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Note to readers: I wrote this blog post in November 2018, but it seems relevant today. Lots of people distrust the news media and lots of people distrust the government. And I am not just talking about the U.S. but Spain, the U.K., Italy, etc., etc., etc. This blog post started out as an explanation […]
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PAMPLONA, Spain — For the past five years I have been buying my newspapers on the weekend at a neighborhood newsstand. The owner and I, Jesus Erro, got to be casual friends, and we talked about the politics and culture of our respective countries. He is a big reader. This weekend, I found […]
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How should a media executive manage the business during a time of disruptive technological change? Alfonso Nieto attempted to answer that question in his book “Letters to a newspaper publisher,” written in 1987 when newsrooms in Spain were moving from typewriters to computers. His comments have acute relevance today. In this letter to a […]
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How should a media executive manage the business during a time of disruptive technological change? Alfonso Nieto attempted to answer that question in his book “Letters to a newspaper publisher,” written in 1987 when newsrooms in Spain were moving from typewriters to computers. His comments have acute relevance today. In this letter to a fictitious […]
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How should a media executive manage the business during a time of disruptive technological change? Alfonso Nieto attempted to answer that question in his book “Letters to a newspaper publisher,” written in 1987 when newsrooms in Spain were moving from typewriters to computers. Nieto was one of the pioneers in the discipline of media economics, […]
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Money talks. Put your money where your mouth is. Show me the money. We have lots of expressions that equate money with credibility and trust. How people get and spend their money is often the most credible expression of what they value and who they are. We attribute so much value to money and to […]
Read More »The following text is a translation from the Spanish version of a lecture I gave at the University of La Sabana in Bogotá, Colombia, on Aug. 22. My lecture, in Spanish, starts at the 6-minute mark of the video. Journalists today have the opportunity to create the future of the industry. But to do so, […]
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