Cambridge Judge Business School Discussions on Media, Arts & Culture Cambridge University
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Cutting-edge expert commentary, analysis and business insights on the media, arts and cultural issues of the day from Cambridge Judge Business School's global faculty, associates and guest speakers.
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Film industry should rethink its values
Dr Hadida has created her own 'Bridge Video' to communicate her research and believes the industry should step away from box office-driven evaluation to take in wider dimensions of a movie's overall performance. She suggests that box office receipts remain the focus because they are immediate, reliable and easy to collect when a film's actual profitability - overall cost against overall revenue - is neglected in favour of early theatrical revenue.
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Print and be damned! The libel debate rages
Dr Simon Singh, TV director, author and science journalist, is heading a campaign to reform Britain's libel laws. But while journalists, newspapers, celebrities and citizens have signed up to www.libelreform.org, our reputation for libel tourism continues to grow.
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A sign of the times
The Times's paid-for content is proving a success story that others may follow explains John Witherow, Editor of the Sunday Times. He argues that paid-for content is the future for the newspaper industry and that all newspapers will eventually become digital.
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The secret to paid-for online content is quality
Good quality journalism will win the battle for audiences in the new digital age, says Professor Mathias Döpfner of Axel Springer. He believes the newspaper industry is now moving in the right direction to charge for online content.
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More news, more democracy or more superficiality?
Free newspapers, more blogging, millions of text messages, but is the information losing its quality? Professor Natalie Fenton of Goldsmith's, London, on the casualties of the digital revolution.
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What future for the media?
From civil society in China, to new emerging markets in India. Three academics discuss our digital futures: Qiang Xiao of China Digital Times; Jaideep Prabhu of Cambridge Judge Business School, and Sir Martin Rees, President of the Royal Society.