New book – Innovators in Digital News, to be published 23rd July, 2015

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What are The Guardian, The New York Times, BuzzFeed and Vice doing right? This book looks at several key players in the digital news industry and draws on extensive fist-hand research inside the organisations. Lucy Kung identidfies and discusses the common elements that underlie their success, and provides valuable pointers for how all players, legacy and clean sheet, can seize the growth potential that digital markets present.

‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ – The Necessity of Responding Enough to Digital Disruption

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Interviewer: “What was your biggest mistake?” Media industry CEO: “I always say that if I could go back ten years, … , I would not be saying, ‘The Internet’s going to be big’ … what I would really be saying is, ‘Your business is going to be more screwed than you can even conceive of now. Your worst case scenario is just a scratch’.” This exchange comes from an interview with a CEO on leadership in disrupted industries. It highlights a significant strategic threat – the threat of responding, but … Read more

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