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The Business

The Show Business of Politics; Advertising at the Movies; Video Games

Hosted by Claude Brodesser-Akner May. 23, 2005 Entertainment
Inspired by LA's mayoral election, we talk with two screenwriter-speechwriter hyphenates about the growing role of show business in the people's business.  Then, two competing studies prove conclusively that people either love -- or hate -- ads in movie theaters.  Finally, the entertainment industry wakes up and smells the video game greenbacks.
Inspired by LA's mayoral election, we talk with two screenwriter-speechwriter hyphenates about the growing role of show business in the people's business. Then, two competing studies prove conclusively that people either love -- or hate -- ads in movie theaters. Finally, the entertainment industry wakes up and smells the video game greenbacks.

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Claude Brodesser-Akner

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