Podcast: American Prestige (LS 57 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)
Episode: E189 - The Financialization of Modern Media w/ Andrew deWaard
Pub date: 2024-12-16

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Danny speaks with Andrew deWaard, assistant professor of media and popular culture at UC San Diego, about his book Derivative Media: How Wall Street Devours Culture. The two discuss how the falling rate of profit shapes the modern media landscape, the increased drive toward consolidation in entertainment companies, the big movers like private equity firms, hedge funds, asset managers, and venture capitalists, artists' limited ability to defend themselves, the rise of IP, and more.

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