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Visual Arts in the Entertainment and Media Industries

Resources and strategies for research in Visual Arts: Entertainment and Media Industries. VEM 1000
People Companies & Industries

News, General Interest, Interviews, Profiles

Entertainment Weekly, Hollywood Reporter, Post, Variety, Wired

 Forbes, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Entrepreneur, Inc.
Scholarly & Professional Journals

American Cinematographer, ArtNews, Communication Arts, Film Quarterly

 Adweek, Advertising Age, Harvard Business Review
Online Magazines OnWriting online, Produced By, Publisher's Weekly, Written By Marketing Week
Newspapers Local, regional, national and international Local, regional, national and international
**Many of these titles are available online and in print through the Full Sail Library.  

Search Tips

Searching for People

  • Use complete name
  • First Name Last Name in Google and other search engines; also try phrase searching by enclosing in quotation marks: "Emma Thomas"
  • Last Name, First Name in subscription databases; may also include birth and death years: Thomas, Emma

Searching for Company Information

  • Publicly traded companies are easy to find because they are required by law to file financial reports available to the general public
  • Business databases often include lists of competitors, industry profiles, and company hierarchies
  • Privately held companies require creative strategies
    • Local newspapers, company websites, public records
  • Trade and industry publications include articles and news on individual companies