Romanus Otte, general manager of Welt Digital at Axel Springer (Germany), shares his vision of media in the not-too-distant future. This includes his ideas about pay walls, the role of the professional journalist, and the evolving business models seen today.
Glenn Greenwald is leaving the Guardian this week to team up with documentarian/journalist Laura Poitras and journalist Jeremy Scahill in developing a new media venture — one that could change how journalism is understood and practiced. While it isn’t yet clear how this new venture will look, it has been described as a “very substantial new media outlet” and is reportedly being funded by eBay founder and philanthropist Pierre Omidyar.
One of the recurring series of the Future Media Lab. blog are posts that include short interviews with representatives of different media or related sectors to gain a glimpse of the future of media through their eyes. We continue this series with an interview with Jean-Jacques Deleeuw, Head of New Media at RTL Belux (Luxembourg).
