Economics of Media

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

Monday, April 25, 2016

How to evaluate Gannett's offer to buy Tribune Publishing

›
Gannett revealed today that it wants to buy the Tribune Publishing company for about $815 million. The offer is about 63% higher than the T...
Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Glimpse of Tumblr is reminder new media business model isn't generating many jobs

›
There is still a lot we don’t know about the new media business model, so even a glimpse of the model’s inner workings can be valuable. A Ne...
Saturday, April 19, 2014

Newspaper industry revenue declines have slowed, but revenue hasn’t stabilized

›
 Click to open full size Some analysts argue declines in newspaper industry revenue are finally stabilizing. The Newspaper Associat...
Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Twitter's purchase of data firm an example of a new kind of media competition

›
I’ve been expecting Twitter to assert more control over the enormous volume of data generated by its users because the data can be sold to ...
Monday, April 14, 2014

Pulitzer Prizes an occasion to consider relationship of newspaper quality to economic success

›
The Pulitzer Prizes announced today offer a chance to consider three studies of the links between journalistic quality and economic succe...
Friday, April 11, 2014

Cortez the Killer (Neil Young interpreted by Warren Haynes/Dave Matthews Band)

›
The power of virtuosi in live performance. Nothing to discuss, just a nice example of what the Internet is for.

Late night TV replacement hosts were selected to avoid declines in audience ratings

›
Creating a network television schedule is similar to assembling a portfolio of financial investments, according to a useful paper by the ...
1 comment:
‹
›
Home
View web version
Hugh J. Martin (@HughJMartinPhD)
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.