1st Edition
Media Management and Artificial Intelligence Understanding Media Business Models in the Digital Age
About the Author
SECTION A: PRINCIPLES
Business models in media, and the basic tools of AI
(1) Introduction
A four section approach: Principles, Platforms, Producers, Pioneers.
(2) Media Management & Artificial Intelligence
The radical impact of AI on the media business
(3) Media Business Models
A four stage value creation model for each media segment: Development, Production, Distribution, Monetisation
(4) Overview of AI
Radical new tools are available to media management and beyond
SECTION B: PLATFORMS
The engines of media distribution
(5) Games
AI is powering game platforms, and games are powering AI
(6) Social Networks
The defining distribution platform of the digital age
(7) Streamers
An entirely new media industry is defined by its use of AI
(8) Broadcasters
Existentially threatened, pivoting to video on demand, and fighting back
(9) Digital Publishers
News sites and social channels now share revenue models and AI technologies
SECTION C: PRODUCERS
Content creation at scale - and the transformative impact of AI
(10) Scripted
Digital-driven change in production and distribution models
(11) Entertainment
A rapidly globalised content footprint
(12) Factual
Merged distribution channels have changed a traditional industry
(13) Marketing Content
Video content is now used in marketing at unprecedented scale and range
(14) Creators
A new, global, democratic model of media ownership
(15) Music
A business model transformed by technology, from creation to monetisation
SECTION D: PIONEERS
New sectors building the future of media production and distribution
(16) Podcasters
A digital-driven content development factory
(17) Esports
A new digital business, but with echoes of 20th century models
(18) The Metaverse
A virtual world that does not yet exist still has growing momentum
(19) Future of the Media Business
Challenges and opportunities for media management in the age of AI
Index
Biography
Dr Alex Connock is Fellow at the Said Business School, University of Oxford, where he teaches Media and Marketing at BA, MBA and Executive levels, and is co-director of the postgraduate course in Artificial Intelligence for Business. He is also a Lecturer at St Hugh’s College, Oxford, teaching General Management.
Meanwhile at the UK’s National Film & Television School he is Head of Department in Creative Business. At Exeter University, he is Professor in Practice, teaching courses including Digital Marketing and Media and the Metaverse. He has degrees from Oxford University, Columbia University, Salford University and INSEAD.
Prior to returning to academia, Alex worked in the media for 25 years in the UK, US and Europe, starting or running multiple businesses in TV production, digital/social content marketing, magazine and advertising.
He is Vice Chair of UNICEF UK and a board director of the Halle Orchestra. He has six times been shortlisted in Entrepreneur of the Year awards in the UK.
