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Christian Mann

Christian Mann talks to MIP about a new generation of entrepreneurs in the adult entertainment industry and draws parallels with the music industry in the fight against piracy.

Ted Sarandos

Ted Sarandos talks to MIP about Netflix's strategy for original content and audience taste preferences as a matter of metrics and algorithms.

Patric M. Verrone

Patric Verrone talks to MIP about the struggle for residual pay in the context of home video technologies and the challenges he faced as President of WGAw.

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Interviews

Discussions between scholars and media professionals form a core part of the Media Industries Project. More than “insider opinions” or “tales from the field,” these interviews challenge those inside the industry to reflect critically on their business practices and the wider significance of the media industries.

Christian Mann

Christian Mann talks to MIP about a new generation of entrepreneurs in the adult entertainment industry and draws parallels with the music industry in the fight against piracy.

Ted Sarandos

Ted Sarandos talks to MIP about Netflix's strategy for original content and audience taste preferences as a matter of metrics and algorithms.

Patric M. Verrone

Patric Verrone talks to MIP about the struggle for residual pay in the context of home video technologies and the challenges he faced as President of WGAw.

Kelly Summers

Kelly Summers talks to MIP about the challenges of windowing strategies in the digita era and questions about digital delivery's potential to devalue content.

Justin Wyatt

Justin Wyatt talks to MIP about how market research methods have evolved in the last decade and reflects on the current marketplace for independent film and the potential for academic-industry collaborations.

Tom Freston

Tom Freston talks to MIP about the early days of MTV, how the network's sensibility fit within a major media conglomerate, and his current involvement in Afghanistan's nascent television industry.