Inside the BBC and CNN :
Kung, Lucy.
Inside the BBC and CNN : managing media organisations / Lucy Kung-Shankleman. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2000. - viii, 245 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-238) and index.
1. What is organisation culture? -- 2. 'The status quo is not an option': Broadcasting's changing environmental context -- 3. The mass paradigm fragments: The changing nature of the broadcasting activity -- 4. 'Serving the nation': The BBC and its unique place in the UK's broadcasting ecology -- 5. The 'Mouth of the South' and his 'Chicken Noodle Network': Ted Turner and the beginnings of CNN -- 6. Continuous revolution: The BBC as a business -- 7. Reinventing the news: CNN's business model -- 8. 'Part of the British way of life': The BBC's culture in its own words -- 9. 'Underdogs and outsiders': CNN's culture in its own words -- 10. Reithianism versus Birtism: New strategic directions versus old cultural values at the BBC -- 11. Adrenaline: Culture's impact on performance, process and strategic options at CNN -- 12. A special case? Why media organisations need managing differently.
This volume provides an inside account of the BBC and CNN, two of the world's best-known media organisations, during a period of great change and new challenges. It explores the attitudes that shape management priorities and broadcasting policy.
0415213215 0415213223 (pbk.)
00711147
British Broadcasting Corporation.
Cable News Network.
British Broadcasting Corporation.
Cable News Network.
Broadcasting--Great Britain.
Broadcasting--United States.
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Inside the BBC and CNN : managing media organisations / Lucy Kung-Shankleman. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2000. - viii, 245 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-238) and index.
1. What is organisation culture? -- 2. 'The status quo is not an option': Broadcasting's changing environmental context -- 3. The mass paradigm fragments: The changing nature of the broadcasting activity -- 4. 'Serving the nation': The BBC and its unique place in the UK's broadcasting ecology -- 5. The 'Mouth of the South' and his 'Chicken Noodle Network': Ted Turner and the beginnings of CNN -- 6. Continuous revolution: The BBC as a business -- 7. Reinventing the news: CNN's business model -- 8. 'Part of the British way of life': The BBC's culture in its own words -- 9. 'Underdogs and outsiders': CNN's culture in its own words -- 10. Reithianism versus Birtism: New strategic directions versus old cultural values at the BBC -- 11. Adrenaline: Culture's impact on performance, process and strategic options at CNN -- 12. A special case? Why media organisations need managing differently.
This volume provides an inside account of the BBC and CNN, two of the world's best-known media organisations, during a period of great change and new challenges. It explores the attitudes that shape management priorities and broadcasting policy.
0415213215 0415213223 (pbk.)
00711147
British Broadcasting Corporation.
Cable News Network.
British Broadcasting Corporation.
Cable News Network.
Broadcasting--Great Britain.
Broadcasting--United States.
302.23 /