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…
World Intellectual Property Organization
International Protection for Broadcasts Gaining New Momentum
The proposed international treaty on the protection of broadcasters is inching forward…
social media
Editing, the Richness of Content, and the Current Limits of Web and Social Media
Editors matter. The March 28-April 4, 2011, edition of the struggling news magazine Ne…
radio
New Community Radio Opportunities to Increase Provision of Local Services and Information
Community radio in the U.S. received a large boost in January when President Obama sig…
Verizon
FCC Moves to Halt Internet Service Provider Content Discrimination and Preferences
The Federal Communications Commission has moved to keep Internet service providers fro…
Yahoo
Content Farms and the Exploitation of Information
A growing number of firms are aggressively pursuing the market for information by prov…
strategy
Digital Media Require New Pricing Methods
Newspaper publishers need to explore new methods of pricing content as they expand the…
Washington Post
Newspaper Companies Start to Think Beyond Today's Bills
The somewhat improving condition of the newspaper industry is permitting companies to …
Philadelphia Newspapers
Bankrupt Newspapers Leave Employee Unions and Government Corporation Holding the Pension Bills
It has not been a good month for newspaper unions at bankrupt newspaper companies or t…
television
Competitive Struggles Among Television Platforms
Since the emergence of cable and satellite television services there has been struggle…
public policy
Getting It Wrong: The FTC and Policies for the Future of Journalism
Following hearings on the state of newspapers this past year, the U.S. Federal Trade C…
strategy
Challenges of Product Choices and Prices in Multi-Sided Media Markets
Commercial media have faced product and price challenges in 2-sided markets for more t…
television
SEARCH FOR ALTERNATIVE MEDIA BUSINESS MODELS HAMPERED BY NARROW THINKING
Media executives around the globe are clamoring for new and alternative business model…
newspapers
NEWS HAS NEVER BEEN A COMMERCIALLY VIABLE PRODUCT
Industry, scholarly and policy discussions about the future of the news industry in No…
media products/services
RECORD COMPANIES, DIGITAL DOWNLOADS AND ARTISTS RIGHTS
Pink Floyd was always a unique rock group and understood its music as a form of artist…
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