February 15, 2013 •
Media Economics •
by Artan Fuga
What challenges must the Albanian media face as technological changes shake five centuries of media tradition? The shift to new technology in the United States and Western Europe – though rapid in the larger context – was gradual...
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December 21, 2012 •
Media Economics •
by Simone Pieranni
Everyday we read about newspaper and media company closures in Europe and in the United States. Advertising revenues are shrinking, and readers are dwindling on both sides of the Atlantic. But what’s going on in China? For the...
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November 6, 2012 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Will Rupert Murdoch withdraw from the United Kingdom and instead aggrandize his media empire in the U.S.? Ken Doctor, an American media economist and columnist for the Nieman Lab at Harvard University has speculated about such a move. In...
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April 29, 2011 •
Specialist Journalism •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
In advertising, a single catchword may move mountains. In research however, such buzzwords often create trends unable to withstand a diverse reality. For decades, many social science researchers have used the phrase “Americanization”...
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May 26, 2010 •
Digital News, Media Economics •
by Rukhshona Nazhmidinova
Before the newspaper industry actually makes it to the media graveyard, experts predict another medium (television) may face the Reaper as well. In his blog “Reflections of a Newsosaur,” Alan Mutter, a media and technology...
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August 5, 2009 •
Media Economics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Message, 3/2009 The U.S. media crisis delivered a crushing blow to many newspapers. In Europe, an increasing number of print publications hang in jeopardy, yet European publications may not be threatened by the same disaster as those in...
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July 24, 2009 •
Specialist Journalism •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Schweizer Journalist, Nr. 6 + 7/2009 While other countries have been diagnosed with a “science journalism crisis,” Christina Elmer, Franziska Badenschier, and Holger Wormer of the University of Dortmund report a boom in Germany’s...
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February 26, 2009 •
Newsroom Management •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Tagesspiegel, February 15, 2009 Rapidly declining advertising, downsized editorial departments, readers scampering to the Internet – the U.S. press is trapped in a downward spiral. Two years ago David Carr, a prominent media journalist...
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December 1, 2008 •
Business Models, Digital News •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, August 22, 2008 How Craigslist Revolutionised the Classifieds Business in the U.S. Some count him among the gravediggers of the daily newspaper, but for many he is the benefactor of all those who are buying or...
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