Archive for the economics Tag

How the web changed the economics of news – in all media

Listening to news executives talk about micropayments, Kindles, public subsidies, micropayments, collusion, blocking Google and anything else that might save their businesses, it occurs to me that they may have missed some developments in, ah, well, the past ten years. For those and anyone else who is interested, I offer the following primer on how things have changed. Any attempt to
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‘It’s an interaction crisis’ – Umair Haque on how economics are changing

I only recently came across this video of Umair Haque talking about some of the economic changes we’re living through and outlining 5 principles for businesses looking to adapt to those. Well worth watching. Umair Haque @ Daytona Sessions vol. 2 – Constructive Capitalism from Daytona Sessions on Vimeo.

Journalists are economical

I once had a job interview with a national broadcaster where I was asked about the then-current Lewinsky-Clinton scandal. When I replied that I felt it was time to move on, the interviewer frowned. I didn’t get the job. This interview came to mind this week when I read Journalists and the information-attention markets: Towards an economic theory of journalism
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