Gerritsen’s situation and the ultimate dismissal in court over her lawsuit with Gravity highlights one potential problem for authors whose work has been optioned. What is that problem?

When a conglomerate owns two of the three kinds of companies that can create and release media product, it is vertically integrated. Production is the creation of the media product. Distribution is making it available for viewing. Exhibition is the vehicle through which the product is seen or heard (theaters, television stations, etc.)

Which conglomerate famously bought the entertainment assets of NewsCorp?

Which of the below does a glowing rejection do?

A four-quadrant movie is one that will 

Which of the organizations below is not currently one of the Big 5 conglomerates discussed in class content?

When a conglomerate can create stardom by putting an actor (for example) onscreen and then making sure that actor gets a great deal of exposure on talk shows, newspapers, and magazines that the conglomerate owns, this is an example of:

What is the lowest grade you can receive in this course and still pass?

True or False: No major essays are required for ENG 099, only smaller assignments.

Companies under one conglomerate sometimes create product for another conglomerate.  (For example, Conglomerate A’ s TV production studio makes a TV series shown by a network owned by Conglomerate B.)