Moguls
Mergers
CATCH ALL
TECH Time
Making the Money
100

Almost all media in the US is controlled by people who are older, male and...

 What is WHITE?

100

Recently, this company took over Warner Brothers.

What is Paramount?

100

Her Fenty brand benefitted from a free superbowl performance.

Who is RIHANNA

100

This social media company started as a way to rate college girls' photos based on "hotness?"

What is FACEBOOK?

100
We used to buy games and DVDs, but now users are increasingly forced to pay these monthly fees for content

What are SUBSCRIPTIONS?

200

This company started with one animated character and now owns Lucasfilm

What is DISNEY?

200

In the 80s. we had about 32 media companies that controlled 90% of American content. Today it is this number of companies.

What is 5?

200

Historically, this is the way most media companies generated revenue.

What is ADVERTISING?

200

This company has has the biggest impact on mass media of the last 100 years, per your instructor.

What is APPLE?

200

Patreon, substack, and religious donations are examples of this funding model

What is CHARITABLE or PHILANTHROPIC GIVING?

300

This publisher may be the first "media mogul" in history.

Who is BEN FRANKLIN?

300

Media mergers threaten this - the diversity of voices who should have access to being heard in mass media.

What is MEDIA PLURALISM?

300

Wikimedia and Propublica are examples of this rare type of media

What is NON-PROFIT?

300

This company makes the most ad revenue in the world today with products like ad sense.

What is GOOGLE?

300

MipCom Cannes is a big location for this use of media content for secondary uses

What is LICENSING?

400

The term for buying multiple segments of an industry, like when Rockefeller bought the railroads that carried his steel

What is VERTICAL INTEGRATION?

400

This term means the merging of multiple companies

What is CONGLOMERATION?

400

When Musk bought Twitter, he used this revenue model - which sounds like a non-revenue model

What is LOSING MONEY

400

Their business model is finding out as much as possible about users

What is META/FACEBOOK?

400
The Blockbuster model of revenue has been replaced with this model, as exemplified by shows like Suits.

What is THE LONG TAIL?

500

Some say he created the Spanish-American War to sell more newspapers

Who is WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST?

500

The term that describes when a product or service sector is controlled by just a few companies

What is OLIGOPOLY?

500

The abandonment of ethics and media in the public interest threatens this

What is MEDIA INTEGRITY?

500

This product release in 2007 changed mass media forever

What is the IPHONE?

500

Kevin Kelley believes you don't need to be controlled by a major corporation to make a living in mass media - you just need...

What is 100 TRUE FANS?
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