News Corporation CASE STUDY

News Corporation

News Corporation was an American multinational mass media corporation headquatered in New York. It was the word's second largest media group (part of the big 5) as of 2011 in terms of revenue and the world's largest in entreatment as of 2009.

On 28 June 2012 News Corporation was split into two publicly traded companies, one traded towards media and the other towards publishing. The split formally took place on 28 June 2013 where the present News Corp. was renamed 21st Century Fox while the News Corp was formed to take on the publishing division of the company. The split was designed to make sure that both companies are operated under more 'focused' managment whcih Murdoch* claimend would 'unlock' their true value.
*fouder of the News Corporation

20th Century Fox

20th Century Fox now owns the Fox Entertaiment Studios which is  currently a very successful company. Both of these studios have a very big influence on the film industry as many of the blockbusters like Avatar, Titanic and Life of Pi were produced by the 20th Century Fox. I personally think the big conglomerates like the 20th Century Fox set the border line for the smaller film companies of what they should do to succed in this industry.

EXAM QUESTION

Discuss the ways in which media products are produced and distributed to audiences, within a media area, which you have studied?

a) Media products are produced and distributed to audiences in many different ways, two of which include large conglomerates and small companies. Large conglomerates usually have the production and distribution done by without having to reply on external companies, which is where small companies come in. In comparison to larger conglomerates tend to have the distribution done externally whilst they take care of production, sometimes they don’t have founds for distribution so they rely on things such as word-of-mouth and internet success. For example uploading a video to YouTube and having it shared across different social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter.-

b) I will answer the question by talking about how different companies produce and distribute films giving examples and case studies. I will mention how larger conglomerates use one company to produce and distribute the film and compare them to smaller companies, which have two separate companies for distribution and production. This is how I would structure my essay:

·      Opening statement that answers the question and talks briefly about what is going to me mentioned in the essay

·      First paragraph about how large conglomerates produce and distribute films

·      Second paragraphs about how smaller companies produce and distribute films

·      Comparing both and talking about pros and cons of them

·      Final statement that concludes the essay

List of Case Studies:

* Sony Pictures (large conglomerate) – The amazing Spiderman 2

* 21th Century Fox  (large conglomerate) – Avatar, Titanic, Life of Pi

* Pico Pictures (small British film production company)

* Hanway Films (British production company) – Kidulthood

* BBCFilms (British distribution company)