Introduction: cultural brokerage in the American and French film and television industries / Violaine Roussel and Denise Bielby -- Agents, agenting, agencies. Twenty-four years of agenting / Harry J. Ufland -- Talent agencies and the market for screenwriters: from the origins of packaging to...

Urban change, a loss of centrality, and new destinies for downtowns -- Planned development vs. organic change: tools in the effort to revitalize central cities and downtown areas -- Indianapolis as the broker city -- Shared risk, shared returns: San Diego's unique partnership for a ballpark and...