Rudi Gassner and the Executive Committee of BMG International BMG International is a subsidiary of Bertelsmann AG, a German media conglomerate that became the second largest media enterprise with 1992 sales of $9.7 billion. At that time Bertelsmann was comprised of over 200 companies and 50,000 employees in 37 countries whose business interests included music, radio, television, film, book, magazine and newspaper publishing and distribution, printing and manufacturing operations. Headquarted in
BMG Entertainment The Internet, by making free and non-free online distribution of music, has profoundly affected how business is conducted in the record industry in terms of distribution channels, copyright and the economic structure of the major players in the global market. Initially, the Internet was viewed as an opportunity by some of the major players as a new channel of promotion. However, after the existence of Napster and few others, the majority considered it as threat because of the
Edi K. THE MUSIC INDUSTRY – GLOBALIZING IN MANY WAYS The music industry is in a time of growth at this very moment. The environment for its growth has been increasing rapidly on many geographical boundaries and has been established through information technology and Internet. In this paper I will analyze how the music industry not only has been affected by Globalization as an economic institution but also that it has become a worldwide-globalized commodity. First, I will begin by analyzing how the
Music is universally known as an expression of emotion, rebellion against the man, a way of life, a random collection of sounds, an annoying thing kids listen to, or even a vacation from everything, but in reality music is free of all definition. The industry involved in buying, selling and recording of music has grown so old, treacherous, and ignorant that it can not figure out the steps it needs to evolve with the rapidly expanding music industry. Musicians and fans alike are screaming about the
The Greed of Music Industry Executives and Declining Record Sales The music recording industry is in trouble. For several years now, sales of new and popular music have steadily declined and show no sign of changing. The record companies are quick to blame the growing popularity of the Internet; music is being traded in a digital form online, often anonymously, with the use of file-sharing programs such as Morpheus, KaZaA, and Imesh, to name a few. The RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America)
room in 1999, downloading and sharing music online has become one of the most popular things to do on the Internet today. But why wouldn't it? Getting all your favorite songs from all your favorite artists for free, who wouldn't want to start sharing music? The answer to that question are the people who feel that stealing from the music industry is not morally right, because that is exactly what every person who shares music is doing. People who download music think it's something they can get away
Mise-en-scene in Citizen Kane and Persona Mise-en-scene is the principle by which a piece of film will derive its meaning wholly from what happens in the single shot and not from the relationship between two shots. For example the director might include shots with various composition, angle, depth, movement, and lighting. Citizen Kane has many good examples to show Mise-on-scene usage. The scene that I believe is the most significant and powerful mise-en-scene that I have this seen this semester
I chose brief 3 and wanted to make a website and a poster of my artist. I chose brief 3 because i am quite passionate about music since a very small age. I also did the music as my GCSE option in Year 9 which gave me a lot of ideas about the music industry and how things function there. I took these skills and knowledge that I have learnt as an advantage. Also, being fans of various artists and visiting concerts inspired me to use my all-time dream to create my own singer and make it realistic. I
The music business entered a dramatic change in the 21st century. These changes appear in the way of how people access and consume music. According to Hull, Hutchison and Strasser (2011) the music business has developed throughout three stages. While moving from the agricultural age, where the music business made its revenues through live performances, troubadours and patronage, the industrial age introduced new innovations that were assumed to be associated with long-term economic growth. Commencing
HENRI DE PITOT When somebody tries to investigate the people that have many contributions on fluid mechanics, he can find a lot of engineers, mathematicians, physicists and scientists that have found some theorems and made many inventions. Even though the most known contributors to fluid mechanics are Da Vinci, Euler, Newton, Archimedes, Toricelli or Bernolli, there are many other scientific people that have tried to find something new and to notice that some theorems or theories have been found
In the community, there are a lot of groups that have an impact in the Aiken area. One that has made a significant difference is Stand at the Crossroad Ministries. Stand at the Crossroads Ministry is run by Deborah Lamb, who is willing to accept people from every walk of life despite their past. Through her background, sacrifice, and acts of services, Deborah Lamb has become an asset to the community. Stand at the Crossroads is a Christian based organization created to help, encourage and give support
In “Accepting or Rejecting Innovation”, Jared Diamond describes the factors that cause people to reject technological innovations. Diamond’s first factor, he discusses is “economic advantage” (149). He states that in order for an innovation to thrive, there has to be a “relative economic advantage” (149). He gives the example of how Native Americans and indigenous people of Mexico had invented wheels with axles but only used them on toys and not for transport because there was no economic advantage
How Visual Effects (VFX) plays a vital role in music videos - By means I am going to talk about how Visual Effects has an impact on music videos. By this impact how audience react to the effects done in music videos Aim – To have a my own opinion about Visual Effects on music videos and to prove visual effects has changed and saved time , money , efficiency , and created tons of people creativity. • Objective • As same as aim, objective is what motive we point and shoot question about the topic
Case describes Madonna’s biography and how her creativity, ambition, and business skills made her successful in the world of entertainment. It indicates that Madonna’s childhood has been the major influence on her success as an adult. According to Music-Mic’s website, Madonna was born in the suburbs of Detroit. Her mom passed away from breast cancer when she was only six years old. When Madonna discussed about her mother to CNN News, Madonna mentioned, “You walk around with a big hole inside you,
In her story “Currents” Hannah Vosckuil uses symbolism, and a reverse narrative structure to show the story of how unnamed sympathetic and antagonistic characters react differently to a traumatic event. Symbolism can be found in this story in the way that Gary does not mind sitting in the dark alone at the end of the day as well as how both of his girls are affected by the symbolism of hands. One holding a boy’s hand for the first time and the other becoming sick after seeing the dead boy’s hand
Yusef Komunyakaa, the poet of war, vividly describes his vacillating emotions about the Vietnam War and his relation to it as an African-American veteran in the poem, “Facing It.” Komunyakaa, the protagonist of his narrative, reflective poem, contemplates his past experiences as he promenades around the Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial, struggling to conceal his ardent emotions and remain hard and cold as “stone.” He writes one stanza in a dark mood, and by using metaphors and visual imagery, he paints
What makes life full of surprises and excitements is the fact that it is unpredictable. Nothing stays the same forever, and everything is destined to change. Whether the changes are positive or not depends on how much one is willing to unconditionally accept and adjust to them. The protagonists Alice and Barry, from “Mirror Image” written by Lena Coakley and “Saturday Climbing” by W.D. Valgardson respectively, are dealing with different forms of changes in their lives, but are both learning to
While reading these wonderfully written stories by James Joyce and Alice Munro I found myself relating to the characters a lot. They both wrote about two different characters, but the same meaning was behind both, growing up, changing from who they were to who they will be. Even though sometimes change is not always good, I think it is normal for changes to happen throughout people’s lives. Because being able to accept the change, watching the world change as you do, can make you become the person
Sports Gender Segregation Do you think women should play with men professionally in a sport? Although people may believe that women should be treated equally with men when it comes to certain things, but when it comes to sports it is totally different. Sometimes sports are not always played for fun. Sports take a real big part on the competitive side. Some may argue that girls can play a sport better than boys, people think that girls should play with the boys because
Blue Carpenter Mrs. George Film and Literature 25 April, 2017 The Longest Ride Nicholas Sparks, an author everyone knows, created another masterpiece in 2013, with his novel, The Longest Ride. As many of his books are, The Longest Ride developed into a movie, directed by George Tillman Jr. Throughout the movie, viewers can see how individual characters develop and how their inter tangled relationships develop as well. With the help of the movie, viewers can also see the emotions shown easier than