Industry DVLA

 media industries-

The processes of media industries can be separated into three stages

PRODUCTION---->DISTRIBUTION---->CIRCULATION

The first stage of the industry process would be

PRODUCTION-

The physical creation of the media form.

This includes - writing, scripting, directing, casting, editing

Many production companies form partnerships with distribution and circulation companies as to ease the industry process and even lower costs. Popular production companies in media include Warner Bros, Daily mail and Pixar.

DISTRIBUTION-

How the media product is released and shown once produced.

This includes - cinema releases, premier nights, sales to streaming companies, the sendouts of newspapers etc.

Distribution is typically the stage that earns the most money for media businesses.

CIRCULATION-

How the media gets around post release

Including - DVD, music tours, online attention etc

Circulation is often controlled by the masses of consumers and not the companies that produced or distributed the media.

 NEWS CORP-

Many areas of the media are controlled by a few large scale company for example 70% of UK press is owned by 5 large companies

An example of these large scale companies would be News Corp that was founded by ex owner Rupert Murdoch. This company owns 19% of UK press and its done by buying out many large news companies. News Corp owns many large companies like SUN, SKY , FOX, daily telegraph and much more.

Scary as this sounds, there are still some non privately owned news sources such as BBC which is governmentally owned and was founded to act as a counterweight to the privately owned companies.

DISNEY-

Another surprisingly powerful company would be Disney , behind all the magic and nostalgia lives a huge global conglomerate that owns animation companies in Pixar and even franchise films like Star Wars.

It even owns its own streaming service which removes the need to sell its products rights to other companies leading to increased profits and a more loyal consumer base

These methods of large buyouts have drawbacks such as the increased saturation in the industry and less variety as if one company owns all media then certain features, writers and even actors would be reused.

One media theorist that discusses the industry is David Hesmondhalgh who suggests that companies find it difficult to generate profit and thus often rely on repetition - evident in many Disney films!!!!!!

I agree with his theory to a very limited extent as he is essentially invalidating new ideas and suggesting they aren’t worth it and repetition can even lead to decreased sales or bad reviews through saturation and evident lack of effort.

Overall the media industry is interesting as it covers the methods of creating media as well as giving insight as to who’s behind the media we all see.