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This is the first 1,000 characters of 2255 words (9.02 pages) in the essay titled Women in the Media What event began the emergence of women as true players in the media? Was it Sherry Lansing’s appointment to President of 20th Century Fox in 1980, becoming the first woman to head a studio? Was it Cathleen Black in 1979 becoming the first woman publisher of a weekly consumer magazine, New York? Or did the real power for women in the media come later with Geraldine Laybourne reinventing children’s television on Nickelodeon or Judy McGrath sending MTV into 265.8 million households all over the world? Do women in the media, in fact, really have any power today?This paper will examine the power of women in the media through four different women, Sherry Lansing, chair and CEO of Paramount Pictures, Cathleen Black, President of Hearst Magazines, Geraldine Laybourne, Chairman and CEO of Oxygen Media, and Judy McGrath, President of MTV. Sherry Lansing received a Bachelor of Science degree from Northwestern University in 1966. After graduation, Lansing taught English and math at Los Angeles public high schools. She quit teaching to become a model for Max Factor and Alberto-Culiver and also held minor roles in a couple of movies. She is often quoted for calling herself “a terrible actress.” Still interested in film, Lansing took a few classes at UCLA and the University of Southern California soon becoming an executive story editor for MGM. Only two years later became vice president at Columbia taking charge of such films as The China Syndrome and Kramer vs. Kramer (gmu.edu). Sh... |
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Keywords: 20th century fox, sherry lansing, hearst magazines, university of southern california, paramount pictures, northwestern university, geraldine laybourne, women in the media, bachelor of science degree, chick flicks, first woman, mtv, vice president, gmu, cathleen, mcgrath, kramer, ceo, oxygen media, true players