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Publications – 1996-1986

  • “Entertainment,” in Antone F. Alber, ed., Multimedia: A Management Perspective (Belmont, CA: International Thompson, 1996).
  • “Independents & the Digital Video Future,” NVReports, Fall 1996.
  • “Theatrical Distribution of Feature Films,” in Morrie Warshawski, ed., The Next Step: Distributing Independent Films & Videos (New York: FIVF, 1995).
  • “Distribution of the Digital Video Media: A Technology Primer for Independent Producers and Distributors,” NVReports, November 1995.
  • “KQED Multimedia Publishing: A Strategic Market Analysis,” KQED/San Francisco, 1995.
  • “Technological Innovation & the Role of the Humanities,” Humanities (California Council for the Humanities), Fall 1994.
  • “Technology: The Virtues of CD-ROM,” Foundation News, July-August 1994.
  • “Welcome to Your Future,” San Francisco Focus, November 1993.
  • “Crossover: Hispanic Specialty Films in the U.S. Movie Marketplace,” in Chicanos and Film: Representation and Resistance, Chon Noriega, ed. (University of Minnesota Press, 1992).
  • “High Fiber: Fiber Optic Technology,” Off-Hollywood Report, Winter 1992.
  • “Interactive Compact Disc,” NVReports, Winter 1992.
  • “High Fiber, High Impact: High Fiber Technology, Independent Lobbying,” Off-Hollywood Report, Spring 1992.
  • “Fiber Optics and the Future of Television,” NVReports, Winter 1991.
  • “The World on a Disc: The Introduction of Interactive Media,” Commodore Interactive, 1991.
  • “Independent Features: Foundation Support for Narrative Film” (with Nancy Sher), Benton Foundation Bulletin, May 1990.
  • “Going Theatrical: Theatrical Distribution of Independent Films,” in Morrie Warshawski, ed., The Next Step: Distributing Independent Films & Videos (New York: AIVF/FIVF, 1989).
  • “Expanding Interactive Media, New Observations, October 1 – November 14, 1989.
  • “The Electronic Home in the Year 2000,” Center for Advertising Services, Interpublic Group, March 1989.
  • “Financing Specialty Films, Hollywood Reporter, August 11, 1987.
  • Executive Editor, CD-I News, LINK Resources, 1986-1989.
  • “History in the Making: A Report from Microsoft’s First International Conference on CD-ROM” (with James Schamus), Educational Technology, July 1986.
  • “Prime Time: Show Devant!” (with Gail Harper), de visu, Printemps 1986.

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DAVID ROSEN is a widely published author whose books include
Sex, Sin & Subversion: The Transformation of 1950s New York’s Forbidden into America’s New Normal (2016); Sex Scandal America: Politics & the Ritual of Public Shaming (2009); Off-Hollywood: The Making & Marketing of Independent Films (1991), originally commissioned by the Sundance Institute and the Independent Feature Project. He is author of many scholarly articles, book reviews and popular pieces on media-tech, telecom, politics, sex and American life.

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