The Twenty-First-Century Media Industry: Economic and Managerial Implications in the Age of New Media examines the role that new media technologies are having on the traditional media industry from a media management perspective. Consumer behaviors and consumer expectations are being shaped by new media technologies. They now expect information on-demand and on-the-go as well as at their finger-tips via the Internet. In order to stay relevant, traditional media managers and practitioners are adapting to these consumer demands and expectations by developing new business models and new business philosophies to stay competitive. The contributors to this volume explore the business strategies being implemented by some media industries such as newspapers and the recording industry who are struggling to not only remain competitive and profitable, but also to survive. The Twenty-First-Century Media Industry provides an intriguing examination of how traditional media industries are adapting to new media technologies and evolving in the twenty-first century.

About 800 years ago, an unknown scribe applied his quill to an animal skin to faithfully reproduce the most important and influential text the world has ever known. Deciphering his cryptic symbols and scribbles today seems a hopeless task...but such is the ambitious aim of Robert Bellamy's latest book, A Paleographical Puzzle - a detailed presentation of the history, creation, language, script, abbreviation system, and content of a 13th-century Latin manuscript.

Revelation Explored is intended to serve as an introduction to the Book of Revelation and companion reference for the study of Biblical prophecy in general. Models and meanings are explored and combined with verse-by-verse commentary from a variety of perspectives to provide an integrated view of this most intriguing book and a scripturally supported pre-bowl-rapture interpretive model.

The Twenty-First-Century Media Industry examines the role that new media technologies are having on the traditional media industry from a media management perspective. It provides an intriguing examination of how traditional media industries are adapting to new media technologies and evolving in the twenty-first century.