<p>I'm interested in building a career in the business end of media/entertainment and was hoping to get some advice and direction.</p>
<p>I'm fortunate to go to school at NYU (econ major) and am able to intern full year round and really hone in on my interests. I've held two major internships so far one with CNN - Timer Warner, and NBC Universal. The problem is these two internships focused on broadcast journalism which I originally believed to be what I wanted to do. However I've found myself far more interested with the business as a whole rather than just content production. I need to figure out how to transition from television content production to the business/financial end of the industry. The natural intermediate step to me seems to be an internship in programming/audience research. I'm worried however that I'm already getting locked into broadcast journalism. I applied for a position with ABC this fall, detailing specifically in my cover letter that I wanted to move away from broadcast journalism. Today I got a call from ABC News wanting me to come in for an interview. ABC pays their interns which is very rare in the media, but it's likely going to be in a position pushing me in the opposite I want to be moving.</p>
<p>I also have an interview lined up for Tuesday with a fall internship with MTV networks, hopefully with programming or business development, though its unpaid. Even though it's unpaid, I'm thinking taking the position might be for the best and push me considerably in the right direction. Especially since there is of course my internship in the spring.</p>
<p>I'm interning with NBC Universal this summer (If anyone saw "Inside the Obama White House with Brian Williams" I worked on that) and have been chosen to compete in the NBCU pilot program. There are five teams, each creates and pitches a pilot for a possible television show before a panel of NBC executive/directors of programming. This isn't just about being creative in terms of creating a cool potential television show, but requires a complete business plan and a final presentation/pitch which will likely be 30-45 minutes long. Naturally giving a top notch presentation is a way to get noticed by some very powerful executives. If I pull this off, I don't think it would be terribly difficult to stay on with the company in the fall with an internship of my choice.</p>
<p>I've decided in my last year at NYU I'm taking quant high level quant heavy econ courses and a few essential courses a Stern to build up my basic business skills (accounting, finance etc). I was originally going to finish another major in poli sci, but I think I'm gonna dump it for business oriented courses. </p>
<p>How do I get out of broadcast journalism and get into the business of media/broadcasting?</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure the perfect launching pad for my desired career would be the 18 month training program with the Neilsen Company, but I have to figure out to to build myself up over the coming months so I'm an ideal candidate.</p>