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Search for News in Trade Journals
Trade journals are publications (magazines or websites) that provide news, trends, and insights for a particular industry. They are usually written by industry professionals and journalists, rather than academic experts. Some trade journals in the entertainment industry include:
- AdAge
- American Cinematographer
- Billboard
- Entertainment Weekly
- Hollywood Reporter
- International Musician
- Musical Merchandise Review
- Rolling Stone
- Variety
If you hit a paywall on these websites, search for access through the library! Search for the journal/magazine name in our Journal Finder, then choose the database that has the coverage you need.
If we don't have access to an article, you can request it through Interlibrary Loan.
Search for Entertainment Business News
Several databases provide access to many business trade journals, including those for the entertainment industry!
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Film & Television Literature Index w/ Full Text This link opens in a new windowFilm & Television Literature Index is the definitive index to film and television literature. It is a bibliographic database that provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 300 publications, selected coverage of 300 more and full-text E-book coverage. Covers journal and magazine titles for film and television reviews, scholarly and critical analysis of cinema and television, and articles of popular interest about film and television.
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Business Source Complete This link opens in a new windowScholarly and peer-reviewed publications, magazines on a wide range of topics including: marketing, management, company profiles, industry profiles, market research reports, SWOT analyses and more
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ABI/Inform Collection This link opens in a new windowThe collection features thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals. Country-and industry-focused reports, and major news sources like the Wall Street Journal. Its international coverage gives researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world.. 1971-present
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Mergent Market Atlas (formerly Mergent Online) This link opens in a new windowMergent Market Atlas provides access to a multitude of company, industry, country, index, ESG and economic data analysis tools and reports. Data sources include Reuters global fundamentals; global equity pricing and consensus estimate data, FTSE Russell Index returns and ICB classification data; business descriptions and contact information, executive biographies and compensation data; and FTSE Russell ESG Reports, Mergent Industry and Economic Reports, Dunn & Bradstreet Country Risk Profile and Country RiskLine reports.
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MarketLine Company Profiles This link opens in a new windowProfiles of 10,000 public companies in the U.S. and global. From Business Source Complete.
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Data Axle Reference Solutions This link opens in a new windowA directory public and private companies including over 30 million U.S.companies, 89 million U.S. residences, and 850,000 physicians and dentists.
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Hoover's Company Records This link opens in a new window40,000 public and private company profiles U.S. and global. Includes analysis, business description, financials, competitors, officers. From ProQuest Business Market Research Collection.
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Morningstar Investing Center (formerly Morningstar Investment Research Center) This link opens in a new windowIndependent investment analysis of stocks and mutual funds.
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Mintel Academic This link opens in a new windowCovers 14 consumer categories with a concentration of business to consumer markets. Mintel provides brand share, market size and forecast as well as company profiles. With in-depth coverage of consumer insights covering a wide range of demographic profiles you'll learn what the consumer base is and why they choose one product over the next.
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Passport This link opens in a new windowPassport contains data on more that 190 countries. Find data on consumer market sizes, consumer expenditures, population characteristics, national characteristics, and more. Often includes forecast as well as historical data.
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Richard K. Miller & Associates This link opens in a new windowPublishes a wide range of market research handbooks that focus on various consumer-related markets. Comprehensive assessments include market forecasts, sector trends, and statistics.
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PolicyMap This link opens in a new windowElon students, staff & faculty have access.
An easy-to-use online mapping with data on demographics, real estate, health, jobs and more in communities across the US. Data is taken from more than 150 authoritative public and proprietary sources. -
Social Explorer This link opens in a new windowVisualization and data-mapping tool with thousands of data indicators across demography, economy, crime and more
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IBISWorld This link opens in a new windowComprehensive, and up-to-date research on over 700 industries, including statistics, analysis, and forecasts. 1999 - present
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First Research Industry Profiles This link opens in a new windowFirst Research industry reports and Business Monitor International (BMI) Industry Reports are here.
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ABI/Inform Collection This link opens in a new windowThe collection features thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals. Country-and industry-focused reports, and major news sources like the Wall Street Journal. Its international coverage gives researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world.. 1971-present
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Business Source Complete This link opens in a new windowScholarly and peer-reviewed publications, magazines on a wide range of topics including: marketing, management, company profiles, industry profiles, market research reports, SWOT analyses and more