Entertainment Business

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    • Hit-making, Risk-taking, and the Big Business of Entertainment
    • By: Anita Elberse
    • Narrated by: Renee Raudman
    • Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 10-15-13
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 104 ratings
    • Why the future of popular culture will revolve around ever bigger bets on entertainment products, by one of Harvard Business School's most celebrated professors....

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    • Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention
    • By: Reed Hastings, Erin Meyer
    • Narrated by: Jason Culp, Allyson Ryan
    • Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 09-08-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3,424 ratings
    • Drawing on hundreds of interviews with current and past Netflix employees from around the globe and never-before-told stories of trial and error from his own career, No Rules Rules is the full, fascinating, and untold story of a unique company making its mark on the world....

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    • The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction
    • By: Derek Thompson
    • Narrated by: Derek Thompson
    • Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 02-07-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,932 ratings
    • Nothing "goes viral". If you think a popular movie, song, or app came out of nowhere to become a word-of-mouth success in today's media environment, you're missing the real story....

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    • The Complete Guide to Becoming a Successful Comedian
    • By: Stephen Rosenfield
    • Narrated by: Stephen Rosenfield
    • Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 01-30-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 259 ratings
    • This sharply written guide - for both beginners breaking into comedy and professionals seeking to improve their sets and advance their careers - examines the work of great comedians as a as a means of illustrating the most important techniques of performing and writing stand-up....

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    • By: Donald S. Passman
    • Narrated by: Gibson Frazier
    • Length: 22 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 10-24-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 18 ratings
    • All You Need to Know About the Music Business has been universally regarded as the definitive guide to the music industry. Now Passman leads novices and experts alike through what has been the most profound change in the music business since the days of wax cylinders and piano rolls: streaming....

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    • The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art
    • By: Don Thompson
    • Narrated by: Adam Verner
    • Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 02-07-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 194 ratings
    • Intriguing and entertaining, The $12 Million Stuffed Shark is a Freakonomics approach to the economics and psychology of the contemporary art world....

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    • How CEO and Founder Daniel Ek Beat Apple, Google, and Amazon in the Race for Audio Dominance
    • By: Sven Carlsson, Jonas Leijonhufvud
    • Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
    • Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 01-26-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 38 ratings
    • Steve Jobs tried to stop this moment from ever happening. Google and Microsoft made bids to preempt it. The music industry blocked it time and again. Yet, on a summer's eve in 2011, the whiz-kid CEO of a Swedish start-up celebrated his company's US launch....

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    • Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
    • By: Robert Iger
    • Narrated by: Jim Frangione, Robert Iger
    • Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 09-23-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 16,730 ratings
    • A memoir of leadership and success: The executive chairman of Disney, Time’s 2019 businessperson of the year, shares the ideas and values he embraced during his 15 years as CEO while reinventing one of the world’s most beloved companies....

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    • 60 Leaders Share Their Secrets of Success
    • By: Catharine Fishel
    • Narrated by: Martin Moran
    • Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 02-07-13
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 51 ratings
    • Inside the Business of Graphic Design casts a precise and realistic light on the risks, requirements, and rewards of running a creative and successful design business....

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    • My Remarkable Life in Show Business
    • By: Mel Brooks
    • Narrated by: Mel Brooks
    • Length: 15 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 11-30-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4,147 ratings
    • At 95, the legendary Mel Brooks continues to set the standard for comedy across television, film, and the stage. Now, for the first time, this EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) winner shares his story in his own words....

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    • The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano
    • By: Dana Thomas
    • Narrated by: Elizabeth Sastre
    • Length: 15 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 02-17-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 247 ratings
    • In her groundbreaking work Gods and Kings, acclaimed journalist Dana Thomas tells the true story of McQueen and Galliano. In so doing she reveals the relentless world of couture....

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    • By: Mark Fleischman, Denise Chatman, Mimi Fleischman
    • Narrated by: David Colacci
    • Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 02-20-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 70 ratings
    • In the early 80s, Mark Fleischman reopened Studio 54, the world's most glamorous and notorious nightclub, after it was closed down by the State of New York. Ten thousand people showed up that night....

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    • Fight. Grind. Repeat.
    • By: Bobby Bones
    • Narrated by: Bobby Bones
    • Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 06-19-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,984 ratings
    • Bobby Bones is the youngest inductee ever into the National Radio Hall of Fame, alongside legends Dick Clark, Larry King, and Howard Stern....

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    • How to Overcome Rejection on the Way to Your YES
    • By: Matthew Del Negro
    • Narrated by: Matthew Del Negro
    • Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 03-30-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • 10,000 NOs chronicles actor Matthew Del Negro's tough journey from humble beginnings, through a sea of rejections, on the way to his eventual rise to become a recognizable face on some of history's most acclaimed television shows....

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    • The Life and Times of the Musical Chicago
    • By: Ethan Mordden
    • Narrated by: Joel Froomkin
    • Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 08-28-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 15 ratings
    • As author Ethan Mordden looks back at Chicago's various moving parts, we learn how the American theater serves as a kind of alternative news medium, a town crier warning the public about the racy, devious interior contradictions of American society....

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    • Inside the Hit Factory
    • By: John Seabrook
    • Narrated by: Dion Graham
    • Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 10-05-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 832 ratings
    • Traveling from New York to Los Angeles, Stockholm to Korea, John Seabrook visits specialized teams composing songs in digital labs with novel techniques....

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    • The Epic Struggle Between G.I. Joe, Barbie and the Companies That Make Them
    • By: G. Wayne Miller
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 14 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 03-15-24
    • Language: English
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    • This is the real toy story, an unprecedented behind-the-scenes journey through a world of influence, fantasy, and multimillion-dollar Hollywood ...

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    • By: Beth Pickens
    • Narrated by: Beth Pickens
    • Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 11-20-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 152 ratings
    • Intimate yet practical, Your Art Will Save Your Life helps artists build a sustainable practice while navigating the world of MFAs, residencies, and institutional funding....

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    • By: Paul Allen
    • Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
    • Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 06-08-22
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • Anyone managing an artist's career needs to be well versed and have a savvy understanding of the moving parts of the music business. Learn how and why those moving parts "move," as well as how to manage and navigate a music-based career....

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    • How We Started Juicy Couture for $200 and Turned It into a Global Brand
    • By: Pamela Skaist-Levy, Booth Moore, Gela Nash-Taylor
    • Narrated by: Rose Itzcovitz
    • Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 06-13-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 92 ratings
    • Part memoir, part business manual, and 100% juicy - the inside story of Juicy Couture, one of the most iconic brands of our times....

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