People don’t like to pay for the news
07 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags: legacy media
Creative destruction and what remains of the legacy mass media
05 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of media and culture, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags: creative destruction, Google, legacy media

HT: zerohedge.com
Digital ad revenue by company
02 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags: creative destruction, legacy media
This is what is killing the legacy media
28 Feb 2015 Leave a comment
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Creative destruction versus the Guardian: A £2-a-month levy on broadband could save our newspapers
20 Feb 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: legacy media, The Guardian

A small levy on UK broadband providers – no more than £2 a month on each subscriber’s bill – could be distributed to news providers in proportion to their UK online readership. This would solve the financial problems of quality newspapers, whose readers are not disappearing, but simply migrating online.
via A £2-a-month levy on broadband could save our newspapers | Media | The Guardian.
Did The Guardian just come out in support of a poll tax? Most people have broadband, so it’s the same practical effect?



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