In this interview with Lorena Boix Alonso, Head of Unit, DG CONNECT at the European Commission, we discuss the role of regulation when it comes to funding journalistic content and the need for media to adapt and innovate in order to shape their own future.
Paul Lee, partner at Keystone Strategy, a strategy and expert consulting firm in the United States, shares his view on how technology has changed consumer behaviour and how this in turn affects the future of content consumption.
The Future Media Lab. sits down with Daniel Knapp, Director Advertising Research at IHS Technology (UK) to discuss Facebook’s acquisition of WhatsApp, social media trends, and the impact these trends have on advertising, media pluralism and competition.
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.
William Higham, managing director of The Next Big Thing forecasting and strategy consultancy, talks to the Future Media Lab. about his vision of the future media landscape of 2050, why it’s important for people to pay for content, and the importance of developing relationships between brands and consumers.
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).
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 Michiel Buitelaar, the COO of Digital Media at Sanoma Media NL. Mr. Buitelaar also gave a keynote address at the “Understanding Disruption” conference in April 2013.
The Future Media Lab. had the opportunity to sit down with Kerstin Jorna, Director, DG MARKT at the European Commission during our last conference in April. The conference, “Understanding Disruption,” prompted discussions about how disruptive technologies impact the media environment today and in the future, and what legislative challenges could arise from this.
