“The Internet is all about accessing entertainment. Realistically, 50 to 80 percent of all traffic is people downloading stuff for free. If you can turn that huge market share into something that you can monetize, even if it is just with ads, you will end up making more money than with all other revenue streams combined.” PeopleIfsEndsTurnsStuffShareHugeInternetPercentEntertainmentStreamsAdsMore MoneyTrafficRevenue Author:Kim Dotcom
“Even if 80 percent of the population of a country are Christian believers, they will have almost no cultural influence if the Christians do not live in cultural centers and work in culture-forging fields such as academia, publishing, media, entertainment, and the arts. The assumption that society will improve simply be more Christian believers being present is no longer valid.” IfsArtCountryChristianCultureInfluenceMediaFieldsPercentPopulationEntertainmentBelieverAssumptionPublishingAcademiaForging Author:Timothy Keller
“It wasn't until after I received my education that I seriously looked at sports entertainment as a way to make a career for myself. And they've got to take it in stride. It's very much like acting or playing professional sports: One percent of one percent of the people who try out for it can actually say they make their living off of doing it.” PeopleWayTryingSportsActingCareersPercentEntertainmentStrideProfessional SportsSports Entertainment Author:John Cena
“The successes in the entertainment business are like one percent of the iceberg that you see, and the other ninety-nine percent, which is the rejection and the failure and the work and the toil and the sacrifice, is the rest of the iceberg that's below the water.” WaterSacrificePercentEntertainmentNineRejectionToilNinetyNinety NineIcebergEntertainment Business Author:Jonathan Tucker
“On prime time entertainment television, scientists are most at risk. Ten percent of scientists featured in prime-time entertainment programming get killed, and five percent kill someone. No other occupational group is more likely to kill or be killed.” FiveRiskGroupsTelevisionTenPercentScientistEntertainmentProgrammingPrimePrime Time Author:George Gerbner
“It concerns me when people frame the conversation about equal pay about the entertainment business. I don't want the wage gap issue to be viewed as this myopic problem, because it's not. It's in 98 percent of all businesses, and it's easy for people to dismiss this conversation when they think it's around white women entertainers. But this is about all women in America.” PeopleThinkingWantProblemAmericaEasyWhitePayIssuesConversationEqualPercentConcernEntertainmentGapsEntertainersEqual PayEntertainment BusinessMyopic Author:Patricia Arquette