The global jukebox : the international music industry / Robert Burnett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burnett, Robert, 1956-

Series:

Communication and society (Routledge (Firm))

Communication and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music trade.

Popular music--History and criticism.

Popular music.

Music--Social aspects.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Popular music is with us constantly. It is part of our everyday environment and in global terms it is now perhaps the most universal means of communication.The Global Jukebox is the first comprehensive study of the international music industry at a time of great change, as the entertainment industry acknowledges its ever growing global audience. Robert Burnett provides an international overview of the music business and its future prospects in the UK, Northern Europe and the United States and Canada. He examines the relationship between local and global cultures and between concent

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Music and the entertainment industry; Music as popular culture; The music industry in transition; The production of popular music; The consumption of popular music; The American example; The Swedish example; Future sounds: a global jukebox?; Postscript; Appendix: Internet World Wide Web (WWW) music home pages; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-165) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-87210-0

1-134-87209-7

1-282-32007-6

9786612320071

0-203-13777-9

9780203137772

OCLC:

60563517