Ownership - P1(a)

Ownership.

Meaning and Purpose: DreamWorks company produces wide range of media product and merchandising. It is a Public limited company this will have a huge impact on their decision making process because every decision must be agreed by the shareholders which might be looking at shortism ( looking for a quick way to find profit ) and because of that, they can lose some opportunities which their competitors might take instead. 

 ( This information have been taken from this website page 1 : http://www.dreamworksanimation.com/2013ar/Dreamworks_2013_Annual_Report.pdf ) 

Our feature films are currently the source of a substantial portion of our revenue. We derive

revenue from our distributors’ worldwide exploitation of our feature films in theaters and in posttheatrical markets such as home entertainment, digital transactions and pay and free broadcast

television. In addition, we earn revenue from the licensing and merchandising of our films and

characters in markets around the world. For our films initially theatrically released prior to

December 31, 2012, our results reflect our distribution, servicing and other arrangements with

Paramount Pictures Corporation and its affiliates and related entities (collectively “Paramount”).

Paramount will distribute and service our films which were released on or before December 31, 2012

for a period of 16 years after the theatrical release of any such film. Twentieth Century Fox Film

Corporation and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, LLC (collectively, “Fox”), pursuant to

our distribution and fulfillment services agreement (the “Fox Distribution Agreement”), distributes

and services our films initially theatrically released after December 31, 2012. For a discussion of the

Company’s business segments and geographic information about the Company’s revenues, please see

the Company’s consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in this Annual Report on

Form 10-K. 

Those three screenshots represent all the activity between DreamWorks and it's shareholders. This short summary explains and illustrates all incomes and support which DreamWorks have gain in 2013. Those information have been taken fron those websites:(http://www.dreamworksanimation.com/2013ar/Dreamworks_2013_Annual_Report.pdf) and
( http://ir.dreamworksanimation.com/ownership-profile.cfm)

Concentration of media ownership - is a process whereby progressively fewer individuals or organisations control increasing shares of the mass media. ( This information have been taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_ownership ). This explanation means that the media ownership is when the huge companies ( like DreamWorks ) control the media market with shares. 

Public ownership - is a company which is run by government then individuals.

Media Ownership - is a process whereby progressively fewer individuals or organisations control increasing shares of the mass media. Contemporary research demonstrates increasing levels of consolidation, with many media industries already highly concentrated and dominated by a very small number of firms. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentration_of_media_ownership ) 

Conglomerate - DreamWorks follow this by selling their products to the companies and retailing shops like Amazon/ Ebay or HMV

Multinational - DreamWorks do this by creating and selling a huge amount of products like Shrek and Madagascar all around the world. 

Dreamworks animation - is an American film company which was founded by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen in 12th of october 1994. 20th Century Fox is global mass media company which help to distribute Dreamworks's films like " The Croods".

Their offese is located in Glendale: