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
Napster Sharon Epperson (published 26/10/00 downloaded 30/10/00) http://www.msnbc.com/news/471169.asp?cp1=1 8. Testimony of Shawn Fanning (Published 26/10/00 Downloaded 30/10/00) http://www.napster.com/pressroom001031.html 9. Napster/Bertelsmann Q&A (Published 11/11/00 Downloaded 15/11/00) http://www.napster.com/pressroom/qanda.html 10. News Flash (Published 11/11/00 Downloaded 15/11/00) http://www.napster.com/pressroom001031b.html 11. Napster Has Clay Shirky (Published 1/11/00
million last year (Amazon.com announces 4th quarter profit, 2001). How can Amazon.com start making real profits? Hahn & Celarier suggests that Amazon.com should merge with other retail companies such as General Growth Properties, Wal-Mart, and Bertelsmann because the merger will expand their market share, and create a new passageway and increase new customers and products , and recover their cash and Net sales loss (Fitch, 2000). First of all, the merger will help Amazon.com expand the market ..
percent of the seats available for election (Bertelsmann Foundation, 2012). The bureaucratic corruption is the most serious form of corruption affecting the public sector and service delivery. It is widespread and has become a major barrier to commerce and investment for growth and development (Chêne, 2012). The economic corruption is mostly in the form of cronyism where many state assets are being privatised to close associates at below market rates (Bertelsmann Foundation,
Napster Problem or Solution In mid-1999, 19 year old Northeastern University student Shawn Fanning designed a computer program that allowed one to log on to a central server, and be able to download mp3 music files from another computer at lightning speed, with great ease. He called this program Napster, after his old high school nickname. Since it's inception, Napster has sparked court cases involving every major record company in North America, and created a worldwide debate about copyright
SOUTH AFRICA CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY When it comes to deal with Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in South Africa it is such an important business’ topic with respect of the State, the economic, and the public; as well as environment. The World Business Council For Sustainability Development define the Corporate Social Responsibility as: “Corporate Social Responsibility is the continuing commitment by business to behave ethically and contribute to economic development while improving
companies. The majority of the major media outlets are owned by a proportionately small number of conglomerates and corporations. Globally, large media conglomerates include Viacom, CBS Corporation, Time Warner, 21st Century Fox and News Corp ,Bertelsmann AG, Sony, Comcast, Vivendi, Televisa, The Walt Disney Company, Hearst Corporation, Organizações Globo and Lagardère Group. The development in communication technologies made it technologically possible and economically feasible for media conglomerates
There are six key new market disruptions concerning the digital distribution of music: the creation of a new and broad customer base, the possibility of an annuity versus a per-unit revenue model, the gatekeeper advantage for a record company having proprietary access to a new digital distribution infrastructure, understanding of a technology that could be applied to other digital content, need for balance between physical and digital distribution strategies, the strategy the incumbent should adopt
In this day and age, we have grown dependant on technology?our whole life revolves around it; from work to home life, we have been very heavily influenced by our technology. Most importantly, we have produced an attachment with computers. Computers have deeply influenced our world, one aspect being shopping. Computer shopping has produced many affects, mostly economical. This era is one in need of an economic boost to better the world in its turmoil, and internet shopping may be the answer. The most
THE HACKER CRACKDOWN Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier CONTENTS Preface to the Electronic Release of *The Hacker Crackdown* Chronology of the Hacker Crackdown Introduction Part 1: CRASHING THE SYSTEM A Brief History of Telephony / Bell's Golden Vaporware / Universal Service / Wild Boys and Wire Women / The Electronic Communities / The Ungentle Giant / The Breakup / In Defense of the System / The Crash Post- Mortem / Landslides in Cyberspace Part 2: THE DIGITAL
Over the years, there have been repeated efforts to find the roots of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s intentions and motivations. This has also led in attempts to define its political culture with its ever-expanding history. A rich and ancient nation, Iran has historically been suspicious of outsiders. This maze of political factors and western audience’s lack of access to Iran since the Islamic Revolution has produced a view of the Islamic Republic of Iran that can be misconstrued. Misunderstanding
A teenager named Tom, walked into a music store last week and went straight to his favorite music section. After looking around for a short amount of time he spotted the CD he wanted. Tom then tore the magnetic sensor off the front of the package, stuffed the CD down his pants and then proceeded to walk through the front doors of the store, stealing the CD. Most people would say what Tom did was against the law and he should be punished for the crime. What if I was to say this crime happens thousands
Right-Wing Influences in American Media Since the advent of television networks, Americans have relied on local and national newscasts to inform them of the world’s happenings. In the 1950’s there were no other mass informational outlets besides the network news and newspapers. Today we have the internet, which allows independent research, but the majority of Americans still depend on network and cable newscasts for their local, political, and foreign news. With the responsibility and power of
After having read the novel “The House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros I will now concentrate on the background of the novel that moved Sandra Cisneros to write it by investigating the novel with special regard to its different dimensions. 1. The Novel 1.1 Summary The novel “The House on Mango Street” is written by Sandra Cineros. It deals with family, neighbourhood and dreams of a young Mexican girl, Esperanza Cordero growing up in Chicago. The novel begins when the Corderos move into
POWER STRUCTURES AND THEIR INHERENT PROPAGANDA IN AMERICA PAGE 1 Power Structures And Their Inherent Propaganda In America: Michael F Heyn Madison Area Technical College POWER STRUCTURES AND THEIR INHERENT PROPAGANDA IN AMERICA PAGE 2 Abstract: The world is usually not the way it seems, and this is especially true when looking for truth. There’s a reason for the common saying, “The truth often hurts the most”. Society as a whole often isn’t allowed to acknowledge the truth because of the propaganda
Napster In 1998 a university dropout, Shawn Fenning, nicknamed napster, spent days without sleep in his uncle's office producing a new music-swapping programme now known as napster. Napster is an MP3 file sharing programme that lets you connect to millions of other users world-wide and swap music with them for ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, even Napster itself as a programme is FREE and is available to ANYONE with a PC and the Internet. Napster spreads all types of music ranging from unknown and up and coming
from Stuart A. Kallen’s At Issue: Media Bias, Robert W. McChesney discusses how power operates in our society. We are dominated by 10 transitional conglomerates: Disney, AOL, Time Warner, News Corporation, Viacom, Vivendi Universal, Sony, Liberty, Bertelsmann, AT&T, Comcast, General Electric (NBC). These greatly impact media sectors, and based upon this reading I have come to believe that since these corporations are sponsoring and/or controlling news providers and what is being reported, the media is
plans below we reveal who owns what. In countries defined as strict by a lot of international media ownership is usually very close to the complete state control with information. Worldwide, the biggest media firms are Bertelsmann AG, CBS Corporation, Time Warner, News Corporation, Sony, Lagardère Group, Comcast, Vivendi, Televisa, Viacom, Hearst Corporation, Organizações Globo and The Walt Disney Company Since 2012, The Walt Disney Company is the biggest
Commencing the year 1950 sound recordings experienced a drastic raise in sales by an average of 20% a year (Krasilovsky and Shemel, 2007). While the music industry was dominated by six major record lables (Time Warner, Disney, Vivendi Universal, Viacom, Bertelsmann, and News Corp.) (Hull, Hutchison and Strasser, 2011), further growth in the industry has been recorded in the 1970’s, where record sales “rose from less than $2 billion at the beginning of the decade to over $4 billion in 1978”, which took a sharp
Corruption is prevalent in almost all administrative sectors of the government. Public administration lacks appropriate resources and is considerably performing weak due to corruption, politicization of bureaucracy and dominant patronage networks. (Bertelsmann Foundation, 2012). “Overall 66.7% of households experienced corruption in their interactions with different public service providers. An overwhelming 96.6% of households that interacted with law enforcement agencies experienced corruption. Land