"Incisively argued and elegantly written, Empires of Entertainment shows the anti-democratic character of huge concentrations of media wealth and the manner in which an ideal of the public good has been sacrificed on behalf of unfettered corporate power."
- Stephen Prince (author of Firestorm: American Film in the Age of Terrorism) "Jennifer Holt has written a concise, captivating, and much-needed history of industry and regulatory developments in U.S. television since the eighties. It will be required reading for scholars of industry history and anyone interested in contemporary media policy."
“Holt elegantly details the twists and turns of the political economics of U.S. film and TV industries at the end of the twentieth century. With a keen eye for the subtleties (and sometime ironies) of corporate thinking, she reveals a process that is both very political and very human. Empires of Entertainment sheds new light on how the media really works.”
- Thomas Streeter (author of The Net Effect: Romanticism, Capitalism, and the Internet) "Incisively argued and elegantly written, Empires of Entertainment shows the anti-democratic character of huge concentrations of media wealth and the manner in which an ideal of the public good has been sacrificed on behalf of unfettered corporate power."
- Stephen Prince (author of Firestorm: American Film in the Age of Terrorism) "Jennifer Holt has written a concise, captivating, and much-needed history of industry and regulatory developments in U.S. television since the eighties. It will be required reading for scholars of industry history and anyone interested in contemporary media policy."
“Holt elegantly details the twists and turns of the political economics of U.S. film and TV industries at the end of the twentieth century. With a keen eye for the subtleties (and sometime ironies) of corporate thinking, she reveals a process that is both very political and very human. Empires of Entertainment sheds new light on how the media really works.”
- Thomas Streeter (author of The Net Effect: Romanticism, Capitalism, and the Internet)
