Blockbusters
by Anita Elberse · first published 2013
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Explores "what's behind the phenomenal success of entertainment businesses such as Warner Bros., Marvel Entertainment, and the NFL--along with such stars as Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, and LeBron James--[and] which strategies give leaders in film, television, music, publishing, and sports an edge over their rivals"--Dust jacket flap.
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…towards people in the top 1%* of the economy, resulting in much greater inequalities than we would expect in a Pareto model. There's an excellent book on this trend ion the Entertainment industry called Blockbusters, written by Anita Elberse last year. Here's a salient excerpt taken from http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2013/10/16/t... (~1000 wrods, worth your time) with this particular bit pointing…
on “Summers on Piketty” ↗…Harvard has 50 billion (250x). Heck, I'm pretty sure the same factor is leading to the rise of megachurches because people are only capable of attending approximately 1 service per week. I recall the book Blockbusters by Anita Elberse (2013) being one of the first to point this out.
on “The publishing industry has a gambling problem” ↗