Large media clusters have emerged in a limited number of large cities, characterizing the geographical concentration of the global media industry. This paper explores the reasons behind the localization patterns of media industries, the effect of the rapid advancement of Information and...

This article explores the impact of the recession of 1990-1991 on U.S. newspaper firms and seeks to determine whether the sizes of the firms or the degree of diversification affected their financial performance during the economic downturn. Using data from 15 publicly traded companies before,...

This article explores the effects of recessions in developed nations since 1989 to determine how advertising expenditures are related to recessions and whether expenditures for different media are affected differently. The study finds that advertising expenditures (in constant currency) declined...

The 1990s saw increases in thefts of newspapers. In some cases, the prosecutors did not bring charges because they misunderstood the value of newspapers. This article addresses legal and economic issues surrounding theft of newspapers, and it develops a set of equations for estimating the...

This article challenges the traditional illustration of the relations between circulation size and advertising rates used by educators. It does so by using a sample of newspapers and explores various regression trendlines and data display of the data obtained from the sample. I find that the...

Enforcement of copyright and related intellectual property rights is designed to halt loss of economic value to the rights holders. This article explores the nature of losses when protected works are stolen, infringed, or pirated and how the losses differ significantly for materials in physical...

Regional economic development has experienced considerable dynamism over recent years. Perhaps the most notable cases were the rise of China and India to emergent country status by the turn of the millennium. With time now for hindsight, this book identifies some of the key forces behind these...