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Can Creativity Flourish within a publicly quoted music company? : An examination of the relationship between finance and creativity within the "major" and independent music companies
Full text linkThis examines the pressures placed upon record labels owned by the media conglomerates and focuses on an issue rarely addressed within the financial or music business press, namely that there is relationship between the source of external finance and the degree of entrepreneurial creativity within music companies. The report will look at some of the successful creative and innovative independent record companies (including Chess Records, Motown, Beggars Banquet and Creation Records). It explains why most independents fail eventually and examine why they function so well, even if only for a brief period of time, and why they usually end up being acquired by the 'major' conglomerates who are rarely, if ever, able to replicate their success. The major music conglomerates are in fact driven by their need to maintain their short term share price ( "Playing with Fire" and this leads to a cycle of short term planning and signings described as a 'creative bankruptcy spiral' usually driven by a volatile and often turbulent stock market
Barriers to Harmony : Divergent approaches to copyright law and collective copyright management
No full textDivergent types of copyright law leading to divergences in the management of copyright- despite global harmonisation initiatives- prevent the emergence of a globally unified licensing system for musi
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Music Experience and Behaviour in Young People : Winter 2012-2013 [2011 National Survey]
Full text linkOriginality: This research represents the third instalment of the first major UK academic study of its kind investigating the online music consumption habits of 14-24 year olds. Commercial organisations have historically provided both the music industry and government such information however, this is the first such research originating from an academic institution. This report is the third of three annual research surveys (2008, 2009 and 2011) and was based on a large-scale survey of approximately 1800 UK respondents which included a representative mix of all ages within the target demographic. The respondents for the survey were sourced via YouGov, youth groups, secondary schools and universities across the UK as well as through media and social networks. This research work is also included in the first ever longitudinal academic survey (2008-2011) exploring the online consumption habits of 14-24 year olds in the UK. Significance: This work was not commissioned by UK Music however, it will use the findings of this report as it engages with government on policy issues relating intellectual property and copyright infringement. Its constituents (PRS for Music, PPL, BPI, BASCA, MPA, MPG, MMF, MU, and AIM) as in previous surveys will also use its findings to shape policy and guide its members. It is anticipated that UKMusic’s constituents will use this research to help steer through this unprecedented time of change in the industry especially in matters relating to consumption habits and the formulation of new business models. Previous reports have attracted coverage in more than 250 news sources internationally and it is expected that the findings from this report will have a similar response. Rigour: Conservative criterion will be applied to data analysis to retain power and minimise bias and standard academic methodology applied to the analysi
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Editorial: International Journal Of Music Business Research
No full textThe first issue of the second volume reflects the broad range of music business research topics covered by the International Journal of Music Business Research (IJMBR). Two papers focus on music consumption behaviour and the third sheds light on the Chinese digital music industry
Music Experience and Behaviour in Young People : 2008 National Survey
No full textThe first report of an academic longitudinal study examining the online music consumption habits of 14-24 year olds in the UK. The findings were based on a national survey of more than 1000 respondents
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