February 20, 2009 •
Media Economics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Werbewoche, January 15, 2009 The media’s latest catchword is misleading. At practically every media symposium in the German speaking world, a single catchword is at the center of discussion: Oekonomisierung (the commodification of...
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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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October 30, 2008 •
Media Economics •
by Kurt W Zimmermann
Weltwoche 42/08 Kurt W. Zimmermann asks why journalists are reluctant to admit error We don’t care what nonsense was spread earlier about the financial market but unfortunately, our readers do. In the case of UBS, the journalists were...
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July 4, 2008 •
Media Economics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Schweizer Journalist, 6+7, 2008 Among the dozens, probably hundreds of US blogs focused on journalism and the media, one distinguishes itself with a rather macabre title: newspaperdeathwatch.com. U.S. media critics are engaged in ...
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June 17, 2008 •
Media Economics •
by Marlis Prinzing
Publizistik No.2, June 2008 Scruples and Unscrupulousness in the Free-sheet Market All over the world, free sheets are turning national print markets upside down, whipping publishers and editorial staffs into a frenzy of fear, euphoria and...
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June 17, 2008 •
Media Economics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Werbewoche, May 23,2008 The things we get for free are worthless: this may be a commonly held belief, but in our daily behaviour we don’t always seem much influenced by it. “The Cost of Zero Cost” is the heading of the third chapter...
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April 11, 2008 •
Media Economics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Schweizer Journalist 02+03/2008 p.78 The findings presented by Lisa George, economist at Hunter College, New York, are quite surprising: In her study on the effects of ownership concentration on product diversity, the variety of topics and...
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February 27, 2008 •
Media Economics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Werbewoche Nr. 4, 2008 For the third time within three years, the Los Angeles Times, one of the most highly respected newspapers of our time, has lost its editor-in-chief. For the specialized media in Europe, the incident may deserve only...
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November 9, 2007 •
Media Economics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Studies in Communication Sciences 6/2, 2006, pp. 189-208 EJO-RESEARCH The research perspective presented here is rational choice theory. So far, it has rarely been applied to journalism and journalism research....
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