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Chapter 4

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The Poynter Institute reports about changes within the news industry. Follow current stories at www.poynter.org/category/business/.
Investigative journalism is always innovative. A look a jobs listed there can be a window on the business of journalism: www.ire.org/jobs/.
Harvard’s Nieman Lab tracks lots of change in journalism. For up-to-date stories about the business of journalism, visit www.niemanlab.org/hubs/business-models/.
Who owns what among U.S. news media? Columbia Journalism Review lets you search for the answers in their feature called “Who Owns What”.
As the British Broadcasting Corporation is explained in the textbook, you might enjoy a look at BBC news coverage.
In 2015, some former members of the Federal Communications Commission were part of a panel discussion on “Regulation of Digital Media and Communications.” Watch this clip — and consider how the commissioners’ views complement the material in the chapter about media ownership.
Suzanne Kirchhoff, “The Newspaper Industry in Transition,” Congressional Research Service, September 9, 2010, accessed July 14, 2015.
“Members Only: Two cheers for high-cost subscription journalism,” Columbia Journalism Review, March/April 2011, accessed July 14, 2015.
Steve Waldman, “Information Needs of Communities: The Changing Media Landscape in a Broadband Age,” Federal Communications Commission, July 2011, accessed July 14, 2015.
“Who Owns What,” Columbia Journalism Review, accessed July 14, 2015.