
The authors present determinants of mergers, acquisitions and alliances leading to large, often trans-national conglomerates in the culture and media industries, e.g. the "7 giants" AOL Time Warner, Bertelsmann, Disney, News Corp, Sony, Viacom and Vivendi Universal. A carthography of the culture industries is provided.
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