Print industries
This newspaper was the first in colonial America.
What is Publick Occurrences?
Although FOX is young compared to CBS, NBC and CBS, it actually existed in the 1950s under this name.
What is Dumont?
This tragedy led to radio operators being required to leave their radios on 24 hours a day.
What is the Titanic sinking?
This 1984 Steven Spielberg adventure gave birth to the PG-13 rating.
What is "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom"?
Thomas Edison invented the phonograph and charged people five cents to listen to recorded sounds in parlors with this name.
What are nickelodeons?
This colonial American moment was reported in newspapers as an evil act by the British, even though eyewitnesses indicated the British were attacked first.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This government agency oversees the television industry.
What is the FCC?
This groundbreaking, pre-Civil War technology is considered radio's precursor.
What is the telegraph?
The movie industry took to the Supreme Court in 1983 an effort to stop the sale of this.
What are VCRs?
After the deaths of several young stars and Elvis Presley joining the army, this phenomena revived the rock n roll industry.
What is "The British Invasion".
These books were popular during The Great Depression, on army bases during World War 2, and they have had a profound impact on popular culture.
What are comic books?
This station was the first to have customers pay for it, proving people were willing to pay for extra, premium programming.
What is HBO?
What is "War of the Worlds"?
This 1927 film is the first ever to include spoken words.
What is "The Jazz Singer"?
Other than rock and country, this music genre sells makes more money than any other.
What is rap, or hip-hop?
This term means newspapers, magazines and books will print hundreds, thousands, even millions of copies, saving money per copy rather than pay a high price for one or two copies.
What are economies of scales?
This is now considered the greatest threat to the traditional TV industry.
What are streaming services?
These radio station affiliates cannot advocate for a political or religious philosophy.
What are NPR affiliates?
This 1995 movie was the first to be an entirely computer-animated feature film.
What is "Toy Story"?
This phenomena is not restricted to the music industry, but many young up-and-coming artists are finding it harder to get a big record company to notice them because one-hit wonders make the companies more money.
What is the blockbuster syndrome.
This colonial America newspaper was the first to last more than one issue.
What is the Boston News-Letter?
The Super Bowl is the most-watched show almost every year, because these terms measure how many people are watching a show.
What are ratings and share?
This Pittsburgh radio station is often credited with delivering the first commercial radio broadcast.
What is KDKA?
This 2004 film is the highest-grossing independent film in history.
What is "The Passion of the Christ"?
This 1995 Michael Jackson song was controversial because of the lyrics, "Jew me, sue me, everybody do me, kick me, kike me, don't you black or white me."
What is "They Don't Care About Us"?