Paul McDonald is Professor of Media Industries at King's College London, UK. Recent publications include editing The Routledge Companion to Media Industries (2022), and co-editing Media Industries and Cities: Perspectives, Geopolitics and Transformations (2026), Global Film Policies: New Perspectives (2025), and Digital Media Distribution: Portals, Platforms, Pipelines (2021).

Christopher Meir is Assistant Professor of Communication at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain, where he is a member of the TECMERIN research group as well as the University Institute of Spanish Cinema (IUCE). He is the author of Scottish Cinema: Texts and Contexts (2014) and Mass Producing European Cinema: Studiocanal and Its Works (2019).

Andrew Spicer is Professor of Cultural Production at the University of the West of England Bristol, UK. His recent publications include Sean Connery: Acting, Stardom and National Identity (2022); and collaborative works, Go West! 2.5: Bristol's Film and Television Industries (2025; co-authored with Jelena Krivosic); and The Politics of Place: Space and Location in European Screen Industries (2025; co-edited with Ruth Barton and Amy Genders).