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500 years ago, the printing press changed who exercised power. In the Western world, individuals could suddenly access knowledge from anywhere, independently of church or crown. A flood of new ideas reshaped religion, science, politics, and economics.
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This simple idea makes it easier to find solutions to nagging problems This is the first of a series about leadership. This skill is difficult to teach. Some of it relies on talent. Leaders aren’t necessarily extroverts. Parents, teachers, bosses all are put into positions of leadership. What can help you become a better leader? […]
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One of the big questions facing the journalism industry is whether the traditional brands have a future. An international panel of eight academic media industry experts mostly agreed that those brands can survive, as long as they change what they are doing, and fast. This panel of eight was discussing the impact of global crises […]
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And the reasons why those lies make us blind to the true opportunities we have. Lie No. 1. The news we produce is valuable. The Truth: Not really, at least in economic terms. Once we publish the news, everyone has access to it. For example, take the headline, “Michael Jackson is dead.” The first news […]
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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 […]
Read More »Some observations by media economics expert Robert Picard’s observations about the challenges of media today, from an interview done by the University of Navarra Faculty of Communication: Media companies need to develop revenue from many more sources than they did in the past. Media companies are diluting the quality of their product by chasing reader […]
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