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Archive for category Media Economics
On the Government Drip
Posted by Stephan Russ-Mohl in Media Economics on November 28, 2011
Support for public broadcasting and the press is a political issue, but not only in Austria.
By comparing data from Germany, Finland, France, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen and Geert Linnebank from the Reuters Institute of Oxford University have concluded that instruments of media policy have essentially stayed the same since the `80s. In an analysis of countries that subsidize media projects, Nielsen and Linnebank found that most of the money distributed by governments is allocated to the media dinosaurs: broadcasting and print newspapers.
Both print and broadcast news have a long history of residing on the “government drip” in all countries included in the study, either by receiving lush fees, tax breaks, lower postal rates, or even direct state subsidies. Even in the U.S., where media is not traditionally funded by the government, researchers found that each year more than $1 billion in taxpayer money is spent on public television and radio programs, in addition to another $1 billion distributed to newspaper publishers. Read the rest of this entry »
Italian Freelance Journalists Protest Against Precarious Working Conditions
Posted by Alessia Cerantola in Media Economics on November 16, 2011
Article courtesy of European Journalism Centre
Before hanging himself from a tree in the garden of his house in Puglia, Pierpaolo Faggiano revealed in a letter what had driven him to this extreme act: his precarious working conditions.
For decades the 41-year-old Italian journalist had been a regular contributor to a local newspaper, barely eking out EUR 4 to 20 per article.
Following Faggiano’s suicide many journalists started blaming the unequal Italian media environment for protecting only a small number of regularly paid employees, forcing others to survive on meagre incomes.
The incident unleashed a wave of protests among Italian journalists and bloggers who started asking, on online platforms and in street demonstrations, for more respectable labour conditions.
They pointed the finger at the increasing number of media organisations that use underpaid freelancers as regular contributors.
The protests also drew attention to the knots and holes of the old-fashioned and gerontocratic Italian media system and blamed it for undermining high quality journalism through the wide practice of nepotism in the recruiting process of journalists. Read the rest of this entry »
The Impossible Balancing Act
Posted by Stephan Russ-Mohl in Media Economics on October 3, 2011
Arthur J. Sulzberger
You certainly know Rupert Murdoch, but have you heard of Arthur J. Sulzberger?
Only a few years ago Murdoch’s News Corp. swallowed the Wall Street Journal, turned it upside down, eliminated a few archaic tendencies and re-launched the paper. At the time, there was much speculation about whether the New York Times would have to deal with a dangerous competitor on its own turf. For a while, the “Grey Lady” – as Americans affectionately refer to the paper – was close to insolvency. Fortunately Mexican investor and TV-magnate Carlos Slim came to the rescue, investing $250 million dollars in the NYT.
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Freelancing in Lithuania
Posted by Linas Jegelevicius in Media Economics, Newsroom Management on September 17, 2011
*Article Courtesty of the European Journalism Centre
Can one make a living as a freelance journalist in Lithuania?
Are you fed up with the tedious working hours in your cubicle? And don’t you have to admit that the news editor is a walking nagger whom you cannot stand? Would you rather be your own boss? If so, freelancing is obviously the way to go.
Being a freelance journalist in Lithuania, however, i.e. handling your time the way you want and taking on gigs you desire, might turn out to be quite a different experience from what it means in a Western European country or the U.S.
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Swan Songs for the Three Tycoons
Posted by Stephan Russ-Mohl in Media Economics on August 4, 2011
It was like watching the movie from the day before yesterday.
Suddenly, all the three of them were back: Leo Kirch, Silvio Berlusconi and Rupert Murdoch, the tycoons who influentially roughed up the media business in Europe during the 80s and 90s. We’ve seen obituaries for the first, whose empire had already decayed years ago. As of late, the other two have appeared in headlines due to qualm-less abuses of power, resulting in scandalous news coverage and most probably more than a few sleepless nights upon facing such magnificent losses of power.
The moment these two scoundrels will need to resign draws nearer, and it’s likely their empires will somehow dissipate. Even if Berlusconi’s preference would be to continue his centerstage post at future bunga-bunga parties until the ripe age of 100 in Read the rest of this entry »
Moving Towards Excellence in the Newspaper Business
Posted by Natalia Roman Lopez in Ethics & Quality, Media Economics on August 2, 2011
Views on industry associations as an engine of change.
Industry associations are almost as old as the newspaper industry itself. Before the 70s and 80s, industry associations acted as pressure groups engaged in labour and public policy debates. However, toward the last decade their role has shifted; consequently, these associations served as advocates for common benefits through mobilization, training and research efforts.
Expanding the Grey Area
Posted by Rukhshona Nazhmidinova in Ethics & Quality, Media Economics on July 6, 2011
While some media professionals argue loudly over ethical issues tied to sponsored news content, Bart Brouwers quietly gets down to business, charging his “advertisers” for articles.According to a recent European Journalism Centre article, Brouwers, creator of a network of Dutch sites following the model of hyperlocal journalism, claims to push the envelope with regard to the “mixed zone” between editorial and commercial content. Unlike traditional newspapers, the Dictbij network of hyperlocal news websites – Telegraaf Media Groep (TMG) project and Brouwers’ Read the rest of this entry »
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