Media Business Matters

Ep 60 2018 Media Business Year in Review, Part II0:00/01× Amanda and Alex finish the year in review wrap up with a look back at a few more industries and a look forward at the issues to watch in 2019. We close with our “favorites” of 2018 and

Ep 59 2018 Year in Review, Part I0:00/0:001× 2018 was full of news in media industries and we discuss some of the biggest stories in this two-part wrap up. From mergers, to #MeToo, to MoviePass (and some things that don't start with M) we address

Ep 58 Megan Sapnar Ankerson Talks Dot-Com Design0:00/0:001× Megan Sapnar Ankerson joins Amanda and Alex to talk about her new book Dot-Com Design: The Rise of a Usable, Social, Commercial Web. Megan's book sets the stage for many of our conversations about internet and web-based

Ep 57 Local Media Wrap Up0:00/01× It's an "extra" episode in which we put the five local media interviews in conversation to see what we can take away on this complicated subject. (Sorry about the slow production of late)

Ep 56 Local Media: A Conversation with Lenfest's Joseph Lichterman0:00/01× In our final interview of the Local Media series, Amanda and Alex talk with Joseph Lichterman, a senior business associate at the Lenfest Institute for Journalism. We talk about the insight he gained researching and writing

Ep 55 Local Media: A Conversation with Michigan Radio Program Director Zoe Clark0:00/0:001× Amanda and Alex talk with Zoe Clark to learn about the challenges of managing a “local” mission of state-wide service and how NPR stations are filling the gaps in communities that have lost local