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Fragmenting Of Audiences Is Changing The Movie And TV Business

MEDIA Posted: August 8, 2014 1:46 pm

“Although there has always been a range of possibilities and venues within the arts — from community theater to Broadway, from art-house films to summer blockbusters, from the Cinema Bar to the Fabulous Forum — modern technology has brought entertainment more than ever into line with this existential state of affairs. We now live in the age of the microaudience.”

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MEDIA Published: 08.07.14

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