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The Story So Far: What We Know About the Business of Digital Journalism
New York: Columbia Journalism School, Tow Center for Digital Journalism (2011), 146 pp.
"While this report will examine some traditional, or “legacy,” business models for media, our focus is on the economic issues that news organizations—large and small, old and new—face with their digital ventures. This report focuses on news organizations that do original journalism, defined
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Financially Viable Media in Emerging and Developing Markets
Deep Insights
Paris: World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA); African Media Initiative (AMI) (2011), 118 pp.
"This report investigates the relationships between media freedoms, financial sustainability of media in emerging markets, and international media support. It is based on a survey of more than 220 newspapers and media executives in more than sixty countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas,
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"The capitalization gap for independent news media businesses in impact arguments to extend support to independent news media businesses. There are also convincing arguments that providing finance capital has a significant impact on independent media sustainability, as proven by recent successful pu
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Media in Africa: Twenty Years After the Windhoek Declaration on Press Freedom
Deep Insights
Windhoek: Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) (2011), 190 pp.
"What has been the state-of-play for African media in the 20 years since the historic Windhoek Declaration of 1991 which gave rise to World Press Freedom Day every 3 May? And what can be expected over the next decade? More than 70 commentators illuminate the trajectory in a range of contributions in
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Commercial Rural Radio Program: The Emerging Effective Means to Improving Rural Livelihoods. The Case of INUKA
Dodoma (TZ): Rural Livelihood Development Company (RLDC); Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) (2011), 32 pp.
"INUKA’s primary objective was to address the interests and needs of the rural producers in the CC. Capacity building of radio staff proved to be an essential element to overcome the shortage of tailored expertise on agriculture and rural related radio programming and marketing. Listeners gave a p
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Footprint of Financial Crisis in the Media
London: Open Society Institute, Media Program (2010), 14 pp.
"The global economic downturn has affected countless businesses across the region, forcing them to slash costs, lay off employees, and reduce output. Media businesses are no exception. However, when media businesses are hit, it is not just their turnover that suffers: their primary function, the del
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"News and current affairs journalism that purports to be for the public good, and in the public interest, can survive, grow and flourish but not through market forces and new technology alone. To survive, news media will have to adjust and adapt to changes in technology and a harsher commercial envi
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"International media development and media support is often structured and planned without taking into account the current and future position of media as economic subjects and their long term sustainability and development opportunities. Sida’s policy to engage and involve private sector actors i
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Doing Digital Media in Africa: Prospects, Promises and Problems
Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2009), 117 pp.
Le pluralisme télévisuel en Afrique de l'Ouest: état de lieux
Dakar: Panos Afrique de l'Ouest (2008), 196 pp.
Le paysage médiatique congolais: état des lieux, enjeux et défis
Deep Insights
Paris: France Coopération Internationale (2008), 167 pp.
"La première partie de l’étude vise à décrire autant le fonctionnement des médias congolais que le comportement de leurs publics, essentiellement à Kinshasa et dans les grandes villes de province. La seconde partie tâche de dresser un bilan des principales contraintes auxquelles sont confro
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Toward Economic Sustainability of the Media in Developing Countries
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2007), 27 pp.
"• Public Service and Consumer-centric Media: Simple economic sustainability does not automatically guarantee good journalism. The media have a public service mission: producing high-quality, consumer-centric journalism.
• Situation-specific Programs: Media sustainability is not always attainab
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"I have been privileged to compile this anthology of essays, stories and testimonies of Africa’s top media executives who, through their actions and visionary leadership, are re-shaping and strengthening Africa’s fledgling media companies and institutions. Their touching real-life stories are an
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Exporting Press Freedom: Economic and Editorial Dilemmas in International Media Assistance
Deep Insights
New Brunswick; London: Transaction Publishers (2007), 310 pp.
"Exporting Press Freedom examines the history and practice of media assistance, and argues that the dilemma of media independence and sustainability is best understood as an economic problem rather than one of poor editorial standards or lack of will. It includes profiles of news and public affairs
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Die Ware Nachricht: Wie Nachrichtenagenturen ticken
Deep Insights
Konstanz: UVK (2007), 231 pp.
"Eine Nachricht ist auch eine Ware – und eine schnell verderbliche dazu. Wichtigster Produzent dieser Ware sind Nachrichtenagenturen, die den Globus mit tausenden von Korrespondenten, freien Mitarbeitern und Informanten überzogen haben. Keine Tageszeitung kommt ohne Agenturen aus, keine überregi
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Money Matters: How Independent Media Manage to Survive. 15-16 September 2006
Aachen: Catholic Media Council (CAMECO); Forum Medien und Entwicklung (fome) (2007), 77 pp.
"Discussions on how to support sustainability of independent media generally focus on the political conditions, the legal framework and – especially in German development cooperation – on the quality of journalistic coverage. Nevertheless, economic factors are of equal importance, not only for p
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Radiografía del sistema chileno de medios: Estudio sobre medios de comunicación, opinión pública y autoridades
Santiago de Chile: Gobierno de Chile, Ministerio Secretaría General del Gobierno, Departamento de Estudios, Secretaría de Comunicación y Cultura (2006), 57 pp.
"Los datos indican que el mercado de los medios ha alcanzado gran dinamismo en los últimos años. A la fecha de cierre del Directorio se registran 1.180 medios de comunicación (sin contar los digitales), de los cuales 44,3% fue creado a partir de la década de los ’90. Es así como 264 correspon
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