40.+Bibliography

= = Sources
 * 1) //__**Industry**__//
 * 2) __Industry Overview__
 * 3) Standard & Poor's - [|Movie Industry Surveys] (http://www.box.net/shared/7oexei3gel)
 * 4) Hoovers Industry Overview - http://www.box.net/shared/5i0nmoje07
 * 5) "Big Six" Studios (Wikipedia) - ([|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_film_studio#Today.27s_Big_Six)]
 * 6) Industry Definition ( Bureau of Labor & Statistics) - http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs038.htm
 * 7) __Current Trends__
 * 8) JG1 - Time Warner 2008 results - []
 * 9) JG2 - NYT, Hollywood's superheroes save the day - []
 * 10) JG3 - NYT, Studios are trying to stop DVDs from fading to black - []
 * 11) JG4 - FT, And the loser is... - []
 * 12) JG5 - IPI report, The true cost Motion Picture piracy to the US economy - []
 * 13) JG6 - NBC Universal CEO Bob Wright's adress "A time of reckoning" - []
 * 14) JG7 - NYT, NBC in deal with Amazon to sell shows on the web - []
 * 15) JG8 - WSJ, Can Hulu find its mojo with viewers? - []
 * 16) //__**Competitor Profiles**__//
 * __ Walt Disney: __
 * Source 1 (Intro) - http://www.nlpu.com/Articles/article7.htm
 * Source 2 (Company Overview) - http://corporate.disney.go.com/corporate/overview.html
 * Source 3 (Strategy) - http://corporate.disney.go.com/news/corporate/2005/2005_0630_twdccorpstrat.html
 * Source 4 (Dreamworks SKG Deal) - http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Walt-Disney-Studios-apf-14302289.html
 * __ Paramount Pictures: __
 * http://www.paramount.com/
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures
 * http://premium.hoovers.com/subscribe/co/factsheet.xhtml?ID=103362
 * http://newsblaze.com/story/20080612064913tsop.nb/topstory.html
 * __ Warner Bros. Entertainment: __
 * JG9 - Warner Bros Entertainment: Divisions: Warner Bros Pictures - []
 * JG10 - TimeWarner website: Warner Bros Entertainment overview - []
 * JG11 - Box Office Mojo: "The Dark Knight" - []
 * JG12 - Wikipedia: Warner Bros. - []
 * JG13 - Warner Bros Entertainment: Divisions: DC Comics - []
 * JG14 - Box Office Mojo: "Harry Potter" - []
 * JG15 - first video displayed on Warner Bros website main page on march 24th - [] - further info at []
 * JG16 - Warner Bros Entertainment: Divisions: Warner Bros Pictures International - []

__3. Firm__
>> *
 * History - resources - competencies
 * JG17 - NBCU website - Universal Studios milestones - []
 * JG18 - Wikipedia - Universal Studios - []
 * JG19 - Harvard Business School case - Philips versus Matsushita: a new century, a new round.
 * JG20 - NYT - Matsushita takeover - []
 * JG21 - NYT - Seagram takeover - []
 * JG22 - Vivendi's 2000 Annual Report (French) - []
 * JG23 - Time Warner website - AOL-Time Warner merger anounce - []
 * JG24 - Yahoo Finance - Historical NASDAQ composite value interactive chart - []
 * JG25 - The Canadian Encyclopedia - Seagram-Vivendi deal - []
 * JG26 - MarketWatch - GE-Vivendi deal - []
 * JG27 - Vivendi website - PDF about creation of NBC Universal (French) - []
 * JG28 - GE website - 2008 Q4 performance summary - []
 * JG29 - GE website - 2008 annual report, NBC Universal - []
 * JG30 - NBCU website - executive bios: Ron Meyer - []
 * JG31 - Ron Meyer speaks at HBS - []
 * Competitive Position
 * 1. **Universal Studios Business Segments - []**
 * 2. **NBC Universal Television Group - []**
 * 3. **Digital Media - http://www.nbcuni.com/About_NBC_Universal/Company_Overview/overview05.shtml**
 * 4. **Universal Parks & Resorts - http://www.nbcuni.com/About_NBC_Universal/Company_Overview/overview07.shtml **
 * 5. **Universal Pictures - http://www.nbcuni.com/About_NBC_Universal/Company_Overview/overview06.shtml**
 * 6. Hulu.com - []
 * 7. " Get On Board" - http://www.nbcuni.com/About_NBC_Universal/In_the_News
 * 7. " Get On Board" - http://www.nbcuni.com/About_NBC_Universal/In_the_News

__4. Issues & Reco__

 * JG32 - Tom Schatz, "The Studio System" in "The Contemporary Hollywood Film Industry" edited by Paul McDonald and Janet Wasko, p.39, Blackwell Publishing, 2008
 * JG33 - The Numbers, all time top grossing movies worldwide - [] and movie budget records - []
 * JG34 - Box Office Mojo - All time worldwide grosses - []
 * JG35 - Film Taka - Overseas box office breaks record to $9.9 bil - []
 * JG36 - Ronald V. Bettig, "Hollywood and Intellectual Property" in "The Contemporary Hollywood Film Industry" edited by Paul McDonald and Janet Wasko, p.199 and following, Blackwell Publishing, 2008
 * JG37 - Hulu.com - Press quotes - []
 * JG38 - SNL Kagan - Will Hulu or YouTube get Disney's full-length content? - []
 * JG39 - SNL Kagan - NBC Universal CEO: Hulu still wants to be 'ubiquitous' - []
 * JG40 - SNL Kagan - Report: Hulu signals global push with new exec hire - []

Others (???)

 * Vivendi to NBC transfer - http://articles.latimes.com/2003/oct/09/business/fi-nbc9
 * VivendiUniversal annual report before sale to GE - http://www.vivendi.com/vivendi/IMG/pdf/20030101_presenation_brochure_-_2003.pdf
 * PDF about Vivendi to NBC ownership transfer - http://www.vivendi.com/vivendi/IMG/pdf/22_Slides_NBCU_081003_FR.pdf
 * Questions about VivendiUniversal to GE - http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=846
 * GE's perspective and rationale for purchase - []
 * Questions about VivendiUniversal to GE - http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=846
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">GE's perspective and rationale for purchase - []

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 * __Strategy__
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">GE's strategy - http://www.ge.com/ar2007/ltr_leadership.jsp - Why GE is in the movie business
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">GE's Leadership Strategy - http://www.ge.com/ar2007/dif_leadership.jsp#tab2
 * Hulu.com - http://www.snl.com/InteractiveX/article.aspx?CDID=A-9229125-11875&KPLT=2
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">Co-branding - http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118000093.html?categoryid=1238&cs=1 - How agreements with toy-makers & comic book publishers have changed the industry