industries.
Industries At A Glance - Bureau of Labor Statistics
Brief overviews with information on working conditions, employment, occupations, training, earnings, and links to additional sources.

Business Insights This link opens in a new window
Use the Industry tab to search for or browse industry descriptions

Directory of Associations
Links to international, national, regional, state, and local trade associations.

Hoover's Online This link opens in a new window
Company and industry information, including financial data, company histories, news, and analysis.
Snapshot Series This link opens in a new window
The Snapshot International Group Series of 9000 reports is designed to provide an instant overview of a market, and the data is supplied in both graphical and tabular format for ease of interpretation and analysis.

Books

Producing with Passion
Call Number: PN1995.9.P7 F33 2008
The Guerilla Film Makers Handbook
Call Number: PN1995.9.P7 J65 2004
Swimming Upstream: A Lifesaving Guide to Short Film Distribution
Call Number: PN1995.9.M29 S95 2008
ISBN: 0240809556
The Contemporary Hollywood Film Industry
Call Number: PN1993.5.U65 C64 2008
Dictionary of Film Finance and Distribution
Call Number: [X] PN1993.5.A1 C642 2008

IMDB

IMDB
"The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is a HUGE collection of movie information. We try to catalog every pertinent detail about a movie, from who was in it, to who made it, to trivia about it, to filming locations, and even where you can find reviews and fan sites on the web. We then do our best to present this information in a manner that is easy to search and access." - From the site.

Baseline and, to a lesser extent, IMDB, help you find the facts, statistics, news, contacts, and trends you need.

Sound Design

Designing Sound
Articles, Interviews, and News.

Business Databases

Articles in business magazines, trade publications, and newspapers can provide you with a great deal of current information on specific industries, products, companies, and trends. You can also locate information on general subjects relating to advertising and marketing. Use the following indexes and databases to search for articles.

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Full text coverage of social sciences, humanities, business, general science, and education.
Business Insights This link opens in a new window
Company histories and financials, market shares, and industry profiles. Includes journal and newspaper articles. Coverage 1980 to the present.
General BusinessFile ASAP This link opens in a new window
Business trends, technologies, products, and company profiles. Includes some full text.
Nexis Uni (previously Lexis Nexis Academic) This link opens in a new window
Newspaper articles, wire services, legal, broadcast, and business news. Includes Company Info Search with financials (for publically traded companies), executives, current company news, SEC filings, mergers and acquisitions. Complementary with Proquest News database.
Wall Street Journal This link opens in a new window
Full-text articles of the Wall Street Journal from 1984 to the present.

Websites

peterbroderick.com - "Welcome to the Wilds of Independent Filmmaking"
"Peter Broderick is President of Paradigm Consulting, which helps filmmakers and media companies develop strategies to maximize distribution, audience, and revenues."