November 25, 2014 •
Media and Politics •
by Szabolcs Toth
Recent stories about Hungary in the western press have given the impression that Budapest, the capital, has been descending into a totalitarianism not seen in Europe since the invading horsemen of Genghis Khan. Criticism of the...
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November 17, 2014 •
Business Models, Specialist Journalism •
by EJO
Call it desperation, or panic, but in a bid to hang on to every last cent of profit, regional and local newspapers in the US are neglecting their most loyal customers – print subscribers, according to Matt DeRienzo, a former...
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May 26, 2014 •
Digital News •
by Christian Fahrenbach
The Tow-Knight program in Entrepreneurial Journalism in New York is coming to an end. In the last three and a half months, we argued with people from Kickstarter and Contently about who exactly is going to finance journalism in the future....
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May 6, 2014 •
Business Models, Media Economics •
by Evgeniya Boklage
More and more online news outlets are experimenting now with paywalls, but academic research on the subject is still in its its infancy. A new study by Merja Myllylahti (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand) published in Digital...
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November 29, 2013 •
Media Economics •
by Evgeniya Boklage
The Economist is one of the rare news publications that are surviving, and thriving in the economic downturn. It managed to set up an innovative digital product and keep its print version profitable. It enjoys the privilege of maintaining...
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November 28, 2013 •
Media Economics •
by Tina Bettels
In the U.S., many newspaper companies have sold their headquarters in the city centers and moved to smaller buildings in the suburbs. Those that haven’t are sharing their buildings with others firms. For example, San Francisco Chronicle...
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November 21, 2013 •
Media Economics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl and Meera Selva
Ambitious, original, labour intensive journalism costs money, but is worth little on the open market. As behavioural economist Dan Ariely argues, most of us tend to behave irrationally if we can get something that appears to be free. We...
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September 16, 2013 •
Ethics and Quality, Media Economics •
by George Brock
To judge by the prevailing tone of public discussion, journalism in Europe and America has been suffering a prolonged nervous breakdown. Jobs are lost as newsrooms contract, print circulations shrink and online news startups fail because...
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August 21, 2013 •
Media Economics •
by Tina Bettels
As soon as Amazon boss Jeff Bezos announced his acquisition of the Washington Post, people began asking why he had done it. What will the man who said there would be no printed newspapers in 20 years do with one of the most respected...
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