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Last Few Days to Apply to the Stigler Center’s Fellowship Program for Journalists

ProMarket writers
This 10-week program, which will take place in Chicago Booth’s Hyde Park Campus, will offer a transformative learning experience for up-and-coming journalists seeking to...
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The ProMarket Monthly Roundup

Guy Rolnik
The first edition of our monthly roundup that includes ProMarket posts from the previous month, as well as interesting stories from our “Weekly Briefing” section. The...
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Alan Rusbridger is Gone from The Guardian, But Is There Still a Business Model for Independent Journalism?

Guy Rolnik
Many people like to think of media as another market where competition drives innovation, quality, and integrity. But this is not always the case. The following...
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Are Newspapers Captured by Banks? Evidence From Italy

Luigi Zingales
The inaugural piece of a new ProMarket mini-paper series. Preamble In the intellectual debate there is a gap between academic papers and policy opinions, even those...
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Alan Rusbridger: “The Level of Scrutiny That the Press Would Apply to its Own Failures is Minimal”

Asher Schechter
ProMarket interview: Alan Rusbridger, former editor-in-chief of The Guardian, on media capture. In 2003, Rebekah Wade (now Brooks), the former editor of the British tabloid...
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What Makes M&A Reporters More Accurate?

Asher Schechter
A study by Kenneth R. Ahern and Denis Sosyura ranks M&A reporters based on their accuracy. Rumors and speculation have always been a part of...
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Study: Journalists’ Fear of Appearing Biased Benefits Special Interests

Asher Schechter
New study that looks into the media coverage of climate change finds that special interest groups often take advantage of journalists’ desire to present...
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The True Price of Media Capture: “We’ll Be Living in a State of Perpetual Shock and Amazement”

Asher Schechter
Journalist and media critic Dean Starkman, author of The Watchdog That Didn't Bark, speaks about capture in business media and explains how journalists missed the...
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