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Media Industries: Industry Info + Statistics

Resources for researching the business side of the entertainment industries.

Industry Reports: IBISWorld

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Use IBISWorld to pull up research reports on industries.

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You don't need to know the industry's NAICS code.
Just search on a company name & choose from the resulting list of matching industry reports.

EXAMPLE:
here are the matching industry reports for Comcast:

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Industry Data & Demographics

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Passport

Information & data on consumer products and trend forecasting. Especially useful for studying paratexts/licensing, also has reports on consumer behavior online.

CIA World Factbook

Demographic & economic statistics on foreign countries; includes data on telecommunication within each country.

MEDIA-SPECIFIC Statistical Sites

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Box Office Mojo

Box office totals for movies, typically back to 1970s

The Numbers

Film statistics including box office totals (US & International) and production budgets

ShowBuzz Daily

Broadcast data for the major TV networks

SpoilerTV

Viewership stats for TV shows

MIP Resource Centre

TV industry research & reports.

VGChartz

Sales figures for video games and devices

International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI)

Digital music report

Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)

Annual music sales ("shipments"), broken down by format

Advertising Age: Data Center

Statistics and reports on advertising across media platforms

Television Bureau of Advertising

Statistics and reports on television advertising

Nielsen Top Tens & Trends

Up-to-date data on media and consumer trends including TV ratings, smartphone trends and video game purchase intent

MacroLab

Media and Consolidation Research and Organization Lab / UC Santa Barbara

A scholarly community, research lab, and online resource about media ownership for instructors, students, journalists, regulators, and citizens.

Film & Media Librarian

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Nedda Ahmed
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Nedda Ahmed
Library South, 5th floor
nedda@gsu.edu