Abstract
Multinational media conglomerates are demonstrating a powerful interest in the problem of place. Time-Warner, Viacom, Seagram's Universal Studios and Sony are commissioning, designing and financing massive urban, suburban and tourist developments. This article explores the international `location-based entertainment' boom, looks at its reasons and rationales, and evaluates the impact of new ways of bringing media content into collective spaces as a part of the intensified privatization of public space.
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