1st Edition

The Markets for News Enduring Structures in the Age of Business Model Disruptions

By Helle Sjøvaag Copyright 2023
124 Pages
by Routledge

124 Pages
by Routledge

124 Pages
by Routledge

In the face of ongoing digitisation, The Markets for News examines how certain established economic features of the news industry have persisted and what makes them such stable frameworks for journalistic organisations. Drawing on an analysis of Scandinavian news industries, this text revises journalism’s economic foundations in the context of the algorithmically driven platform economy.... Read more

Chapter 1: Two waves of digital disruption

Chapter 2: The enduring forms of journalism’s organisation

Chapter 3: Market concentration

Chapter 4: Theoretical perspectives

Chapter 5: Platform power

Chapter 6: Conclusions

Biography

Helle Sjøvaag is Professor of Journalism at the University of Stavanger, Norway. Her research focuses on the structural conditions for journalism, including its technology, economy, and regulation. She has published extensively on the digitalisation of the news industries, media pluralism and diversity, media systems, and journalistic professionalism.