News in the Internet age
Subtitle: new trends in news publishing
Contributors: Vickery, Graham; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher: OECD
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9789264088696; 9789264088702
Subjects: Newspaper publishing; Online journalism; Technological innovations; Publicación; Periódicos
Description: The economics of news production and distribution is in a state of radical change. After very profitable years, newspaper publishers in most OECD countries face declining advertising revenues and significant reductions in titles and circulation. About 20 out of 30 OECD countries face declining newspaper readership, which is now at its lowest among younger people. At the same time, many promising forms of news creation and distribution are being tested. Some of these are empowered by increasing technological sophistication, new information intermediaries and the resulting decentralized forms of content creation. However, despite these new possibilities, no business and/or revenue-sharing models have been found to finance in-depth independent news production. This raises questions about the supply of high-quality journalism in the longer term and roles that government support might take in supporting a diverse and local press without putting its independence at stake. This study provides an in-depth treatment of the global newspaper publishing market and its evolution, with a particular view on the development of online news and related challenges.--Publisher's description.
Notes: "The report was prepared  by Sacha Wunsch-Vincent in conjunction with Graham Vickery of the OECD's Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry."--P. 4.

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Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The evolving newspaper publishing industry; title: The value chain and economics of the traditional newspaper industry; title: Online news : developments, value chains, business models and actors; title: The future of news creation and distribution : opportunities and challenges; title: Business and policy issues.