Amanda Lotz

Amanda and Alex explore the business practices that explain why it sometimes seems commercial media products are all the same. Ep 7 The Sameness of Media0:00/0:001×

Amanda and Alex explore the key media business stories coming out of the election and the challenges faced by the business of news more broadly. Julia Cage, Saving the Media: Capitalism, Crowdfunding and Democracy. Harvard University Press, 2016 Ep 6 The Business of Political News and News0:00/0:001×

Amanda and Alex dive deep into the challenges facing the recording industry by working through analysis by Liam Boluk. Liam Boluk, "Less Money, Mo' Music & Lots of Problems: A Look at the Music Biz," ReDEF, Jul. 28, 2015 Ep 5 The Mad World of Music in

Alex and Amanda talk about the thought leadership offered by current television execs including John Landgraf, Ted Sarandos, Charlie Collier, and Les Moonves that suggests future directions for television. Discussion draws from these interviews and articles: Charlie Collier, The Waltons to Walter White: The Rise of Immersive Content, ReDEF, Jan.

Ep 3 Return of Old Media0:00/0:001× A look at the return of "old" media as television networks push audiences to live viewing with musicals and the Super Bowl and Adele brings the album back with a vengeance.

From new broadband distributed television portals to Netflix and Amazon buying films at Sundance, we explore some of the ways digital distribution is changing how we watch media. Ep 2 The Changing Ways We Watch0:00/01×