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.’s founder, Max von Abendroth, reflects on Nic Newman’s “Journalism Media and Technology Predictions 2014”, saying that while media will continue to rapidly change, some of the core values of today’s journalism will persist.
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.
How can professional quality journalism be financed in the future? The next Future Media Lab. conference will debate this crucial question that will tackle the business model question for media companies. How will journalism change thanks to innovation in technology and new trends in media consumption? This will lead us to a debate about how journalists and professional media will work together in the future.
