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- 3. The red-top tabloids Daily Mirror and Daily Star and the mid-market tabloid Daily Express are all subsidiaries of the --- Reach who bought the Star and Express from a businessman who made his fortune through adult entertainment.
- 6. K-pop bands like BlackPink owe their international success to the --- of companies like Spotify which challenged and ultimately changed the way the music industry distributes music, creating a more globalised music market.
- 7. Rupert ---’s News UK owns The Sun and The Times, both of which reflect his personal right-wing views. The villain in the Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies is rumoured to be based on him!
- 11. New Line Productions and Bad Wolf were confident they were producing a hit for the BBC and HBO with the TV adaptation of His Dark Materials given the globally successful IP (--- property) the series is based on!
- 13. Black Widow is produced by Marvel, a subsidiary of the vertically integrated ‘--- ---' conglomerate Disney.
- 16. Lara Croft is best known as a PlayStation game, but its developers made Lara Croft Go --- - platform: it is playable on PS, Android, iOS, PC and more!
- 18. The Marchioness of Bath is in many ways a normative representation of gender, but her direct gaze and somewhat masculine body language also provide some aspects of ---.
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- 1. When Tony Blackburn kicked off the 1st Breakfast Time show on the new BBC Radio 1 in 1967 the station was only allowed to play 5 hours of music a day under --- restrictions!
- 2. The German conglomerate --- owns both Heat magazine (+ 600 more!) and the Kiss FM radio station (+ 50 more TV/radio stations) plus over 400 digital products.
- 4. The uses and --- theory would argue that the NHS blood donor ad relies on personal identification, using high-profile BAME figures like Lady Leshurr to deliver its message.
- 5. The Galaxy ad uses --- imagery from an iconic 1953 film, Roman Holiday, centred on its very thin star Audrey Hepburn, to give the brand a classic, glamorous feel.
- 8. Heat magazine typifies the trend towards ---: there are radio and TV channels, and user comments are key to its website, app and socials!
- 9. Ken Loach’s --- film I, Daniel Blake was produced for £2m – about 1% of the $200m production cost of Black Widow!
- 10. Marcus Rashford has used his prestige and fame as a Manchester United and England footballer to become an ---, for example successfully pressuring the UK government into providing more school meals for poorer students.
- 12. When the very 1st Dr Who episode was produced in 1963 the analogue cameras were huge. It took time to reset for a new shot which is why there are so many long ---!
- 14. Kim Kardashian’s Hollywood game goes beyond --- placement in films (one Bond movie raised over $100m by charging for the shirt, shows, car etc that Bond uses!) by making players compete to access major fashion brands like Karl Lagerfield!
- 15. The UK Indie rock band Arctic Monkeys used the early social media site --- to give away their music, which fans could then share, and build up an audience.
- 17. The 1955 Omo ad can only be understood in relation to the historical context of the technological revolution, efforts to move women back out of the --- as US soldiers returned from WW2, and even white supremacy! If it was released today it would cause uproar!