More people write for The Associated Press than for any newspaper in the world, and writers-nearly two million of them-have bought more copies of The AP Stylebook than of any other journalism reference. It provides facts and references for reporters, and defines usage, spelling, and grammar for editors. There are separate sections for journalists specializing in sports and business, ...

Manufacturer: Basic Books
Written By: Norm Goldstein

This extraordinary book explains the engine that has catapulted the Internet from backwater to ubiquity—and reveals that it is sputtering precisely because of its runaway success. With the unwitting help of its users, the generative Internet is on a path to a lockdown, ending its cycle of innovation—and facilitating unsettling new kinds of control.

Manufacturer: Yale University Press
Written By: Jonathan Zittrain

In this comprehensive guidebook, three experienced entertainment lawyers tell you everything you need to know to produce and market an independent film—from the development process to deal making, financing, setting up the production, hiring directors and actors, securing location rights, acquiring music, calculating profits, digital moving making, distribution, and marketing your movie. This ...

Manufacturer: Schirmer Trade Books
Written By: Gunnar Erickson, Mark Halloran, Harris Tulchin

As the dire history of planned economies highlights, small well-informed groups of people will often make far worse decisions than large numbers of people, acting independently, would make. In Infotopia, Cass Sunstein looks at the "wisdom of the many"--particularly as seen on today's Internet--illuminating many new ways of collecting and evaluating information and making effective decisions. ...

Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
Written By: Cass R. Sunstein

The best-selling Fundamentals of Corporate Finance (FCF) is written with one strongly held principle� that corporate finance should be developed and taught in terms of a few integrated, powerful ideas. As such, there are three basic themes that are the central focus of the book: 1) An emphasis on intuition�underlying ideas are discussed in general terms and then by way of examples that ...

Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Written By: Stephen Ross, Randolph Westerfield, Bradford Jordan

Two entertainment attorneys and Hollywood insiders explain all the ins and outs of negotiating in the movie industry, including back ends, gross and adjusted gross profits, deferments, box office bonuses, copyrights, and much more. This easy-to-follow reference–written clearly, without confusing legal jargon–is packed with expert insights on distribution, licensing, and merchandising. ...

Manufacturer: Allworth Press
Written By: Dina Appleton, Daniel Yankelevits

•Practical and comprehensive—the only book of its kind •Revised edition focuses on the changing world market for televisionBroad in scope and rich in detail, This Business of Television has been the essential sourcebook for producers, writers, broadcasters, network executives, and other television professionals since the first edition was published in 1991. And as the television ...

Manufacturer: Billboard Books
Written By: Howard J. Blumenthal, Oliver R. Goodenough, Howard Blumenthal

Today's film industry is a legal and financial obstacle course that all independent filmmakers must learn to master. In view of this, "The Biz" - a highly accessible overview of the industry's important business, legal and financial aspect - is a must-read for all filmmakers. It includes thorough explanations and discussions of: film-industry business jargon; raising financing; business ...

Manufacturer: Silman-James Press
Written By: Schulyler M. Moore

Court TV host Nancy Grace presents her case in this behind-the-scenes look at the high-profile cases everyone is talking about ancy Grace is a name millions of Americans recognize from her regular appearances on Court TV and Larry King Live. Legions of loyal fans tune in for her opinions on today's high-profile cases and her expert commentary on the challenges facing the American judicial system. ...

Manufacturer: Hyperion
Written By: Nancy Grace

As the internet continues to reshape almost all corners of our world, no institution has been more profoundly altered than the practice of journalism and distribution of information. In this provocative new book, Scott Gant, a distinguished Washington attorney and constitutional law scholar, argues that we as a society need to rethink our notions of what journalism is, who is a journalist and ...

Manufacturer: Free Press
Written By: Scott Gant