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Amanda Lotz

Reimaginer of media industries and society in digital age Prof@QUT, ex UMich | Strategy consultant | US expat | Fan of swimming, baked goods & nature | drtvlotz@gmail | amandalotz.com | LinkedIn

Industry Interview: A Conversation with an Art Film Exhibitor

Amanda and Alex take a field trip to the office of Russ Collins, Executive Director and CEO of the Michigan Theater and Creative Director of the Cinetopia Film Festival. Russ explains the particular dynamics of film exhibition outside the multiplex and a sector of filmgoing that remains alive and thriving.

Amandafesto--the blog--Coming Soon

Why on earth launch a blog in 2017? Good question. I was waiting to be sure about this whole internet thing? There just doesn’t seem to be enough to read online? Many reasons, but mainly that I often have thoughts longer than 140 characters yet shorter, and likely to

Author Interview: Portals: A Treatise on Internet-Distributed Television

Alex interviews Amanda about her new book that begins to make sense of questions such as "Is Netflix television?" Portals--a short book--explores how television distributed over the internet isn't a "new medium," but a new way to distribute television. The book considers

The Media Business Year in Review, So Long 2016

Amanda and Alex look back over the year to assess what we've learned and how the media businesses have changed and are changing and highlight a few stories to watch going into 2017. We close the show by looking back at our picks for the notable media produced

The Media Business of an Election

Amanda and Alex look back at the election as a media business story. Contested elections with colorful characters are good for business, though data about what some media covered this cycle suggests they may not be good for an informed democracy. We also look at all we don't

Close a Window...

Amanda and Alex, provoked by an article by Matthew Ball, consider the changing use of distribution windows by media industries and why windows exist at all. Also, a few thoughts on the pending AT&T/Time Warner merger in closing. Ep 17 Close a Window...0:00/0:001×

The Business of Podcasts?

Amanda and Alex dig into a series about the growing business of podcasts written by Ken Doctor in Nieman Lab. Are podcasts the next big thing, or just another part of the shifting digital media scene? Ken Doctor, "An Island No More: Inside the Business of the Podcasting Boom.