Amanda Lotz

Ep 26 The Future of the Book Publishing Industry--A Talk by John B. Thompson0:00/0:001× This is the second of four special episodes recorded at the Future of Digital Media Businesses Symposium hosted by the University of Michigan. In this episode, John B. Thompson, Professor of Sociology

Ep 25 The Future of the Recording Industry--A Talk by Lee Marshall0:00/0:001× This is the first of four special episodes recorded at the Future of Digital Media Businesses Symposium hosted by the University of Michigan. In this episode, Lee Marshall, a sociologist from the University of

Ep 24 Film Industry Interviews Recap0:00/0:001× After spending the last few months turning Media Business Matters into a series of interviews, Amanda and Alex put the interviews in conversation and take stock of what they learned about how the film businesses are changing and remaining the same.

Film and media scholar Dan Herbert joins Amanda and Alex to try to sort out the difference between television and film as these distinctions grow blurrier. Ep 23 Is it TV or Is It Film?0:00/0:001×

Amanda and Alex host Ira Deutchman in the studio to talk about how the independent film business has changed, and remained the same, over his forty years in the business. Ira reveals what he thinks are the most important parts of training filmmakers, what irks him about discussions of the