Drawing on the work of international contributors, this book examines a wide range of global-local media organizations and the production of different mediums and genres. Chapters examine a range of topics that help to illuminate how cultural production often involves a complex articulation of differing influences and constraints.

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
Media Organization and Production - Simon Cottle
Mapping the Field
PART TWO: GLOBAL CORPORATIONS, LOCAL ALTERNATIVES
Corporate Media, Global Capitalism - Robert W McChesney
Organization and Production in Alternative Media - Chris Atton
PART THREE: CORPORATE CHANGE AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURES
Strategizing Technological Innovation - Timothy Marjoribanks
The Case of News Corporation
Organizational Culture inside the BBC and CNN - Lucy K[um]ung-Shankleman
PART FOUR: PRODUCERS PRACTICES AND THE PRODUCTION OF CULTURAL FORMS
The Brains Trust - Paddy Scannell
An Historical Study of the Management of Liveness on Radio
Journalists With a Difference - Eamonn Forde
Producing Music Journalism
Cultures of Production - Julian Matthews
The Making of Children¿s News
PART FIVE: CHANGING INTERNATIONAL GENRES AND PRODUCTION ECOLOGIES
International TV and Film Co-Production - Doris Baltruschat
A Canadian Case Study
Producing Nature(s) - Simon Cottle
The Changing Production Ecology of Natural History TV