television
Canadian Media Merger Creates High Market Power and Runs Against Concentration Trends Elsewhere
The proposed merger between Bell Canada Enterprises and Astral Media will shortly be c…
Quad/Graphics
Contemporary Trends Change Magazine and Newspaper Printing Markets
The markets of magazine and newspaper printing firms are undergoing significant change…
strategy
NBC's Olympic Coverage Shows Audience Expectations Aren't in Its Cross Media Strategy
NBC’s Olympic coverage in the U.S. reveals the conflict media companies face as they t…
Yahoo
The Daily’s rocky performance shows legacy brands create digital advantages
The News Corp’s launch of the tablet newspaper The Daily in February 2011 was heralded…
You Tube
Facebook's business problems are symptomatic of many large digital firms
Facebook is wrestling with a business challenge more traditionally found in legacy med…
strategy
Digital journalism reaches sustainability, but transitional business problems interfere
The income streams of digital news providers continue to grow and many have now reache…
Time Warner
Cable firms and Facebook Continue to Disappoint their Customers
Serving and satisfying customers is a crucial part of value creation in any business,…
technology
Letting go: Making sense of social magazines and news readers
Applications that aggregate articles based on what others in one’s social network are …
Yahoo
Is the future of digital journalism an outside job?
Making small digital news providers sustainable has become the holy grail of journalis…
public policy
The thorny problem of media pluralism
The term pluralism is regularly used in critiques of media and in arguments for public…
technology
Changing social power is reflected in the sales of newspaper offices
Newspapers across the US are shedding large downtown buildings in favor of more modest…
Washington Post
Newspapers increase use of co-opetition practices
U.S. newspapers are increasing their use of co-opetition practices, that is, cooperati…
public policy
Convoluted Views about Media Ownership Inhibit Effective Policy
I was recently reviewing the effectiveness of media ownership policies and regulations…
video
How to Destroy Your Customer Base and Investor Confidence
Netflix used to have a charmed life. This year, however, poorly thought out strategy a…
public policy
FCC Moves to Give Viewers Choice and Provide More Competition on Cable Systems
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has adopted rules designed to halt cable sy…
technology
What Legacy Media Can Learn from Eastman Kodak
What do you do when your industry is changing? What do you do when your innovations ar…
Rupert Murdoch
News of the World Closure Shows the Business Cost of a Bad Reputation
The decision to close the News of the World in the UK because of the fallout from the…
News Corp.
MySpace Sale Underscores the Risks of Exuberant Digital Investments
The decision by News Corp. to dump MySpace once again reveals the risks of over exuber…
quality
What Makes Good Journalism?
Journalists and others concerned about the status of the news industry in North Americ…
revenue
Google, Newspaper Archives, and the Business of Cultural Heritage
Google announced this month that it is ending its ambitious project to digitally archi…
Social Plugin