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Other library resources
- Outfoxed Rupert Murdoch's war on journalismCall Number: Jones Media DVD #2255This documentary contends that the Rupert Murdoch-owned Fox News Channel (FNC) has a strong conservative bias in its news reporting practices. Includes interviews with former Fox News employees: anchors, analysts, producers, public relation specialists, and segment graphic designers; examines some of the inter-office memos these former employees provide. Also includes many clips from Fox News broadcasts.
- William S. Paley: the eye of CBSCall Number: Jones Media video tape #5232The life and career of CBS broadcasting founder William S. Paley.
Introduction
Each network has its own place in television broadcasting. To make finding works about networks a little easier, each box contains works about a different broadcasting company. There is also a link to lead you to more books in the online catalog, if more are available. Don't forget about the networks' own websites.
Worldcat is also available for more searching. To search the online catalog, you can use the following subject heading:
- television broadcastingYou can add the name of a specific country to focus your search.
General interest titles
Branding television by Call Number: Baker-Berry HE 8700.8 .H56 2012ISBN: 9780415548434Branding Television examines why and how the UK and US television industries have turned towards branding as a strategy in response to the rise of satellite, cable and digital television, and new media, such as the internet and mobile phone. This is the first book to offer a sustained critical analysis of this new cultural development. Branding Television examines the industrial, regulatory and technological changes since the 1980s in the UK and the USA that have led to the adoption of branding as broadcasters have attempted to manage the behaviour of viewers and the values associated with their channels, services and programmes in a world of increased choice and interactivity. ...
ABC - American Broadcasting Company
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- Beating the odds : the untold story behind the rise of ABC : the stars, struggles, and egos that transformed network television by the man who made it happen byCall Number: Baker/Berry HE 8700.8 .G63 1991
- Papers,1941-1971 byCall Number: Rauner ManuscriptPapers of the journalist and foreign correspondent, John M. Mecklin. Includes material dating from his association with United Air Lines, The Chicago Sun, American Broadcasting Company, and CBS Television Network and his work as a journalist covering the events of World War II and the Vietnam War.
CBC - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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CBS - Columbia Broadcasting System
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- Fighting for the First Amendment : Stanton of CBS vs. Congress and the Nixon White House byCall Number: Baker/Berry PN 4888 .P6 D86 1997
- The king of cash : the inside story of Laurence A. Tisch and how he bought CBS byCall Number: Feldberg HC 102.5 .T56 W56 1995
CNN - Cable News Network
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Clash of the Titans: how the unbridled ambition of Ted Turner and Rupert Murdoch has created global empires that control what we read and watch by Call Number: Feldberg HC 102.5 .T86 H33 2003ISBN: 1893224600Ted Turner and Rupert Murdoch are the major players in the media world today and both have personal lives as complicated as their business dealings. This is a researched look at media business and also a dual biography.
The CNN effect : the myth of news, foreign policy and intervention by Call Number: Baker/Berry PN 4784 .T4 R63 2002ISBN: 0415259053
We changed the world : memoirs of a CNN global satellite pioneer by Call Number: Baker/Berry PN 1992.4 .P48 A3 2005ISBN: 1557788553
ESPN
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30 for 30. Volume 1 by Call Number: Jones Media DVD #12113 discs 1 - 6In celebration of the ESPN's 30th anniversary, ESPN Films presents 30 for 30, a critically acclaimed series of films from some of today's finest directors. From Barry Levinson & Peter Berg to Steve James, Brett Morgen and Ice Cube, each filmmaker brings their unique perspective to an extraordinary sports story from the last 30 years.
Kings ransom -- The band that wouldn't die -- Small potatoes: who killed the USFL? -- Muhammad & Larry -- Without Bias -- The legend of Jimmy the Greek -- The U -- Winning time: Reggie Miller vs. the New York Knicks -- Guru of go -- No crossover: the trial of Allen Iverson -- Silly little game -- Run Ricky run -- The 16th man -- Straight outta L.A. -- June 17th, 1994.
Those guys have all the fun : inside the world of ESPN by Call Number: Baker/Berry GV 742.3 .M55 2011ISBN: 0316043001It began, in 1979, as a mad idea of starting a cable channel to televise local sporting events throughout the state of Connecticut. Today, ESPN is arguably the most successful network in modern television history, spanning eight channels in the Unites States and around the world. But the inside story of its rise has never been fully told-until now. Drawing upon over 500 interviews with the greatest names in ESPN's history and an All-Star collection of some of the world's finest athletes, bestselling authors James Miller and Tom Shales take us behind the cameras.
Fox Broadcasting/Fox News
The fourth network : how Fox broke the rules and reinvented television by Call Number: Baker/Berry PN 1992.92 .F68 K56 2004ISBN: 1566635721
How to steal an election : the inside story of how George Bush's brother and Fox Network miscalled the 2000 election and changed the course of history by Call Number: Baker/Berry JK 526 2000 .M66 2006ISBN: 1560259299
HBO - Home Box Office
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The essential HBO reader by Call Number: Baker-Berry PN 1992.92 .H66 E87 2008ISBN: 9780813124520The founding of Home Box Office in the early 1970s was a harbinger of the innovations that transformed television as an industry and a technology in the decades that followed. HBO quickly became synonymous with subscription television and became the leading force in cable programming. Having interests in television, motion picture, and home video industries was crucial to its success. HBO diversified into original television and movie production, home video sales, and international distribution as these once-separate entertainment sectors began converging into a global entertainment industry in the mid-1980s. ...
Inside the Rise of HBO: a personal history of the company that transformed television by ISBN: 9780786497867There are two ages in the history of television: before HBO and after HBO. Before the launch of Home Box Office in 1972, the industry had changed little since the birth of broadcast network television in the late 1940s. ...
NBC - National Broadcasting Company
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- The sweeps : a year in the life of a television network byCall Number: Baker/Berry PN 1992.92 .N37 C49 1984
Nickelodeon
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Kids rule! : Nickelodeon and consumer citizenship by Call Number: Baker/Berry PN 1992.92 .N55 B36 2007ISBN: 0822339935
Nickelodeon nation : the history, politics, and economics of America's only TV channel for kids by Call Number: Baker/Berry PN 1992.92 .N55 N53 2004ISBN: 0814736521
PBS - Public Broadcasting Service
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- The Corporation for Public BroadcastingCall Number: Check the online catalogThis link is a subject search for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in the online catalog. The Corporation is the main source of funding for PBS and NPR.
The PBS companion : a history of public television by Call Number: Baker/Berry HE 8700.79 .U6 S73 1999ISBN: 1575000504- Public television : politics and the battle over documentary film byCall Number: Baker/Berry HE 8700.79 .U6 B85 1997