"The Economics and Financing of Media Companies ... is a wide-ranging and general survey of the financial structures of various media companies, including their marketing and distribution systems. The author focuses on American companies but draws in European companies that own brands with which U.S. readers have familiarity. The author discusses product life cycles, as well as outside forces-such as the global and local economies, interest rates, trade barriers-that impact a company's financial health." (Quoted from site)