Students are asked to write a cohesive and comprehensive business plan for a municipally owned movie theatre in small-town Palmerston, Ontario. The theatre building is structurally unsound and major renovations are needed. Students must complete a thorough qualitative analysis (industry, consumer, competitor) and quantitative analysis (two years of monthly cash budgets incorporating sensitivity, two years of projected income statements, and the .....more

This note discusses the history and development of rap music and hip hop in the context of the music industry. Distribution trends are considered including the shift from bricks and mortar record shops to megastores and online retailers, and from vinyl albums and CDs to digital distribution and file sharing.

As one of the terms of its merger in Canada, a large U.S.-based multimedia corporation is required to support the arts in Canada through a $221 million fund. The first university to approach the company is encouraged by its initial meetings with the company's representatives. The director of faculty fundraising must prepare a proposal that conveys the university's understanding of the company's business interests, recognizes the diverse .....more

As one of the terms of its merger in Canada, a large U.S.-based multimedia corporation is required to support the arts in Canada through a $221 million fund. The first university to approach the company receives gifts-in-kind and $15 million in scholarship funds. The director of faculty funding must now draft a donor agreement letter to summarize the company's commitment and to convey the university's gratitude. This is a supplement to AOL .....more

TVOntario is a non-profit television station owned by the Ontario government that provides educational programming commercial-free. TVOntario is recognized as a world leader in quality educational programming for all ages as well as providing programming on important issues within the province. However, the television broadcasting industry is very competitive, and larger networks have greater cash flows to produce programs that encourage advertising .....more

News Corporation was planning to sell shares in its recently created subsidiary, Fox Entertainment Group (Fox). It was expecting to raise close to $2 billion making this initial public offering (IPO) the third-largest in U.S. history. In the previous few months, News Corp.'s stock price had tumbled, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Standards & Poor 500 had both dropped significantly. The senior management team at News Corp. faced .....more