Economics of Media

Discussions of economic forces that shape mass media in the information age.

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

FCC Chairman Makes Lemonade from Lemon (at least for now)

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The Federal Communications Commission today voted to tighten regulation of cable companies, and ease regulation of newspaper and broadcast ...
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Thursday, December 13, 2007

Exchanging Information in Newsgroups

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The economics of information are particularly important on the web where reproduction and distribution costs are remarkably small. This gue...
Wednesday, November 28, 2007

FCC Chairman Caves, Economics of Lobbying Prevail (sort of)

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The effort to impose new cable television regulations that renewed discussion of selling subscriptions to individual channels has apparently...
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Saturday, November 24, 2007

Thinking About Buying Cable a la Carte

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The Federal Communications Commission is making serious noises about new regulations for cable television, including allowing subscribers to...
Thursday, September 20, 2007

NBC Breaks the IPod's Chains

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NBC is ending sales of its popular programs on Apple's popular Itunes , making digital versions of "The Office" and its kin av...
Sunday, July 22, 2007

Ownership Matters: Murdoch, Dow Jones and the Importance of Family

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The Bancroft family meets Monday, July 23 , to finally decide if they will sell Dow Jones & Co. to News Corp., the company that is Ruper...
Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Of Search Engines, Ad Prices, and Blind Sales

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A report that Google and Yahoo are losing ad sales to an upstart might, at first glance, raise doubts about the search giants’ understandin...
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